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Latest News for 2010 version of the Scorched Sole Ultra Monday,
June 21st: Andy and I marked
the top of the course today. Still quite a bit of snow on Little White and
the East ridge toward Canyon Lakes. Trail markings were sketchy so we had
to mark with lots of orange ribbon. Tomorrow its back up to the summit
with water and ropes. One bad stretch on the south side of Little White is
quite steep and slippery. We will have ropes for the safety of the
runners.
Sunday, June 20th: Less than a week to go! Andy Daley and I will be marking the top part of the course tomorrow. We will mark the balance on Thursday. Due to the large number of entries this year we will be presenting hand made medals only to the first 150 entries. Hopefully everyone is healthy and excited about this year's race. Due to the fact that this year all proceeds are going to charity we are trying to keep our costs at a minimum. Therefore, we will not be presenting award plaques to age group winners this year. Saturday, June 12th: Finished clearing Telegraph trail and Little White FSR to the base of Little White. Should be good now until race day. I will take the saw with me when I mark the course and get anything that comes down between now and then. Snow is receding quickly and it was very warm today. Clear until the junction of Telegraph and the FSR. Still breaking through about 2' on the road up to Little White summit but clearing nicely on the edges near the trees.
Saturday, June 5th: Hiked the Telegraph Trail today with the chainsaw and cleared the remaining down fall. Will make one more trek to see if we get any more downed trees before race day. Snow is going fast, still on Little White but will be mostly gone by June 26th. This year the course will be marked with less ribbon but will have black on white 8.5"x11" laminated signs that are printed with Scorched Sole and a large arrow. Arrows will be double ended for the out and back portions and one way for the loop portions and some major intersections. Sunday,
May 30th:
Report by Kevin Matrosovs Monday,
May 17th:
Biked the 25k course today and ran the
Telegraph (upper Crawford trail). Below is a photo taken at the same point
as the one on May 1st. Snow has gone from 3' to around 1' so that is great
news. We should be OK by race day. Still some trail maintenance to
be done within the next few weeks. Saturday,
May 1st:
Kevin, Pascal and I tried to run the
top half of the 50k course today. It was snowing heavily at the KVR
elevation and snowed all day. We encountered some serious snow depth at
around the 5,000' level and did not quite make it to the Telegraph/Little White
Junction. Crawling and hiking through 3' of snow made it very slow going.
We need some serious hot weather or the course may have to be altered again.
No sign of climate warming in our neck of the woods. I have not
encountered this much snow on Telegraph Trail in the 13 years I've been running. Sunday,
March 14th: |