From 52nd & Willamette TH, Ridgeline trail, "North Ridge" trail, Spencer Butte; down southwest trail to Spencer Butte TH, east back to the "main trail", north back to the Ridgeline trail, back to 52nd & Willamette TH.
Started at 7:29 pm. Worked pretty hard running up the initial trail. Amazing how "easy" it is to run at this lower elevation. Saw a wide trail turning off to the right after a series of switchbacks. It looked steep, so I didn't think it was the correct trail, but I took it anyway. This trail was just awesomely steep with superb footing, so I was into hiking mode not far up. I eventually had to switch my watch to altimeter mode to see my rate of ascent. Highest I saw was 75 ft/min, and I was probably sustaining something not far below that up this trail. Just super fun!
Topped out, and the summit was somewhat crowded. Got some trail info from a helpful guy I had passed near the top. He pointed me down the steep trail to the Spencer Butte TH and said it should take 8 minutes to get down. I just had to take a split and hammer the descent after hearing that. Made it down in about 4.5 minutes, then worked pretty hard climbing back to the trail that I'd intended to take to the summit. From there, the trail back was just perfect downhill singletrack (well, some uphill) through a tunnel of greenery. Awesome! I was just flying, and the Hokas were super-cush. Fantastic run!
0:00 - 52nd & Willamette TH
19:04 - Spencer Butte summit (taken a bit late as my watch was in altimeter mode, so probably just under 19)
27:21 - started down
31:48 - Spencer Butte TH
39:27 - just past the "main trail" junction, where the sign said 2.04 miles back to my TH
53:31 - 52nd & Willamette TH
HokaMafate
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Silver Falls State Park
Short hike to Upper North Falls and North Falls with Lori, Mia, Anya, Jen, Scott, Kyle, and Xander.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Tom Dick and Harry Mtn
From the Mirror Lake TH, up to Mirror Lake, clockwise around the lake, back to the trail junction, then turned back up toward Tom Dick and Harry, to the west summit (end of the main trail), faint trail with lots of ups and downs over to the main summit, continued east to the top of the ski area on a good trail, then hammered down the ski area service roads and mountain bike trails to the base.
Started at 3:22 pm. Ran everything up until the last few minutes below the west summit where the trail got quite steep and loose. Amazing running at these lower elevations. Did poke around a bit at Mirror Lake, taking some pictures and locating the correct trail to continue up. Mostly hiking over to the main summit. Jogged over to the ski area. Then flew down the ski area. Super fun descent!
0:00 - Mirror Lake TH
50:02 - west summit - taken a bit late
1:07:26 - main summit - taken a bit late
1:29:07 - base of the ski area
HokaMafate
Started at 3:22 pm. Ran everything up until the last few minutes below the west summit where the trail got quite steep and loose. Amazing running at these lower elevations. Did poke around a bit at Mirror Lake, taking some pictures and locating the correct trail to continue up. Mostly hiking over to the main summit. Jogged over to the ski area. Then flew down the ski area. Super fun descent!
0:00 - Mirror Lake TH
50:02 - west summit - taken a bit late
1:07:26 - main summit - taken a bit late
1:29:07 - base of the ski area
HokaMafate
Umbrella Falls
Nice little hike with Lori, Mia, and Anya from just below the Mount Hood Meadows Ski Resort. Both girls had some fun running down the trail from the top of the falls, then Mia ran hard all the way back to the car.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Multnomah Falls & Larch Mtn
While Lori went for a run, Mia, Anya, and I hiked up the Multnomah Falls trail. We made it up a bit less than a mile before turning back.
After Lori returned, I headed back up the trail (starting at 3:08 pm). Felt SO good starting out from basically sea level. The paved trail here is quite steep, and it felt like nothing running up this. Legs and lungs felt great powering up this trail. Inadvertently took the spur out to the top of Multnomah Falls, but it was nice to see that. Then onto the beautiful singletrack, past some more waterfalls, under the HUGE trees. Just an awesome run! Passed a hiker at a trail junction (road 315?) maybe a mile or so from the summit and hiked with him for maybe 5-10 minutes before pushing on. Otherwise, ran most of the ascent. Dropped into the parking lot on the way up, then continued up to the summit at Sherrard Point. Ran back down over the SW summit, skipping the parking lot. Then worked pretty hard on the descent. Amazing running in the woods here!
