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Sep 24, 2019 City Creek Connector Trail This trail is great for making a loop of your run if you did or plan to run the BST into or out of City Cre… View Comment
Sep 24, 2019 BST: Grandview Connector Trail This trail is a great run going up-slope. It's a burger of a hill; so good. View Comment
Nov 9, 2018 Believe it or not, there is a faint trail here, and it disappears quickly, leaving you to traverse on your own. This is the start of the 5th crux. Having done this now a few times, there is a land feature that marks where the trail picks up again. It's… View Comment
Oct 29, 2018 New Trail Where this trail crosses the Wasatch Range and near the Great Salt Lake makes absolutely no sense whatsoeve… View Comment
Aug 23, 2018 Believe it or not, there is a faint trail here, and it disappears quickly, leaving you to traverse on your own. This is the start of the 5th crux. Run straight across, then at the turn, jet straight up the slope and look for a new trail that continues th… View Comment
Aug 14, 2018 Coming from the left fork, don't miss taking this right fork to begin the final up-hill battle. It's easy to miss in the dark. Okay this picture is pretty much worthless, I admit it. View Comment
Aug 14, 2018 A view of monster hill (the 3rd crux) from atop the 2nd crux. An up-hill candy-land! You'll climb to the high point on the sky-line on the left. You lose altitude while making your way to the trail visible in the lower-right. After jogging this hill a zillion times, it's not so bad. View Comment
Aug 14, 2018 A view of the 5th crux atop the 4th crux. Climb to the saddle, then traverse along the right side of the next ridge peak. Descend to the saddle, not climb. View Comment
Aug 13, 2018 Holbrook Canyon Trail #628 The line of the map shown here is _not_ the line I submitted for this trail. If you follow the trial it wi… View Comment
Aug 10, 2018 Believe it or not, there is a faint trail here, and it disappears quickly, leaving you to traverse on your own. This is the start of the 5th crux. The trial pick up again on the traverse, if you can find it. View Comment
Aug 8, 2018 Davis Creek Loop I can tell you that the trail lines near Hell Hole Camp are pretty messed up...it's all an approximation, s… View Comment
Aug 6, 2018 Steed Creek: South Cliffs My first encounter with a black bear in the Wasatch was on this trail! View Comment
Aug 3, 2018 Fruit Heights Upper Terrace For a few years, this was one of my favorite places to run. You can run back and forth along a 1 mile stre… View Comment
Aug 3, 2018 Old Aqueduct Trail - Mill Flume I almost fell down one of the steep wash-outs along this trail. Use caution. View Comment
Aug 2, 2018 Great Western Trail: Big Mountain Pass to Grandview Peak Be weary of the Hardscrabbles in this area. They own the head of Mueller Park canyon and will prosecute yo… View Comment
Aug 1, 2018 Bonneville Shoreline: Steed This is also the fire-break road. It used to be possible to ride your motorcycle from the mouth of Farming… View Comment
Aug 1, 2018 New Trail Pounding pavement is the antithesis of trail running. I would rather eat lima beans. View Comment
Jul 29, 2018 Parrish Creek Trail #608 One thing I've come to realize, is that trail descriptions here will get applied to running project AND hik… View Comment
Jul 28, 2018 Parrish Creek Trail #608 A keyword "rxh" is used to make the description work for hiking project or running project, but I never wan… View Comment
Jul 25, 2018 Bair Gutsman I've done this race twice. Races in general are not my thing anymore, but this is a great route. Note tha… View Comment
Jul 25, 2018 Bountiful Peak This is a beautiful place (I've ATV'd here many times), but I can't imagine huffing and puffing as a stinky… View Comment
Jul 25, 2018 Hoards of motorists making their nightly exit from the dreaded ATV pit. You'll have to cross this busy road to complete the circuit. My original caption used the word "exitus," not "exit," but what-evs. View Comment
Jul 21, 2018 Half Dome So are people "running" up the cable route? View Comment
Jul 21, 2018 Yosemite Valley Multi-Use Path Enjoy breathing car exhaust on this loop. View Comment
Jul 14, 2018 Elephant Rock Out and Back Also, because of high traffic, this trail gets packed down perfectly in winter time. Get yourself a nice p… View Comment
Jul 14, 2018 Elephant Rock Out and Back I've run this trail to E-rock and back more times than I can count. It's a great run. Watch out for down-… View Comment
Jul 13, 2018 Here's one of the little fat lizards. They're cute! I've seen'em a bit bigger than this one. I see these little critters on the trail every now and again. View Comment
Jul 11, 2018 Woodbriar to Grandview Trail Oops, not a copy of the Wild Rose Trail as I had thought. View Comment
Jul 11, 2018 Grandview Route Remember that City Creek Canyon is a watershed area. No dogs. View Comment
Jul 10, 2018 North Canyon Trail And a great back-country skiing destination in winter too! View Comment
Jul 9, 2018 Grandeur Peak - West Face Okay, I've hiked this, and I don't doubt there are super-athletes out there that could run up it, albeit at… View Comment
Jul 9, 2018 New Trail I believe the descent on this is known as "Smuggler's Gap." View Comment
Jul 9, 2018 BST: Morris Meadows Alternative This is a great run and it is 100% runnable. Take your time on the steep section and relax. I have to say… View Comment
Jul 9, 2018 BST: City Creek to North Salt Lake The air here can be absolutely putrid!!! You're running next to a mining operation and a lot of refineries… View Comment

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