On a picture perfect day (6/28/20) in the San Juan's, just north of Durango, CO., one of my bestest ultra running buds, BJ and I did a 28 mile ultra around Engineer Mountain. It was a beautiful day- especially to take great photos of the spectacular scenery around us! Up near Rolling Pass, we got to see the Hardrock 100 course from a completely new angle, ran on the well established Colorado Trail near the Rolling Pass and then down into the Cascade Creek. We used Engineer Mtn. trail, the Colorado trail and the Cascade Creek trail in a circumnavigation of Engineer Mtn. It was an astounding day all around!
Starting around 7:20 am we took our time running and hiking throughout the day. We ended up finishing around 5:20, we ascended around 5500 ft. of gain, and saw an outstanding part of our back country of the U.S. BJ had planned this whole route before so I greatly appreciate this plan! It worked perfectly and we just had a great day. It was pretty tough - that's for sure! I'm glad we took our time and we didn't push it. It paid dividends in the end. I mean just look at the pictures! Wow!
Thanks again for all the support! 1/2 way through!!!!!!!!!!!!!
$100.00 donated 7/1/20 to the Shirley Marcos Alzheimer's Research Center
