Monday, August 3, 2009

Ran up in the Wasatch Mountains - high altitude

Trail run from Alta, Wasatch Mountains


Someone told me it was over 8,000 feet – which possibly explains why I was so short of breath and had to walk so much! It is the time of the wildflowers – quite jaw-droppingly gorgeous. I also saw my first real, live chipmunk and marmot. The marmots were fat with lustrous coats like a mink – no doubt due to the vast abundance of bugs and flowres to chow on; but they were skittish and I did not get a picture of them.