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Mesa Top & Cottonwood Canyon Loop 5k

This one caught me off guard because I hadn’t checked the most recent forecast and a surprise snowstorm was incoming. As I drove from Denver to Golden ahead of the meet time the snow was already coming down.

TRIP REPORT DATE

February 17, 2021

Trail

RUN

6,565

FEET

758

VERT GAIN

MILES

OUT + BACK

4.22

Mod/Diff

14ER RATING / DIFFICULTY

North Table Mountain

Mesa Top & Cottonwood Canyon Loop 5k

AUTHOR:

MAKAYLA BRADEN

PARTNER(S):

CMC Trip

I organized a trail run progression for interested CMC members this year to help motivate some of my personal cross training efforts. 

This one caught me off guard because I hadn’t checked the most recent forecast and a surprise snowstorm was incoming. As I drove from Denver to Golden ahead of the meet time the snow was already coming down.

After getting to the meeting location the snow was coming down consistently and I questioned how many participants would show up.

To my surprise we had a small turnout and everyone opted for a slow and slippery jaunt in the snow. We had a blast slipping and sliding around on the trail and rewarded ourselves with beers and food afterwards!


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