0:00 - Multnomah Falls TH
(dup) - recall seeing something like 1:40:15 or 1:40:17 when I took the split at Sherrard Point
1:49:03 - starting down
2:57:17 - Multnomah Falls TH
HokaMafate
After Lori returned, I headed back up the trail (starting at 3:08 pm). Felt SO good starting out from basically sea level. The paved trail here is quite steep, and it felt like nothing running up this. Legs and lungs felt great powering up this trail. Inadvertently took the spur out to the top of Multnomah Falls, but it was nice to see that. Then onto the beautiful singletrack, past some more waterfalls, under the HUGE trees. Just an awesome run! Passed a hiker at a trail junction (road 315?) maybe a mile or so from the summit and hiked with him for maybe 5-10 minutes before pushing on. Otherwise, ran most of the ascent. Dropped into the parking lot on the way up, then continued up to the summit at Sherrard Point. Ran back down over the SW summit, skipping the parking lot. Then worked pretty hard on the descent. Amazing running in the woods here!
0:00 - Multnomah Falls TH
(dup) - recall seeing something like 1:40:15 or 1:40:17 when I took the split at Sherrard Point
1:49:03 - starting down
2:57:17 - Multnomah Falls TH
HokaMafate
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Saddle Rock
From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, turned back at Greenman jct, went to the upper summit(s) of Saddle Rock, then down the same.
Started at 4:44 pm. With Lori. Starting out, I was intending to go up Green. But we wanted to take the girls to the pool, so I turned back as going to the top would chew up too much time. Waited for Lori at Saddle Rock, then she headed down. I tagged the high points off the trail above Saddle Rock (but LOJ lists the lower northern summit). I then caught up to Lori and descended with her.
0:00 - Gregory TH
10:00 - Amph/Saddle Rock
27:52 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
56:13 - Gregory TH
HokaMafate
Started at 4:44 pm. With Lori. Starting out, I was intending to go up Green. But we wanted to take the girls to the pool, so I turned back as going to the top would chew up too much time. Waited for Lori at Saddle Rock, then she headed down. I tagged the high points off the trail above Saddle Rock (but LOJ lists the lower northern summit). I then caught up to Lori and descended with her.
0:00 - Gregory TH
10:00 - Amph/Saddle Rock
27:52 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
56:13 - Gregory TH
HokaMafate
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Pikes
Started at 5:32 am.
0:00 - Barr TH
1:26:38 - Barr Camp
1:27:28 - leaving Barr Camp
2:09:16 - about at the A Frame aid
3:08:18 - race finish/turnaround
3:10:42 - Pikes summit
3:18:12 - starting down
4:13:22 - Barr Camp
4:16:14 - leaving Barr Camp
5:10:52 - Barr TH
HokaStinson
0:00 - Barr TH
1:26:38 - Barr Camp
1:27:28 - leaving Barr Camp
2:09:16 - about at the A Frame aid
3:08:18 - race finish/turnaround
3:10:42 - Pikes summit
3:18:12 - starting down
4:13:22 - Barr Camp
4:16:14 - leaving Barr Camp
5:10:52 - Barr TH
HokaStinson
Friday, July 22, 2011
Green
From Chautauqua, Baseline trail, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.
Started at 6:19 am. With Chad K.
0:00 - Chautauqua
6:05 - Baseline/Amph
15:54 - Amph/Saddle Rock
36:19 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
1:00:52 - Green summit
1:13:22 - started down
1:56:36 - Chautauqua
Started at 6:19 am. With Chad K.
0:00 - Chautauqua
6:05 - Baseline/Amph
15:54 - Amph/Saddle Rock
36:19 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
1:00:52 - Green summit
1:13:22 - started down
1:56:36 - Chautauqua
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Green
From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.
Started at 6:38 pm.
0:00 - Gregory TH
8:10 - Amph/Saddle Rock
22:43 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
40:28 - Green summit
(dupe) - started down (approx 45:00-46:00)
1:07:49 - Gregory TH
Started at 6:38 pm.
0:00 - Gregory TH
8:10 - Amph/Saddle Rock
22:43 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
40:28 - Green summit
(dupe) - started down (approx 45:00-46:00)
1:07:49 - Gregory TH
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Green (roundtrip PR)
From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.
