{"id":7238,"date":"2017-09-02T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shane-s-favorite-running-routes-crimson-trail"},"modified":"2026-04-12T18:29:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T18:29:05","slug":"shanes-favorite-running-routes-crimson-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/2017\/09\/02\/shanes-favorite-running-routes-crimson-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane\u2019s Favorite Running Routes \u2013 Crimson Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u00a0Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. ~~John Muir<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Crimson Trail \u2013 Logan Canyon, Utah<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A lot of folks ask what and where I run.  To this end, I thought this would be a great way to demonstrate some of that information.  I will use Strava as a way to demonstrate the route and I will walk through the distance and route a little bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Links to Strava:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crimson Trail<\/a>
Crimson Trail<\/a>
Crimson Trail \u2013 Scramble with Rufus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the route details:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a loop basically. \u00a0You use\u00a0highway 89 into Logan Canyon and turn off at the 3rd Dam road aka Spring Hollow Camp Ground<\/a>. \u00a0It takes about 10 or so driving minutes from 1st Dam and has a parking lot of about 15 cars or so and no need to pay for parking in that lot (THIS MAY HAVE CHANGED – PLEASE CHECK AND BE AWARE OF ANY CHANGES)<\/mark><\/em>. \u00a0If it is pretty busy, you can cross the bridge and the highway and park on the loop. \u00a0I have not needed to do that yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has become a staple route of mine this summer. \u00a0I am grateful that Matthew Shoemaker twisted my arm and had me come run it with him while the snow was still on the trail. \u00a0I would say that you can either hike or run this. \u00a0Expect a steep 1st mile with ~ 750 ft of incline. \u00a0Once you leave the parking lot, head up to the\u00a0campground\u00a0gate and then keep heading up to the bridge that takes you to the trailhead. \u00a0The trailhead is about .2 miles\u00a0from the\u00a0bridge and the trailheads to the left<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Junction on trail to The Crimson Trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trailhead to the Crimson Trail<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From this point expect the steep first mile and meandering switchbacks.  You start to get a glimpse of the glory of the wilderness as the local birds and ground animals quiet down as visitors enter their domain.  Take a few minutes to take in the views as you ascend.  A high view of Spring Hollow, 3rd dam and beginning to see the Wind Caves are all focal wonders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After mile one things start to even out with a gentle set of rollers.  Keep your head straight and be present and mentally aware.  This is not so much a technical trail, but the features on trail can trip up even the most experienced runner.  I stumbled 3 times today introducing a friend to the trail.  A few lookouts are available both in the canopy of trees and you begin to see the great walls of fucoidal, limestone and other rock formations.  I like to run this at sunrise to capture the sun awakening the walls and tree and mountainscapes.  One of the benefits of this trail while running early is the solitude and being alone.  Logan Canyon is most known for this trail and at times it gets super busy.  I have been able to record a few vLogs on the trail and capture some \u2018zen moments\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About 2 miles in there is a set of look offs that defy description.  So go get up there and take it in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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#FaveRuns #Routes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. ~~John Muir The Crimson Trail \u2013 Logan Canyon, Utah A lot of folks ask what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","_eb_attr":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[817,452],"tags":[828],"class_list":["post-7238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prnci","category-2017-check-in","tag-tag-reflections"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24657,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7238\/revisions\/24657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}