Inaugural Winter Wasatch Frozen Fifty (K)
It has been too hard to try to break away to the south, so a couple of weeks ago I went up to the Alpine Loop to look for avalanches and get in a few miles.   I found the groomed snowmobile track very runnable, so l though it might be easy to get some miles in under the right weather conditions.  Last Thursday I parked at the fork of American Fork Canyon, ran up to Loopcrest, down to Cascade Springs, up to Pole Line Pass, then down AF Canyon past Tibble Fork Reservoir and back to the car.  Some snowmobilers were surprised, and I saw some really nice avalanches across the course on the east face of Mill Canyon Peak.  31.2 miles (50K), took just over eight hours (running on snow, even hard snow, can be very tiring).  It was a very nice day, seeing the WF100 course in a whole new light.  Lots of coyote poo and pee, but no critters.  Maybe we should make it an annual event, like a fat ass fifty or something? 
Be careful out there.
Phil Lowry