Started at 6:33 am. Today I wanted to put the Hokas to the test on familiar terrain. I hoped to put in a hard uphill effort, and I was able to do that. Kept on the gas pretty hard all the way up and was just 11 seconds off my PR. Fastest time this year by 5 seconds. Given that, I don't think the Hokas are significantly (if any) slower on the up.
Knowing that I was putting in a solid effort on the ascent, I started thinking about putting in a hard downhill effort to go for a sub-hour roundtrip. I've only broken an hour once for the roundtrip from Gregory (59:33 on a 40:46 ascent), but that used the Northeast Ridge trail and lots of other shortcutting. I've been thinking quite a bit lately about breaking an hour sticking to the trail. While I don't think I could match my reckless 18:21 descent from a couple weeks ago after a hard ascent (that descent was after a slow hike up), I figured a sub-40 ascent and sub-20 descent should be doable on a good day right now.
Unfortunately, the last few switchbacks today did me in, so I plopped down on the summit and decided not to push for a hard roundtrip. Well, it only took me a minute to recover and change my mind. Started down and the legs didn't feel super-sharp, as expected. But the Hokas were working their magic and smoothing out the terrain. While I didn't feel nearly as quick today compared to the 18:21, I still managed 19:03 down, which is probably my second fastest descent time. So, not only did I get under an hour, I went under 59, and that included the minute on the summit.
Needless to say, a pretty satisfying run. Pretty happy with the Hokas at this point.
0:00 - Gregory TH
7:38 - Amph/Saddle Rock
21:35 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
38:49 - Green summit
39:56 - started down
58:59 - Gregory TH
HokaStinson
Started at 6:33 am. Today I wanted to put the Hokas to the test on familiar terrain. I hoped to put in a hard uphill effort, and I was able to do that. Kept on the gas pretty hard all the way up and was just 11 seconds off my PR. Fastest time this year by 5 seconds. Given that, I don't think the Hokas are significantly (if any) slower on the up.
Knowing that I was putting in a solid effort on the ascent, I started thinking about putting in a hard downhill effort to go for a sub-hour roundtrip. I've only broken an hour once for the roundtrip from Gregory (59:33 on a 40:46 ascent), but that used the Northeast Ridge trail and lots of other shortcutting. I've been thinking quite a bit lately about breaking an hour sticking to the trail. While I don't think I could match my reckless 18:21 descent from a couple weeks ago after a hard ascent (that descent was after a slow hike up), I figured a sub-40 ascent and sub-20 descent should be doable on a good day right now.
Unfortunately, the last few switchbacks today did me in, so I plopped down on the summit and decided not to push for a hard roundtrip. Well, it only took me a minute to recover and change my mind. Started down and the legs didn't feel super-sharp, as expected. But the Hokas were working their magic and smoothing out the terrain. While I didn't feel nearly as quick today compared to the 18:21, I still managed 19:03 down, which is probably my second fastest descent time. So, not only did I get under an hour, I went under 59, and that included the minute on the summit.
Needless to say, a pretty satisfying run. Pretty happy with the Hokas at this point.
0:00 - Gregory TH
7:38 - Amph/Saddle Rock
21:35 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
38:49 - Green summit
39:56 - started down
58:59 - Gregory TH
HokaStinson
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Fairburn Mtn
After the church campout at Pickle Gulch CG, drove up Missouri Creek, parked, then hiked up and down the WSW slopes of Fairburn.
0:00 - car
58:34 - car
0:00 - car
58:34 - car
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Dakota Hill
Started at 10:11 am. From the Pickle Gulch CG during the church campout, got out with Lori. I think we went up the road to Stewart Gulch, up to the four-way junction, then up to the ESE ridge of Dakota Hill, and followed the ridge to the summit. I think we continued over the summit, down the SSW ridge, then back east into Stewart Gulch. Loved testing out the Hokas on some of the rutted, rocky roads on the descent.
0:00 - Pickle Gulch CG
2:04:04 - Pickle Gulch CG
HokaStinson
0:00 - Pickle Gulch CG
2:04:04 - Pickle Gulch CG
HokaStinson
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Green
From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down West Ridge, Ranger, (up) Greenman, Saddle Rock, Amph.
