The penitente is the steepest climb in Quito at 56% avg grade for about 420m horizonta, 240m+. This climb is often used as a training ground for trail runners in Quito and has also been part of a "down-up" race over the years. Many of the region's best runners have made a squeeze on this climb and the top-10 list is quite competitive. 

FAR TO FAR 

Grande traversée de la pointe du Cotentin qui relie le phare de Goury (extrême ouest) au phare de Gatteville (extrême est) !

Un parcours très varié par les paysages et par les différents types de sentier qui longe au plus près la Manche. 

Créé en 2024 par Viktor MARIENNE et Adrien FOUCHER et réalisé depuis à 2 reprises en groupe !

Ce parcours ravira vos yeux mais aussi vos jambes par les nombreuses portions sur les plages dans un sable mou...

Au plaisir de vous voir nombreux réaliser ce magnifique itinéraire !

This is a popular route for mountain bikers and off-roading vehicles to go up to Palomar Mountain, but you can also run it! I parked where the AllTrails map took me, just where the road turns into gravel/dirt. I parked on the side of the road there and started a little after 9am. This route is about 8.5 miles uphill and then you turn around and go 8.5 miles downhill. I did not see anyone on my way up, but had some motorbikers and cars pass me on the way down. It was a long and tough climb up, I am glad I did not start super late, it would've gotten pretty hot.

If you like actually running, this is the longest of the Wasatch watershed traverses. Normally I'm not a fan of naming runs but this one is shaped like a uterus and I couldn't resist.

I tried this in 2024 starting up Grandeur and hurt my IT band around halfway. The 2nd half would have been all on trail and I wasn't really interested in walking on trail for 25 miles so I did some PT and did it the next year.

The Big Cottonwood watershed traverse was the 2nd to last one that I did and is one of the more fun routes in the Wasatch, combining some of the best parts of the WURL and all the shenanigans on Wildcat Ridge. I believe someone did this the year before so it's by no means a first, plus it's the Wasatch so I assume that nothing is ever a first.