It was also the first time back since the fire in late June
The course was from Cragmoor - the end of a street in Table Mesa. Man, that looks far away
It is tough. I was tired by the time I made it to the foot of the mountain - which was ok since it was all hiking anyways to the summit given how steep it is. The 1st mile is 590', the 2nd is 1,069' and the final 0.63 is 1,030'
The end of the course is where the trail is still closed due to fire damage. 58:22. Woo-hoo!
The actual summit was still 100 yards up and to me is a challenging scramble with more exposure than I like - but I've practiced and was excited to do it solo (my three Bear summits were with others and one failed due to snow)
As I began up it began to thunder. I waited - nothing. So I kept going. More thunder. Then hail. So I bailed - now 3 successes and 2 fails
Here are pics of the fire damage - minor on this side compared to what is still closed. But this is the side we could see burning from our house
