Category: Trail Running

Big Canyon and Eaton are two small parks located in the San Carlos Hills. There is about 4.75 miles of highly enjoyable trail with many seasonal streams, hardwood forest, and vistas of the San Francisco Bay in one direction and the Santa Cruz Mountains in the other. Big Canyon Park is more in the open…

Bald Knob via the Purisima Creek Road parking area is a great hill climb loop under a lush redwood forest canopy in Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve. The run starts with gradual incline along Purisima Creek (starting elevation 400ft). After 1 mile, the hill climb begins up the Borden Hatch Mill Trail which is…

I am honored to have been asked by the Northwest Mountaineering Journal (NWMJ) to write a feature article about my adventure running in the Cascade and Olympic Mountains. It was interesting to write about myself. The article was just published. Check it out! http://www.mountaineers.org/nwmj/08/081_Pantilat.html From the journal website: “The mission of the Northwest Mountaineering Journal…

I have looked forward to running the inaugural Skyline to the Sea 50k ever since I learned about it in the Spring. The concept is fabulous – a point to point 50k running from high on the dividing ridge of the Santa Cruz Mountains to the Pacific Ocean at Waddell Beach. The trail passes through…

Unusually cool late summer weather in Western Washington means no trips to the mountains to finish out my stay here, but great runs. I took the opportunity hit the trails at one of my old stomping grounds – Soaring Eagle Regional Park. I was running the single track here over a decade ago when it…

Prior to last Tuesday, the last time I was in the Enchantments was in 1997 with my father on a two night backpacking trip. At the time, it was only my second overnight hike and I was super excited to see such rugged mountain scenery. That trip remains a very memorable experience to this day….

Colin and I ran the Enchantment Lakes circuit in exactly 5 hours. The point-to-point run starts at the trailheaad for Colchuck Lake (3,400 ft) and ends at the Snow Creek trailhead (1,400 ft) with the high point at Aasgard Pass (~7,850 ft) . Total mileage is around 18-19 miles with cumulative elevation gain over 5,000…

I traversed Fortress Mountain and Chiwawa Mountain in 9:16 from the Buck Creek Trailhead at Trinity. Both peaks are located on the cascade crest within the Glacier Peak Wilderness. They are situated perfectly to provide views of the heavily-glaciated Dakobed Range and Glacier Peak, which is the most remote of the major volcanoes in the…