{"id":1552,"date":"2016-04-02T13:25:50","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T19:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/?p=1552"},"modified":"2016-04-15T09:01:05","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T15:01:05","slug":"little-wildhorse-bell-canyons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.professorontherun.com\/?p=1552","title":{"rendered":"Little Wildhorse &#8211; Bell Canyons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I hadn&#8217;t run since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.professorontherun.com\/?p=1518\" target=\"_blank\">Monument Valley<\/a>, worried about some nagging continued hip pain and new foot\/ankle pain. With only 3 weeks between 2 races, I thought it would be better to be under-trained than over-injured. However, this weekend my family went out of town (so I wasn&#8217;t needed at home), the weather was beautiful, and the San Rafael Swell was a&#8217;calling me! I put out an invite to the Wasatch Mountain Wranglers and others and was joined by a new friend, Steve, for the 8 mile loop up Little Wildhorse Canyon and down Bell Canyon. An old friend (from my time in Romania in the late 90s early 00s) and his kids joined for camping. Annie and Brad MacDonald also swung by the campsite for a campfire. I was hoping to hit Horseshoe Canyon the next day to see the Great Gallery, but my hip and ankle flared up after the run so I just drove home. Bummer. Steve said it was amazing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe height=\"405\" width=\"590\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/534916214\/embed\/76b6b42a55ea9f4c43209410d2a938c1e74e2670\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_1562\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1562\" style=\"width: 631px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-6.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1562\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1562 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-6-768x1024.jpg?resize=631%2C841&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Little Wildhorse - Bell Canyons (6)\" width=\"631\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-6.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-6.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-6.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-6.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As it was Spring Break for a lot of Utah, the place was packed. This was the only serious bottleneck we hit though, and they were kind enough to let us slip by between their legs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1563\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1563\" style=\"width: 631px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-12.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1563\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1563 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-12-768x1024.jpg?resize=631%2C841&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Little Wildhorse - Bell Canyons (12)\" width=\"631\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-12.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-12.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-12.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-12.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking down a very cool zig-zaggy section<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1565\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1565\" style=\"width: 631px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-13.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1565\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1565 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-13-1024x768.jpg?resize=631%2C473&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Little Wildhorse - Bell Canyons (13)\" width=\"631\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-13.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-13.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-13.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-13.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-13.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Once out of the Little Wildhorse slot canyon the views started to open up as we neared the Behind the Reef dirt road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1569\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1569\" style=\"width: 631px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-16.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1569\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1569 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-16-1024x768.jpg?resize=631%2C473&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Little Wildhorse - Bell Canyons (16)\" width=\"631\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-16.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-16.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-16.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-16.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-16.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A great #wimmertree. I love gnarled rugged desert fauna.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1574\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1574\" style=\"width: 631px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-17.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1574\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1574 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-17-1024x352.jpg?resize=631%2C217&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Little Wildhorse - Bell Canyons (17)\" width=\"631\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-17.jpg?resize=1024%2C352&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-17.jpg?resize=300%2C103&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-17.jpg?resize=768%2C264&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-17.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-17.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1574\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is a mile or so West on Behind the Reef Road after exiting Little Wildhorse Canyon, on our way to drop into Bell Canyon, looking northeast-ish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1577\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1577\" style=\"width: 631px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-20.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1577\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1577 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-20-768x1024.jpg?resize=631%2C841&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Little Wildhorse - Bell Canyons (20)\" width=\"631\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-20.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-20.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-20.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-20.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bell Canyon had lots of cool holes in the rock walls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hadn&#8217;t run since Monument Valley, worried about some nagging continued hip pain and new foot\/ankle pain. 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I put out an invite to the Wasatch Mountain Wranglers and others and was joined by a new&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.professorontherun.com\/?p=1552\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Little Wildhorse - Bell Canyons","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[198,115],"class_list":["post-1552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-injuries","category-pretty-places","tag-little-wildhorse-bell-canyons","tag-san-rafael-swell"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Little-Wildhorse-Bell-Canyons-12.jpg?fit=2448%2C3264&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qjMD-p2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.professorontherun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.professorontherun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.professorontherun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.professorontherun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.professorontherun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1552"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.professorontherun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1588,"href":"https:\/\/www.professorontherun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552\/revisions\/1588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.professorontherun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.professorontherun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.professorontherun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.professorontherun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}