High Creek - Mt Naomi - Cherry Peak Today the stars aligned and I was able to take Joe up High Creek and complete the attempt we made earlier in the year. I was able to do this exact run by myself on Sept 5th but his time it was fun to show Joe the sights. I had my doubts about this run due to my nagging MCL injury but it held up wonderfully with very little issues. It did affect my downhill speed a bit, but it didn't matter today as fatigue was the limiting factor. This just leaves me confused about my injury. How bad is it really if I can run for 4 hours with just a few twinges and tightness? I mean, really? The run was pretty sweet today. We were greeted with lots of snow once above 8000'. That made for some slow traverses but some fast descents. So, we hit High Creek with a gorgeous view of snow sprinkled rocks. The saddle above the lake was all snow, but it was frozen enough to hike up without postholing. The tricky part was the mile long stretch from the saddle to Mt Naomi. Pretty hard and icy snow made the trail tricky. Coming down it wasn't as scary as expected. I only almost died once. The grunt up Cherry Peak was muddy and steeper than last time (somehow). Oh well, the views from the top were worth it. The cold wind kept our Peak time short and before long we were back at the car (somehow). Thanks for a great run Joe! T- 4:15 (13:25) 5900' vert 1:34 to the lake (7 mi) 2:12 to Mt Naomi (8.6 mi) 2:54 to Cherry Peak (10.75mi) 1:21 from the peak to the car (8.25 mi)
CHERRY PEAK from below 
High Creek Lake (sweet reflection) 
Joe struggling up the last climb before Mt. Naomi 
Mt Naomi (highest mtn in Bear River Range) 
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