13 miles 78:50
Bass Lake
Another favorite run from Bass Lake is "The Firetower." If life were a movie then every time someone said "The Firetower" a bolt of lightning would strike in the background or at least scary theme music would be cued. Firetower also starts at Bass Lake and goes to the manor house but from there it continues to go up hill for another 3 miles getting steeper and steeper as the air gets thinner and thinner. It's about 5.7 miles of constant uphill from the lake to the top step of the tower but the view makes it more than a rewarding journey. I get to the top today in 34 min and climb up the tower steps to the top passing a friendly cowboy couple halfway up who tell me that I "just burned more calories than their horses." The way down is a huge negative split of course and I add on the maze to get my 13 miles in. | 