
Trip
Frontcountry Trail Run - Cougar Mountain Loop
Wilderness Peak Lolipop in the dark
- Info
- COVID-19: Learn about our most up-to-date guidance for participants and leaders on our COVID-19 Response page. All participants and leaders must agree to the COVID-19 Code of Conduct before participating in this Mountaineers activity.
- Thu, Nov 12, 2020
- Foothills Trail Running Committee
- Trail Running
- Adults
- Easy/Moderate
- Moderate
- Mileage: 6.7 mi
- Elevation Gain: 1,500 ft
- High Point Elevation: 1,600 ft
- Pace: 15 min / mile -- walk up hills
- 4 (6 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Red Town Trailhead
https://goo.gl/maps/CxNyTTXpBbGLZcQH8
Please arrive @ 3:00PM and be ready to run @3:15PM
Note: I had previously scheduled this as an "after work" run -- however I have since learned that officially Cougar Mountain Park is open from Dawn to Dusk and there is a risk of cars in the parking lot after sunset being ticketed and locked in.
So I've revised the timing to complete before sunset.
Longer, but easy going trail run intended for ski tourer's getting in shape for ski season. However all are welcome. Route starts with a little hill, which we will walk up. Then the next mile and half are flatish so we will jog along to get nicely warmed up, we then climb 900+ feet in a mile and a half with some rolls, walking or jogging -- we will regroup at all trail intersections and tops of hills.
The return portion will use the Clay hole trail for much of the descent -- this trail is an old road, so a bit wider, so may be slightly easier to descend -- but with the goal of preseving knee cartalige, the trip leader will continue a modest pace on the descent.
Route maps:
https://www.gaiagps.com/map/?loc=13.3/-122.1187/47.5265&pubLink=OEFnRjQHEt3tPSEDBY3YqYtP&trackId=a159f766-4559-4e78-99c1-f6ee6d0f8568&layer=slope-avy,SatelliteWithLabels,GaiaTopoRasterFeet
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BosE7zitl9F3dTv2bXTJL0tx0Dn6wYXx/view?usp=sharing
Required Equipment
- The Ten Essentials
- Sturdy running shoes
- COVID-19 face covering