{"id":740,"date":"2014-10-06T07:18:03","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T02:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/professorontherun.wordpress.com\/?p=740"},"modified":"2015-06-12T14:50:49","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T20:50:49","slug":"autumn-aspen-awesomeness-on-the-wasatch-crest-mill-d-moose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.professorontherun.com\/?p=740","title":{"rendered":"Autumn Aspen Awesomeness on the Wasatch Crest + Mill D MOOSE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">With my family out of town, I took my free evening time to hit up Big Cottonwood Canyon to see some autumn leaves before they were all gone. Some friendly folks from the Wasatch Mountain Wranglers joined in and we had a great run (Thanks Collette, Justin and Tyson!). As it turned out, a lot of the Aspen leaves had already fallen at the higher elevations, but our route eventually took us through a gorgeous band of trees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We parked at Mill D North and took my car up to Guardsman Pass. The Wasatch Crest Trail goes from there, north, to Desolation Lake. We then turned down Mill D to the cars. about 11 miles total (we took a wrong turn at the beginning and almost dropped down the east side of the Crest, oops!). I would like to think I could have done it faster, but I kept on stopping to take pictures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So yeah, lots of pictures below. I just couldn&#8217;t help myself. The evening sun coming in sideways against the Aspens &#8211; wow.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/204253126\" target=\"_blank\">10.9 miles in 2:07:21 @ 11:40 min\/mile and with 1,031 ft. elevation gain<\/a><\/h3>\n\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\/204253126\/embed\/810388fd49142cdd0897b26535daa5e08be795db\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/untitled-picture1.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-741\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/untitled-picture1.png?resize=640%2C273&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Untitled picture\" width=\"640\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/untitled-picture1.png?w=1457&amp;ssl=1 1457w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/untitled-picture1.png?resize=300%2C127&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/untitled-picture1.png?resize=1024%2C436&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/untitled-picture1.png?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/untitled-picture21.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-742\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/untitled-picture21.png?resize=640%2C330&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Untitled picture2\" width=\"640\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_744\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-744\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/guardsman-to-desolation-lake-to-mill-d-4.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-744 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/guardsman-to-desolation-lake-to-mill-d-4.jpg?resize=640%2C479&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Guardsman to Desolation Lake to Mill D (4)\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On the Crest between Guardsman Pass and Desolation Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_745\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-745\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/guardsman-to-desolation-lake-to-mill-d-7.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-745 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/guardsman-to-desolation-lake-to-mill-d-7.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Guardsman to Desolation Lake to Mill D (7)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crest south of Deso<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_746\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-746\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/guardsman-to-desolation-lake-to-mill-d-8.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-746 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/guardsman-to-desolation-lake-to-mill-d-8.jpg?resize=640%2C172&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Guardsman to Desolation Lake to Mill D (8)\" width=\"640\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-746\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panorama looking down the ridge, Desolation Lake at bottom left<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/guardsman-to-desolation-lake-to-mill-d-16.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-747\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/guardsman-to-desolation-lake-to-mill-d-16.jpg?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Guardsman to Desolation Lake to Mill D (16)\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_748\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-748\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/guardsman-to-desolation-lake-to-mill-d-17.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-748 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/guardsman-to-desolation-lake-to-mill-d-17.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Guardsman to Desolation Lake to Mill D (17)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This guy was write against the trail and I literally almost ran into him. He sauntered off, letting out a few grunts. I scrambled to get my camera. Wow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/guardsman-to-desolation-lake-to-mill-d-18.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-743\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/guardsman-to-desolation-lake-to-mill-d-18.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Guardsman to Desolation Lake to Mill D (18)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/guardsman-to-desolation-lake-to-mill-d-13.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-749\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/guardsman-to-desolation-lake-to-mill-d-13.jpg?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Guardsman to Desolation Lake to Mill D (13)\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With my family out of town, I took my free evening time to hit up Big Cottonwood Canyon to see some autumn leaves before they were all gone. Some friendly folks from the Wasatch Mountain Wranglers joined in and we had a great run (Thanks Collette, Justin and Tyson!). As it turned out, a lot of the Aspen leaves had already fallen at the higher elevations, but our route eventually took us through a gorgeous band of trees. 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