Summit junkie!

Weights at the gym for an hour. After I hit the track for 4 miles easy peasy.

Ave Twins with TaraS, MattVH and ZacM:

I met Tara early at the Capitol building for a run up City Creek Canyon to the Avenues Twin Peaks. MattVH and Zac started about 15 minutes behind us and I knew that they would catch up. We had a really fun time chatting away and the miles clicked by as we ascended the trail up to the Twins. It was a lot warmer than the forecast and there was very little wind, but we did have to deal with some snow and ice along the way, but nothing major.

We hit the first Twin and it was fun to see Tara's reaction to the awesome 360 degree view. She loved it. We cruised over to the second peak and I took a gel and we checked out that sweet view for a few more minutes and then went back over to the first Twin. We were surprised that we hadn't seen the other guys and then on our way down the peak we saw Matt coming up without a headlamp and shortly after we ran into Zac. They both wanted to hit the peaks, so we went bak down knowing they would eventually catch up.

The run down was just as much fun as the way up. We took it rather easy and just enjoyed the trail and the chat and then just before the trailhead the guys showed up and we ran the last mile back to the cars at the Cap. We had a blast and I think Tara had a blast hitting her first summit and hopefully she will join the group again for more peaks.

Meridian Peak with ZacM and MattVH:

I met the boys at the Capitol at 5:30 am. It was warmer than I thought it would be, but like a dummy I kept my jacket on and I roasted for the first half of the run. It was even warm up on the ridge. On Wed we went east and hit the Twins, but today we went west up to the towers and then went down into the N. Salt lake side and then picked up a trail to Meridian Peak. I had never been there before and it was a fun little climb with incredible views. We saw a pack of coyotes on our way up and that was pretty cool and then watched a pretty great sunrise on top.

From Meridian we went back over to the main ridge (with the towers) and then took a steep side trail down into City Creek where we picked up the nice single track back to the trailhead. It was a really fun morning.