Ptrailblog

As a finale to the trail running season, Dan and I decided to squeeze in one more long run: a long-awaited attempt to tackle our twisted brainchild, the Bolton Mountain Fun Run. The Fun Run is an incredible link up of snowmobile, hiking and back country ski trails running from Richmond village to the top of Bolton ridge- and back again. We had originally planned to organize the run as an official race, but both of us have been too busy with our families, work, and procrastinating to manage the logistics. Anyway, this year’s run was an “unofficial invitational,” which basically means that I sent my friend Nick an email the night before to see if he would join us. He was busy. Dan had to drop his son off at daycare in the morning so we weren’t able to get an “alpine start.” I used the extra time to sleep in a bit and drop a couple of cache bags. I dropped one bag at Rich’s house- roughly at mile seven of the course; the other I hid behind a rock on the far side of the Winooski River. Our...

This is for the love of trails... And when I say trails I mean all trails, in the broadest sense; whether for mountain biking, rock climbing, snowboarding, skiing, trail running, or whatever; finding a path and an experience in the outdoors is the essence of the thing... Nearly fifteen years of exploring have preceded today's post, and I regret that there have been many experiences that I've not captured in writing. This is a new beginning and a commitment to documenting my experience. Maintaining my own dwindling memories is the true goal but, if anything here is of interest, then I look forward to sharing inspiration and challenges.