As I've mentioned before, one of the best parts of running long distances is the ability to cover a lot of beautiful trail in a short amount of time. The trails here are now covered in snow, but the weather in September and much of October was incredible. Below are some pictures from a late September run along one of my favorite routes.
While I'm thinking of it, if you find lots of reasons to avoid exercising in the cold weather, this article from the NY Times dispels some of the myths of cold weather exercise.
Now for the photos. This is from the top of Carter Park looking down at town and across to the resort…
Sally Barber Mine…
Along the Sally Barber Trail…
Along French Gulch Rd looking up at Mt. Guyot, I think…
Heading up the Little French Flume Trail…
I know people regularly take horses out on the trails, but I rarely see them. This was a treat…
Little French continued. This is undoubtedly one of the prettiest trails around. For awhile I was honestly stopping every 30 seconds for a photo…
View from the far end of the Little French Trail…
view looking at the Breckenridge Resort…
Starting my way down a ridiculously long downhill on American Gulch Rd. The distant opening and road in the center of the photograph is the North Fork of the Swan, and it’s where I was headed…
Old mine ruins and cabins are common on the trails near our house. This one is down a ways on American Gulch Rd…
The trailhead for the Colorado Trail off the North Fork of the Swan. It’s a long and relentless climb from here up to the West Ridge. After I took this photo, I felt okay for maybe another mile. Then the wheels came off…
Along the Colorado Trail looking back at the ridge I came over several miles ago…
Finally on top of the West Ridge…
The West Ridge actually runs through a far boundary of the Keystone Ski Resort…
Descending from the ridge looking down at Lake Dillon (I think) in the distance…
A deer saying hello to me shortly before I exited the Colorado Trail…
The dredge boat at Horseshoe Gulch…
Here’s the view near the end of my journey on Tiger Rd. I ran out of water many, many miles ago so Adrienne thankfully picked me up a few miles short of my intended destination (home). Nevertheless, it was an amazing run, and even if you’re not dumb enough to try covering it all in one shot, the individual components—Sally Barber, Little French, and the Colorado Trail near the Forks of the Swan—are all well worth doing individually. Goodbye snowless trails, I'll see you next June…
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