Met my dad at the Butler Fork trailhead at 7am and we headed to the Gobbler's summit. After coming back down, at Baker Pass I turned on the jets and bombed the downhill on the Bowman trail til I hit the Terraces. Turned around and met my dad on the trail, then we did the route in reverse.
I've done this run a few times in past years and I always forget how miserably long that climb on Bowman is. It's something like 4.5 miles long with around 3,700' of vert. Seems never ending; especially in the heat! Definitely good training though, which is why I end up doing it every year. I was on tired legs, but this run was definitely what I needed to get back into the groove. | 