{"id":1684,"date":"2016-05-11T20:50:54","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T02:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/?p=1684"},"modified":"2016-05-13T09:03:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T15:03:00","slug":"the-big-baldy-vertical-kilometer-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professorontherun.com\/?p=1684","title":{"rendered":"The Big Baldy Vertical Kilometer Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like maps and I like drawing routes on maps that I can only dream of ever running.\u00a0 I draw them and then challenge others to run them. See all of them at The Professor’s Trail and Ultra Courses<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Big Baldy Vertical Kilometer Challenge<\/a> is in my backyard and I tackled it this morning before work. Yowzers.<\/p>\n

The SW Ridge of Big Baldy (above Lindon, UT – in-between Dry Canyon and Battle Creek Canyons) is crazy steep. From the Dry Canyon trailhead, it is just over a kilometer of vertical gain over just 2.2 miles of trail. The 2nd mile alone climbs almost 2,300 feet. In all, the climb is 3,330 ft.<\/p>\n

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Looking at the Big Baldy SW ridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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