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Started from Mt. Hope at 9:14 am. Ran sidewalks and Greenbriar, then turned off into open space at a gate and ran down to lower Big Bluestem. Big Bluestem up to Mesa. Mesa to Chautauqua.

I then ran the Baseline Trail over to the Gregory TH, but it looks like we were supposed to run Chautauqua to Ski Jump to Bluebell-Baird. Up Gregory, Ranger, and West Ridge to Green. Quite a few folks went up Green, but a number of folks bailed after this.

Down West Ridge and Green Bear. I think two guys, maybe three, went down Green Bear ahead of me. Initially, they stayed on the trail, but down lower the leader lost it in a few spots.

I stopped at the start of Bear's West Ridge trail to get water from the creek. Above, the trail looked unbroken, although Tom Masterson e-mailed BTR that he had been up this way the day before. There was a depression indicating his passage for some of the way up the West Ridge, but it didn't really help as it had apparently drifted in with the winds overnight. I ended up breaking trail solo, much of it knee deep and occasionally crotch deep in some drifts, until part way up the final steep climb when I ran into a large CMC group descending. Boy, was I glad to see them. The going up the last part of Bear was much easier after this.

At this point, I had no idea if anybody else was behind me. I thought I had heard voices a few times, but I was surprised that I hadn't been caught since I was breaking trail.

Anyway, on over to South Boulder. Past the Shadow junction, I could see only one set of footprints heading up South Boulder, and it looked like they hadn't come down yet. Sure enough, a ways up there I ran into two girls descending. They mentioned that they hadn't made it to the top, but I thanked them graciously for their track nonetheless. Turns out they had made a wrong turn a couple hundred feet below the top, heading too far left below the talus field. Following this part of the track was tough with lots of tree branches buried under the snow. Their track ended probably only a hundred vertical feet below the summit. Breaking trail from there to the summit was tough, as it was all crotch deep, with more buried downed trees, and then talus.

I opted to descend the trail, which meant breaking trail downhill for a few minutes. A couple of drifts here were probably the deepest snow of the day, but at least it was downhill. Quite fun actually.

At the top of Shadow, I ran into a number of runners, including Adam Massey, Megan (Baker), Mike (?), Jorge del Plata. Sounded like they were all opting to skip South Boulder. I got some nice props here as they mentioned that I was likely the only person completing the entire route. I continued down Shadow at a pretty good rate. Adam mentioned that he might run ahead of the others, so I thought he might catch up to me, but I never did see any of them again. Down Shadow, Towhee, Homestead, left on the Mesa, Big Bluestem, lower Big Bluestem, and back the same way we started.

0:00 - Chambers/Bradley intersection
1:50:02 - starting up Gregory Canyon trail
3:01:58 - Green
4:54:42 - Bear
5:23:50 - South Boulder
7:02:22 - Chambers/Bradley intersection

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Green

From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.

Started at 7:01 am. Lots of new snow this morning. About mid-shin on the upper part of the mountain, occasionally at the knee in drifts and on steeper slopes. The summit boulder was fun with all that snow. Lots of trees bending over the trail with the weight of the snow, mostly near the bottom of Amph. Not much running involved on this trip. Even on the down, running was a lot of work. Put my left leg into the deep hole in the talus on one of the final switchbacks below the summit, even though I was looking out for it! Oddly, the Gregory gate was closed, apparently just after that road had been plowed (!), so I parked in the pullout just down the road.

0:00 - Gregory TH
11:10 - Amph/Saddle Rock
dup - Saddle Rock/Greenman
1:08:23 - Green summit
1:46:28 - Gregory TH

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Green

From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.

Started at 4:52 pm. Felt much better than yesterday and ran more than my other Greens this fall. But fresh snow, a couple of inches, slowed me a bit on the upper part of the mountain.

At the summit, it was gorgeous. Fresh snow, clouds everywhere, some snow falling. I didn't want to leave. I noted that my legs felt like I hadn't even run up the mountain. They felt great. I took it easy coming down the upper part, but then kicked it in below Greenman Spring. My legs felt great, and I hammered down from there. Super fun!

0:00 - Gregory TH
8:30 - Amph/Saddle Rock
24:14 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
44:16 - Green summit
51:36 - started down
1:17:46 - Gregory TH

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Green

From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.

Started at 6:27 am. Didn't have much "go" in the tank today. Starting in the dark and icy footing on the upper part didn't help. Didn't really like going up in the dark for the first 20 minutes or so, but it was cool seeing the city lights and then the sunrise.

0:00 - Gregory TH
9:58 - Amph/Saddle Rock
28:06 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
50:07 - Green summit
54:42 - started down
1:22:15 - Gregory TH

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Green

From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.

Started at 5:31 pm. Some fresh snow to deal with making footing tricky in a few spots. Maybe up to two inches near the summit. Ran more than the previous trip, but I was slower. Don't think I was working as hard when hiking. Snow certainly slowed me a bit as well.

0:00 - Gregory TH
8:40 - Amph/Saddle Rock
24:30 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
45:16 - Green summit
46:23 - started down
1:19:38 - Gregory TH

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Green

From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.

Started at 5:43 pm. Too late. Ended up doing most of the descent in the dark slowly with the Tikka. Mostly a fast hike, running the few flats and downhills. Could've probably run more, but didn't feel like working that hard.

0:00 - Gregory TH
9:01 - Amph/Saddle Rock
dup - Saddle Rock/Greenman
44:02 - Green summit
46:42 - started down
1:19:11 - Gregory TH

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Green

From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.

Started at 3:58 pm. Didn't feel like going hard so took it relatively easy.

0:00 - Gregory TH
9:30 - Amph/Saddle Rock
26:16 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
46:06 - Green summit
52:46 - started down
1:18:13 - Gregory TH

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Aires Butte & South Ariel Peak

Quick (2:45) morning outing in east Zion before driving home. Super-fun route up Aires. Then up the north side of South Ariel from the saddle. Continued down the narrowing south ridge before dropping off the ridge to the east (tricky scrambling) and then continuing down the southeast slopes.

Tritle Peak

Did the tourist tour of the North Rim in the morning, then made a quick jaunt up Tritle in the afternoon.

Vishnu Temple

Right around 12.5 hours roundtrip from Cape Royal. Started around 6:45 am and finished around 7:15 pm.

Mount Hayden

Right around 5.5 hours roundtrip from Point Imperial. Started around 11:10 am and finished around 4:40 pm.

Treadmill

31:00 - all at 7% incline

31:00 @ 4 mph

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Green

From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down West Ridge, Ranger, Gregory.

Started at 4:38 pm. Didn't feel like going hard so took it relatively easy. Saw a bear in Gregory Canyon about a quarter mile above the trailhead. Heard and saw a big bush rustling down in the valley maybe 30 yards away so looked over. Checked him out for a bit before finishing up.

0:00 - Gregory TH
9:50 - Amph/Saddle Rock
26:34 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
46:53 - Green summit
49:57 - started down
1:18:03 - Gregory TH

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Treadmill

60:00 - all at 7% incline

60:00 @ 4 mph

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