Tammy and I have been talking about Andy's Loop for a few months. This is a trail in the Tabeguache area we haven't run before, and it sounds intimidating. One of the trail sites I check out said this about it:
Andy's Loop is probably the toughest hike in the Lunch Loop Trail System due mostly to its overall elevation gain of more than 1000 feet and a particularly rough section of trail above the Echo Canyon area. Don't let the elevations listed above fool you. There are several spots along the way where the trail makes lengthy descents and then ascends to reclaim the previous elevation and more.
That sounds like a tough run to me. Total mileage is 7.5. We'll probably give it a shot next week.
The picture I posted here is looking down the backside of Andy's Loop from Little Park Road. You can see the trail winding up the canyon if you look closely. The canyon wall on the right is where the Eagle's Wing trail goes, so it looks down on Andy's Loop, if you were brave enough to step to the edge of the cliff and look down.
Yesterday I mapped out a 10.2 mile run for us. I haven't gone over 10 miles since I started running last July, so this would be a cool barrier to break. We were running from the Tabeguache areas, so there's plenty of ways to build a run of just about any length. This one involved going up Eagle's Tail to Holy Cross, Ali's Loop, the Miramonte Rim Loop, Ali's Loop a second time, and then Curt's Lane back to the parking lot. Tammy was going to go a slight variation that would cut out the second trip through Ali's Loop and would instead go down the lower Miramonte Trail, and then up Leftover Lane to Curt's Lane.
However, when I finished my run, she was nowhere to be seen. She'd decided to go a different way (after she finished the Miramonte Rim Loop, she ran to the top of Pet-e-Kes and then down). That was a 12.2 mile run. Wowza.
Oh, on a totally unrelated note, I think I've found the car of my dreams, a 1938 Phantom Corsair. I can imagine pulling into the school parking lot with this bad boy, where it probably would be immediately keyed, probably by a jealous teacher.
Andy's Loop is probably the toughest hike in the Lunch Loop Trail System due mostly to its overall elevation gain of more than 1000 feet and a particularly rough section of trail above the Echo Canyon area. Don't let the elevations listed above fool you. There are several spots along the way where the trail makes lengthy descents and then ascends to reclaim the previous elevation and more.That sounds like a tough run to me. Total mileage is 7.5. We'll probably give it a shot next week.
The picture I posted here is looking down the backside of Andy's Loop from Little Park Road. You can see the trail winding up the canyon if you look closely. The canyon wall on the right is where the Eagle's Wing trail goes, so it looks down on Andy's Loop, if you were brave enough to step to the edge of the cliff and look down.
Yesterday I mapped out a 10.2 mile run for us. I haven't gone over 10 miles since I started running last July, so this would be a cool barrier to break. We were running from the Tabeguache areas, so there's plenty of ways to build a run of just about any length. This one involved going up Eagle's Tail to Holy Cross, Ali's Loop, the Miramonte Rim Loop, Ali's Loop a second time, and then Curt's Lane back to the parking lot. Tammy was going to go a slight variation that would cut out the second trip through Ali's Loop and would instead go down the lower Miramonte Trail, and then up Leftover Lane to Curt's Lane.
However, when I finished my run, she was nowhere to be seen. She'd decided to go a different way (after she finished the Miramonte Rim Loop, she ran to the top of Pet-e-Kes and then down). That was a 12.2 mile run. Wowza.
Oh, on a totally unrelated note, I think I've found the car of my dreams, a 1938 Phantom Corsair. I can imagine pulling into the school parking lot with this bad boy, where it probably would be immediately keyed, probably by a jealous teacher.- Current Mood:
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