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Date: 15 Aug 2006 10:03:47
From: gym.gravity
Subject: Ascutney, VT places to run.
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Any recommendations for a few loops of 3-13 miles? I'm staying in the
ski place and I wan't to lace up from my doorstep. I'm going this
friday and I hope to run sat and sun. I did the VT 50 on mtb a while
ago, so I know there are lots of great dirt roads. I could find it on
my own but I'm looking for someones scenic favorite. I don't mind
hills, but gentle rolling stuff is more fun. I remember some steep
stuff.
Thanks
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Date: 15 Aug 2006 20:28:55
From: Tony S.
Subject: Re: Ascutney, VT places to run.
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"gym.gravity" <gym.gravity@gmail.com > wrote in message
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> Any recommendations for a few loops of 3-13 miles? I'm staying in the
> ski place and I wan't to lace up from my doorstep. I'm going this
> friday and I hope to run sat and sun. I did the VT 50 on mtb a while
> ago, so I know there are lots of great dirt roads. I could find it on
> my own but I'm looking for someones scenic favorite. I don't mind
> hills, but gentle rolling stuff is more fun. I remember some steep
> stuff.
>
> Thanks
If you're up for some technical stuff, why not run some of the trails over
in the state park and go up Mt. Ascutney itself. There are trails that go
all the way up from the base, in addtion to the road of course. Since that's
the highest point in the area, views are abundant up at the top at least.
-Tony
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Date: 17 Aug 2006 13:25:35
From: gym.gravity
Subject: Re: Ascutney, VT places to run.
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Tony S. wrote:
> "gym.gravity" <gym.gravity@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1155661426.995707.23420@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > Any recommendations for a few loops of 3-13 miles? I'm staying in the
> > ski place and I wan't to lace up from my doorstep. I'm going this
> > friday and I hope to run sat and sun. I did the VT 50 on mtb a while
> > ago, so I know there are lots of great dirt roads. I could find it on
> > my own but I'm looking for someones scenic favorite. I don't mind
> > hills, but gentle rolling stuff is more fun. I remember some steep
> > stuff.
> >
> > Thanks
>
> If you're up for some technical stuff, why not run some of the trails over
> in the state park and go up Mt. Ascutney itself. There are trails that go
> all the way up from the base, in addtion to the road of course. Since that's
> the highest point in the area, views are abundant up at the top at least.
>
> -Tony
Nope...not interested in using my hands...
I scoped out this loop. If I remember correctly, at least half of this
is dirt roads, and at 5:30am, I expect to see some wildlife:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=372399
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Date: 17 Aug 2006 21:11:25
From: Tony S.
Subject: Re: Ascutney, VT places to run.
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"gym.gravity" <gym.gravity@gmail.com > wrote in message
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>
> Tony S. wrote:
> > "gym.gravity" <gym.gravity@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1155661426.995707.23420@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > > Any recommendations for a few loops of 3-13 miles? I'm staying in the
> > > ski place and I wan't to lace up from my doorstep. I'm going this
> > > friday and I hope to run sat and sun. I did the VT 50 on mtb a while
> > > ago, so I know there are lots of great dirt roads. I could find it on
> > > my own but I'm looking for someones scenic favorite. I don't mind
> > > hills, but gentle rolling stuff is more fun. I remember some steep
> > > stuff.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> >
> > If you're up for some technical stuff, why not run some of the trails
over
> > in the state park and go up Mt. Ascutney itself. There are trails that
go
> > all the way up from the base, in addtion to the road of course. Since
that's
> > the highest point in the area, views are abundant up at the top at
least.
> >
> > -Tony
>
> Nope...not interested in using my hands...
>
> I scoped out this loop. If I remember correctly, at least half of this
> is dirt roads, and at 5:30am, I expect to see some wildlife:
>
> http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=372399
Looks like it might be a nice route. Just curious, how did you find this?
Two things come to mind: 1) private land / tresspassing, and 2) having to
use your GPS to locate every turn, since there are a plethora of trails and
roads going all over the place in that area. Since I don't use a GPS (yet) I
never really thought of trying mixed courses like that with lots of turns in
unfamilar areas. Since I like technical stuff, I normally come with maps in
hand to run marked trails in the local state park, or as the locals where a
suitable out-and-back on dirt roads is so that I won't get lost.
-Tony
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Date: 18 Aug 2006 10:29:35
From: gym.gravity
Subject: Re: Ascutney, VT places to run.
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Tony S. wrote:
> > http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=372399
>
> Looks like it might be a nice route. Just curious, how did you find this?
> Two things come to mind: 1) private land / tresspassing, and 2) having to
> use your GPS to locate every turn, since there are a plethora of trails and
> roads going all over the place in that area. Since I don't use a GPS (yet) I
> never really thought of trying mixed courses like that with lots of turns in
> unfamilar areas. Since I like technical stuff, I normally come with maps in
> hand to run marked trails in the local state park, or as the locals where a
> suitable out-and-back on dirt roads is so that I won't get lost.
>
> -Tony
If you click on the "map" button on the screen you'll see it is all
roads. Zoom in and you'll see the names of the roads. Slide the ruler
on the bottom to see the elevation. You can build a route and save it.
If the satellite data is good in your area (it isn't in this area of
VT) you can zoom in far enough to see wide trails, especially if they
happened to use data from the winter. You can click on the side to get
a url for the map, then cut and paste the url into the address bar,
then bookmark it for future. If you get a gps it will be even
better...see on the left, you can export gps data.
looks like I'm going to do about 8.3 miles on sat, 14 miles on sun
(twice around the loop part of the map) and maybe 4.6 miles on mon (up
to milemarker 6 and back).
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Date: 20 Aug 2006 21:17:10
From: Doug Freese
Subject: Re: Ascutney, VT places to run.
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"gym.gravity" <gym.gravity@gmail.com > wrote in message
news:1155661426.995707.23420@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Any recommendations for a few loops of 3-13 miles? I'm staying in the
> ski place and I wan't to lace up from my doorstep. I'm going this
> friday and I hope to run sat and sun. I did the VT 50 on mtb a while
> ago, so I know there are lots of great dirt roads.
Does this mean you plan to run it this year? :)
-Doug
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