Last Ben Lomond
Last trip for the year up Ben Lomond Peak this morning. Had a great solo run! The trail was a little treacherous, water ice in the runnel on the switchbacks, snow, mud, all the fun stuff. The trail was pretty deserted, a day hiker or two and a scout troop with a few lost hikers?? After the saddle the tracks in the snow got pretty sparse . . . .not too many floks headed up that high this time of year. The wind was freezing and whipping hard out of the North East , so I traversed onto the south face of the peak and followed goat trails to the peak. Getting to the peak and looking at the register (glad to see it was repaired) . . .I saw who the other crazies were . . . .Local ultra guys Corey Johnson and Tom Remkes (maybe I followed Wasatch Speed Goat trails) had been up a few days earlier and a couple other local ultra runners on Turkey day. Beautiful day, tough run . . .wore me out worse than usual. A slow 1:50 up and 3:10 rt , 16ish miles and a little under 4000 ft of climb. | 