Ave Twins/Mount Van Hott BST Combo with Brother Wassermann
Alarm at 4AM, met Scott at 5AM near the University Hospital above Salt Lake City. We then drove to a trailhead above Federal Heights neighborhood to access the BST. Temp was chilly but the season is definitely shifting into Spring and it was comfortable once we got running. We ran the trail to the Avenues Twin Peaks, then plowed down the west slope to pick up the BST, then turned South for a handful of miles of sustained running. My first time on this section of trail. Like it. Lot of water coming from Dry Canyon watershed. I rolled my ankle on a stream jump; fortunatley it was a temporary soreness. We continued to the base of the Van Cott ridge trail, then up and reached the summit rock pile quickly. Another quick run down to Scott's car then shuttle back to mine at the morning TH. Nice run. Scott was hoping to run into his fluffy-haired crush, Brian. He went unfulfilled. He's been looking all over for that guy. Above the din of indie rock grinding out of my earphones, I thought I heard Scott say 7.7 miles. OK. | 