Trails Before Dawn

It was a beautiful morning run with Craig. Great views, wild flowers, and two deer.

I returned home from hiking Coyote Gulch just in time to run two legs of the Wasatch Back with the Johnson Jollies.  The highlight was watching Camryn run. My first leg started at the Park City Mountain Resort Parking Lot.  I ran 2900 feet straight to the top of the mountain before descending a mile down the other side toward Midway. The last ascent to the top of the mountain Cooling off in the snow "King of the Hill" Camryn getting ready for her final leg Our Flag Ninety minutes proved not enough recovery time before my next leg. It was a grueling 7.7 miles. I ran from Midway up the hill overlooking Soldiers Hollow, and then down the mountain where I met the team for the final stretch to the finish line!

This hike is on my top ten list for sure! Breathtaking! We started at Forty Mile Ridge - Not quite 40 miles down Hole in the Rock Road. Kaiparowits Plateau in the distance We descended down to the gulch from "Crack in the Wall" Overlooking the Escalante River and Stevens Arch (look closely to see the arch above the river.) Panorama of the Escalante just before it meets Lake Powell Zoomed in on Stevens Arch Crack-in-the-Wall Stevens Arch Spring coming out of the canyon wall We took a shower here And it just kept getting better Coyote Natural Bridge Cooling off Jacob Hamblin Arch from the side Jacob Hamblin Arch - our view from camp My feet - trying to stay cool in a hot tent Getting water from a spring Full moon above Jacob Hamblin Arch