7.92 miles / 2:05:27 / 15:50 A.P. / Bear Canyon/Pine Hollow trails, American Fork Canyon I think I'm in love... The loop begins and ends at my parent's cabin at Mutual Dell. Going up Bear Canyon first gets the worst of the uphill out of the way early--2000 feet of elevation gain in 2 miles. From there to the finish it's almost heaven. The trail takes you through Julie Andrews Meadow, down near the Timpooneke campground, up by Salamander Flats and then down Pine Hollow. At about mile 5.5 there's the option to take another trail that would add, maybe, another two miles and a nice short climb. If we could just get rid of the road, the cars, and especially the motorcycles on the trail itself, this run really would be heaven! Yea verily!
The last mile-plus my quads and calves were whining a bit, but I thoroughly enjoyed this run and look forward to doing it again and again! 
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