Mendon Peak (8766')
Today I tagged the peak from the house. It was a proper Bike/Run/Bike routine. 9.25 miles on mountain bike climbing 1000' vert (all in final 2 miles) in 50 mins. Ditched the bike and headed up Deep Canyon to Mendon Peak. Tooks things at a medium effort up the trail enjoying the views and trying not to freeze. I wore too many clothes for the bike ride but not enough for the run. The canyon was in the shade of the morning and brrr.
Hit the peak in 1:13 took the mandatory photos, ate a snickers and went down. Enjoyed cruising down the hill taxing the quads. Made it down in 42 mins and back to the bike. ~8 miles and 3400' vert.
The bike home was fun as I got to cruise down the big hill to the valley bottom. Too bad the dirt road was all washboarded and nasty. Hit 38.5mph on the paved portion of the road. Scary for a bike (for me at least). Nothing fell apart so I got to pedal all the way home. 32 mins and 9.25 miles.
Great morning followed by some rock climbing with the kids at RockHaus. Good times. Now I need to get the trailer ready for some 'camping'. Fun day off of work.
Total Time: 3:10 4500' vert
The route up Deep Canyon
View from the top...
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