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Mt Lowe from Mt. Disappointment

Mt Lowe Trails

A favorite place for me to run in the San Gabriels front range is Mt. Lowe.It's good, scrappy stuff, exposed, rocky (some sections very), harsh, and fun. It's also reachable on foot from town, although I usually prefer to get right to it and…
Rim Trail

North Side of Mount Wilson

The sun was setting as I approached Mt. Wilson on the last stretch of trail. By the time I reached the top, it was dark, and a brilliant almost blood red sunset stretched across the horizon, interrupted in the middle by a low blue cloud.I'd…
Maggie Beach Eaton Canyon

Eaton Canyon

Mt. Wilson was kind of a home-away-from-home this summer.The Mt. Wilson Observatory, parking lot, and cafe at the top of Mt. Wilson will be closing in a few weeks, and won't open again until April. We took another run up the tollroad this Sunday,…
My shoes, after the race

Mount Disappointment 50K

Sat. August 13. This is said to be the toughest 50K in So. Cali. We started at the top of Mt. Wilson, headed down, up down, up, down, up... 7,403 feet of climbing says my Garmin. Probably a dozen stream crossings. Long exposed climbs. Because…
Kista and the Twins

Mt. Disappointment Test Runs #2 & #3

I'd run the Mt. Disappointment training run a few weeks back, crashed at about the 3 mile mark, and did the rest in pain. I decided to have another go at it.Not knowing what she was getting into, Kista joined me. The climb up back up Mt. Wilson…
Kista and the Twins

Kista and the Twins, Mt. Wilson Twice

Angeles Forest. The idea was to head down a singletrack that I'll be following during Mt. D. but Kista & I could't find access to the trail (and anyhow, it's all overgrown with poodle dog bush) and took the fireroad down instead. Hot, no shade,…
Kista and the Twins

Mt. Wilson

I have two friends running Western States this weekend: Maggie Beach & Sheri Okamamoto.Kista & I will be driving up to Auburn early Sat am to cheer them as they finish. This year there've been record snows up in Squaw Valley. Folks on the…