Started around 6:30 am. Cool, damp conditions. Figured this would be a slow hike as I only got around five hours of sleep and could barely get myself up and out of the house this morning. But I felt OK starting out and ratcheted up the effort up Amph. Knew I had a decent time atop Amph so wanted to keep it going. Thought I'd lost some time to the Saddle Rock/Greenman junction, but seeing that I was under 22:00 there, I kept pushing hard. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough left in the tank in the final switchbacks to push to a PR. Recovered for a bit on top in the fog, then ran down pretty easy.
Stupid watch reset after the run for the umpteenth time over the last several months, so I lost my splits. I did look at them at the finish, so these are from memory. Had a duplicate split at the summit anyway, but I recall seeing 38:54 at the summit and calculating that I was 16 seconds off my PR. Time to replace this watch.
0:00 - Gregory TH
7:3x-7:4x - Amph/Saddle Rock
21:53? - Saddle Rock/Greenman
38:54? - Green summit
41:xx - started down
1:11:xx - Gregory TH
StreakOrangeA
Started around 6:30 am. Cool, damp conditions. Figured this would be a slow hike as I only got around five hours of sleep and could barely get myself up and out of the house this morning. But I felt OK starting out and ratcheted up the effort up Amph. Knew I had a decent time atop Amph so wanted to keep it going. Thought I'd lost some time to the Saddle Rock/Greenman junction, but seeing that I was under 22:00 there, I kept pushing hard. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough left in the tank in the final switchbacks to push to a PR. Recovered for a bit on top in the fog, then ran down pretty easy.
Stupid watch reset after the run for the umpteenth time over the last several months, so I lost my splits. I did look at them at the finish, so these are from memory. Had a duplicate split at the summit anyway, but I recall seeing 38:54 at the summit and calculating that I was 16 seconds off my PR. Time to replace this watch.
0:00 - Gregory TH
7:3x-7:4x - Amph/Saddle Rock
21:53? - Saddle Rock/Greenman
38:54? - Green summit
41:xx - started down
1:11:xx - Gregory TH
StreakOrangeA
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Hardrock pacing
Paced Jennifer R from Grouse Gulch to Ouray. Started at 12:33 am and finished at 7:52 am.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Green (descent PR)
From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.
Started at 10:11 am. Felt awful on the ascent. Pretty sure this was a massive descent PR for me.
0:00 - Gregory TH
10:26 - Amph/Saddle Rock (5-10 seconds late - totally out of it)
29:31 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
53:42 - Green summit
1:04:36 - started down
1:22:57 - Gregory TH (18:21 descent)
Started at 10:11 am. Felt awful on the ascent. Pretty sure this was a massive descent PR for me.
0:00 - Gregory TH
10:26 - Amph/Saddle Rock (5-10 seconds late - totally out of it)
29:31 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
53:42 - Green summit
1:04:36 - started down
1:22:57 - Gregory TH (18:21 descent)
Monday, July 4, 2011
Flatirons Vista
From Flatirons Vista TH, Flatirons Vista South (?), down the hill on Doudy Draw, Spring Brook Loop (probably CCW direction?), back up the hill on Doudy Draw, Flatirons Vista North (?). (Guessing at the route 3 years later.)
Started at 3:41 pm. 94 degrees.
0:00 - Flatirons Vista TH
21:34 - gate atop Doudy Draw
30:47 - Doudy Draw/Spring Brook connector
33:34 - connector/Spring Brook
55:59 - Spring Brook/connector
58:25 - connector/Doudy Draw
1:09:13 - gate atop Doudy Draw
1:18:15 - Flatirons Vista TH
Started at 3:41 pm. 94 degrees.
0:00 - Flatirons Vista TH
21:34 - gate atop Doudy Draw
30:47 - Doudy Draw/Spring Brook connector
33:34 - connector/Spring Brook
55:59 - Spring Brook/connector
58:25 - connector/Doudy Draw
1:09:13 - gate atop Doudy Draw
1:18:15 - Flatirons Vista TH
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Princeton attempt
Started at 11:00 am from the parking at the bottom. Once onto the trail, the weather started looking a bit iffy. Stopped for a while to see what it would do. Turned back when it started to sprinkle a bit. Of course, when I got back down to the TH, the sky was perfectly clear over and behind the summit.
