let Jun borrow my spikes the other day, and since he has yet to return them, I decided not to run the BST in Kaysville today. I decided to try out the BST a couple miles south, starting at the mouth of Baer Canyon and heading South to Farmington Canyon. You immediately start with a climb, then once you hit about 5200 feet the trails settles down and rolls you along. About halfway through you get to Shepherd creek, where you have to drop down just to the neighborhood, and then climb your way back up to the same elevation you were before. The lower part was snowy, and had some stairs that were completely covered, which was a little sketchy, there was a rope there, which helped a lot especially on the way down. Got to Farmington Canyon at about 3.3 miles. Didn't go all the way down into it, but got to a nice overlook and then headed back. Was able to run (slowly) most of the climbs, which was good. Trail conditions overall were OK - a few nasty spots and the start/finish but overall well worth running. Will certainly be adding that into my schedule, especially for some climbing days. 6.6 miles - 1:20:42 - 12:12 AP - 1950 vert This is looking back where I came from at the turnaround point. Back up we go! (You can see trail markers scattered throughout, including on the skyline) Me & Farmington Canyon
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