Morning run at Snowbird + Mt Baldy from Hidden Peak
In what will probably become an annual Pioneer Day vacation, I took my fambly to stay two nights at Snowbird. I had desired to get up early the first morning and hike to Hidden Peak, but I always struggle with getting up at 5 in the AM if I do not have a partner to help committ me to meet them. Five AM came and went, but after laying in bed for an hour and a half I got up and found the trail up Peruvian Gulch. Ran up hill as much as possible, and ran the flatter and more gradual parts of the trail. I wanted to go all the way up to Hidden Peak, but I had a duty to my fambly to be down in time for breakfast and fun stuff at The Bird. I turned around and ran the road down into a subdivision on the flanks of the town of Alta, past dozens of $2 Million ski-out condos, and back to the Cliff Lodge at Snowbird.
Later that day when I took my wife and boys up the Tram to Hidden Peak, we hiked over to Mt Baldy and bagged the summit, then hiked back down to the Peruvian Chair and rode back in the open air to Snowbird Center. We played the rest of the day on climbing walls, alpine slide, zip line, bouncy castle, ropes course, trampoline, and ice cream. Woot. | 