0:00:00 - TH
1:01:00 - radio towers
1:33:01 - leaving the road onto the trail
2:07:36 - starting down
2:50:32 - TH
2870 up (+26), 2840 down (-65), 1 lap, 2:51
10:59 am, 8660 - started
12:38 pm, 11500 - stopped to see what weather was going to do
1:07 pm, 11530 - started down
1:49 pm, 8690 - finished
0:00:00 - TH
1:01:00 - radio towers
1:33:01 - leaving the road onto the trail
2:07:36 - starting down
2:50:32 - TH
2870 up (+26), 2840 down (-65), 1 lap, 2:51
10:59 am, 8660 - started
12:38 pm, 11500 - stopped to see what weather was going to do
1:07 pm, 11530 - started down
1:49 pm, 8690 - finished
Shavano, Tabeguache
Started at 5:23 am. Hung out on Tab for a while chatting with Steve, an attorney who works in Boulder. Ran into Hardrockers Tyler C, Jon M, and Rickie R on the way down. Saw 8 bighorn sheep.
0:00:00 - Shavano/Tabeguache TH (Blank Gulch)
2:00:01 - Shavano
2:26:36 - Tabeguache
2:46:32 - leaving Tabeguache
4:23:37 - Shavano/Tabeguache TH
4970 up (+31), 5040 down (-54), 3 laps, 4:24
5:23 am, 9440 - started
7:23, 13580 - Shavano (didn't stop)
7:38, 13130 - low
7:50, 13490 - Tabeguache
8:09, 13490 - started down
8:17, 13120 - low
8:36, 13560 - back over Shavano
9:46, 9380 - TH
0:00:00 - Shavano/Tabeguache TH (Blank Gulch)
2:00:01 - Shavano
2:26:36 - Tabeguache
2:46:32 - leaving Tabeguache
4:23:37 - Shavano/Tabeguache TH
4970 up (+31), 5040 down (-54), 3 laps, 4:24
5:23 am, 9440 - started
7:23, 13580 - Shavano (didn't stop)
7:38, 13130 - low
7:50, 13490 - Tabeguache
8:09, 13490 - started down
8:17, 13120 - low
8:36, 13560 - back over Shavano
9:46, 9380 - TH
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Green
From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.
Started at 4:16 pm. Kept it fairly comfortable up Amph and Saddle Rock. Neither the legs nor the lungs felt like I was working very hard. Quite surprising. I did stride it out a few times and elevated the heart rate a bit as the legs were feeling spry, but then I'd ease back off.
Seeing a pretty good time at the Greenman junction and still feeling pretty good, I decided to try and run as much as I could on the upper part of the mountain. I ran pretty easy - too easy - to Greenman Spring. Up through the talus it started to hurt a bit more. Kept the run going a ways, but it ended a bit below the steep rocky section. I then let myself ease off a bit too much until the final few switchbacks. I think I would've been better off putting myself into the mindset of hiking as fast as possible rather than running as much as possible. Oh well, still was psyched to be under 40:00.
Decided not to push the down. Walked most of it.
0:00 - Gregory TH
8:18 - Amph/Saddle Rock
22:46 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
39:57 - Green summit
42:37 - started down
1:13:32 - Gregory TH
Crosslite2.0
Started at 4:16 pm. Kept it fairly comfortable up Amph and Saddle Rock. Neither the legs nor the lungs felt like I was working very hard. Quite surprising. I did stride it out a few times and elevated the heart rate a bit as the legs were feeling spry, but then I'd ease back off.
Seeing a pretty good time at the Greenman junction and still feeling pretty good, I decided to try and run as much as I could on the upper part of the mountain. I ran pretty easy - too easy - to Greenman Spring. Up through the talus it started to hurt a bit more. Kept the run going a ways, but it ended a bit below the steep rocky section. I then let myself ease off a bit too much until the final few switchbacks. I think I would've been better off putting myself into the mindset of hiking as fast as possible rather than running as much as possible. Oh well, still was psyched to be under 40:00.
Decided not to push the down. Walked most of it.
0:00 - Gregory TH
8:18 - Amph/Saddle Rock
22:46 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
39:57 - Green summit
42:37 - started down
1:13:32 - Gregory TH
Crosslite2.0
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