AM 1: I met Ken, Ben, Denver, and Matt at the Dee and ran eight miles easy in the slushy, wet snow, avg pace 7:24/mile. It snowed the whole time.
AM 2: I met Dave and Bret at Dave's at 7:00 and we ran up to the trails, put on the microspikes, and headed up to the Hidden Valley trail. The snow for the first 800 feet or so of elevation was somewhat runnable, but then it got to power-hikeable, and once we got 2,000 feet higher it was waist-deep and 60:00/mile was a chore! We took turns cutting the trail though. It was a blizzard the whole time, and was absolutely beautiful.
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