New Pass was a long climb - up from 4000-something to over 6000. And you could see a difference in the landscape. Well, for all I know own the difference has nothing to do with the elevation, but the 6000-foot desert looked different than the 4000-foot desert.
There wasn't much of a downhill after New Pass, so Mt. Airy pass wasn't too long of a climb up. The descent after Mt. Airy, though, was a long, long, gradual descent - something like 10 miles long. It was pretty awesome. I never got going much more than 20, but it was nice to relax and cruise down for about 30 minutes.
I'll pay for it tomorrow. Austin is located on Austin Mountain. I already had to climb up quite a bit to get to town. Tomorrow there is a steep climb with switchbacks to top out well over 7000. But I think the rest of the day is pretty decent so getting the mountain done first thing in the morning will lead to a great day!
Nice pictures of the shoe tree!!!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you're back in cross country shape