I found Wildlife!!

Hola! Just got done processing the pictures from tonight's run up the east side of Wild Horse Canyon. I have no idea on the distance, again, but the topo map is here.
This time i went to the right side of White Mountain Road, starting from roughly the intersection of I80 and White Mountain road on the map. The view from the parking lot gives a little perspective, went up the road about a 1/2 mile and cut up a bare spot in the hill. The "path" was just a water drainage spot which turned out to be a lot steeper than it looked.
This translated to a lot of run/walk/bear running up the side as it got steeper. The Image below shows the view about 3/4's of the way up, roughly 500' of climb
I Cheated a bit in this one and used a red arrow to show the hotel/starting point, so it's definitely a ways up. Also the drop off that shows up at the bottom of the frame is the way i came up.

After i hit the top I did some running around, fairly aimless and saw three of the wild horses that are in the area. They were more scared of me, and a lot faster so the only picture was too blurry to use, next time. I did however find an elk hanging out at the top, so I proceeded to run after it and actually get a decent photo.
Not sure how scared it was of me because i was able to follow it for about 5 minutes with the white tail visible in the right image below.
About this time the light started to die on me so I had to head down. Surprisingly going down, was harder than going up because i could see where i was going if i fell, that and I didn't plan ahead enough so the path down was snow covered.
The last view is of the hotel as I started my run and or stumble and hop down the Canyon Wall. Based on the topo map and rough idea of the area, I figure its about 2.5 to 3 miles and 1000 to 1200' of elevation. The overall route ran around the horseshoe to the peak to the right of Riverview Cemetery, then back on the loop to the peak over the Interstate and then down. It was a good run, and I'll definitely be doing it again and hopefully running more of the initial 500' climb. The last view is of the hotel as I started my run and or stumble and hop down the Canyon Wall. Based on the topo map and rough idea of the area, I figure its about 2.5 to 3 miles and 1000 to 1200' of elevation. The overall route ran around the horseshoe to the peak to the right of Riverview Cemetery, then back on the loop to the peak over the Interstate and then down. It was a good run, and I'll definitely be doing it again and hopefully running more of the initial 500' climb

Hill Runs behind the Hotel

I'm off the Hamster Wheel!! Ok at least for today I am, hopefully the light will hold so I can run the hills around me a few more times. By Hills i mean canyon walls. The hotel is the Hampton Inn & Suites in Green River, Wyoming. To give a shout a great spot if you're out here. But the topo map of the area looks like this . So the map location isn't correct but the hotel is basically the intersection of I-80 and White Mountain Road.
I've done the East side of the Canyon and plan to run it again(right side of the map) but today i decided to handle the West side and i took pictures because the view is pretty spectacular. I will give a disclaimer that I am not a photographer, and I'll do better next time. The first shot is the view from the start, I started and ended at the same spot to try and keep it consistent. The start/finish is in the dark because i cut my runs short outdoors here due to darkness and wild animals out in the hills here. My Run went straight at the hotel, and up the hill to the left, it's only a 200 foot climb at first with the second climb being closer to 300 feet.

After the first climb I stopped for a bit to take a shot of what it looks like since I'm not talented enough with a camera to capture the elevation change. The hotel is right below and you can see I-80 and then past it the town of Green River, Wyoming.

After this the run involved circling the two spires behind the hotel and then heading up to the 6600' peak and then the 6800' peak.

After much running, struggling, some sprinting and raw exertion I hit the closer end of the 6800' peak, stopped and took a picture of the town. You can see the hotel in the center middle and Green River in the distance. I ran another 2 minutes up the hill, lost the light and turned around. It's definitely a great run and I look forward to going further when the sun stays up longer.

Either way I think this embodies the spirit of primal, find a hill or something and run up it. Gotta do it again and see more because the views are stunning