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“Solvitur ambulando,” the Romans said. To solve a problem, walk around. |
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Loop One - 2007 Snow and Ice 100 |
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Loop One Our Saturday morning walk took us across Deer Creek and up the beautiful South Valley west of the hogback Ulli made some modifications to the course to avoid the deepest snow |
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The team striding in the snow with gusto at Mile 1 Ten of us started, seen here from left to right: Gerry Roach, Debbie Richmeier, James Miller, Eric Poulsen, Fran Mason, Bill Watson, Tim Erickson, Jennifer Roach, Terri Handy Photo by Ulli |
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7:56 AM; Mile 3.2 Still smiling while striding through the Trailmark subdivision Left to right: James, Terri, Eric, Tim, Debbie, Bill (behind), Fran, Gerry |
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8 AM; Mile 3.5 Leaving the comforts of the Trailmark subdivision |
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8:05 AM; Mile 3.8 What happened to the trail? The team in Hildebrand Ranch Park |
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8:08 AM; Mile 4 Cross country in Hildebrand Ranch Park Ulli made several modifications to the course to avoid the worst snow |
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8:18 AM; Mile 4.8 Most of the time, Ulli’s course modifications kept us in the clear, but on this occaision we had to cross a section of rotten snow on our descent to Deer Creek |
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8:20 AM; Mile 4.9 Approching Deer Creek we had some unavoidable postholing Photo by Gerry |
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8:26 AM; Mile 5.3 Terri wading Deer Creek with bags over her feet to keep her shoes dry The technique worked |
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Jennifer at Deer Creek with one of the course landmarks Photo by Gerry |
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8:35 AM; Mile 5.7 Once past the vagaries of Deer Creek, we found better footing on the Cathy Johnson Trail west of the hogback |
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8:47 AM; Mile 6.0 The team enjoying South Valley |
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9 AM Ulli leading the team through the beautiful upper South Valley at Mile 6.5 When the forecast storm fizzled, we were bouyed by the sun Photo by Gerry |
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Mile 6.8 A beautiful but ice-infested stretch of trail leading down to our first aid station |
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9:08 AM; Mile 7.0 Debbie tearing into one of Traudl’s wonderful sandwiches at the South Valley Aid Station |
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10:21 AM; Mile 11 Descending to the Aboretum while heading back toward the frozen Chatfield Reservoir, which you can see in the distance |
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12:15 PM; Mile 18 The team back in Chatfield State Park striding toward the vehicles and the second aid station |
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Continue to Loop Two |
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Continue to Loop Three |
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Continue to Loop Four |
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Continue to Loop Five |
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Continue to Loop Six |
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The 2007 Snow and Ice 100 |
| All photos are by Jennifer Roach unless otherwise indicated. | |
Copyright © 2001-2023 by Gerry Roach. All Rights Reserved. |
