Yetman Trail

Yesterday, I followed up the Sabino/Bear Canyon loop Friday with a trail run in the Tucson Mountains on the west side.  A friend lives right on a wash that is next to the Yetman Trail.  By car you can access it by a relatively small dirt parking lot off the south side of Speedway, just past where Anklam meets up on the way to Gates Pass.  The trail is Awesome!  I have never been out there, but there is a network of trails that you can just run forever.  We started off on the Yetman and did some loops that took us all over the Tucson Mountains.  Not many signs and if I wasn't following my friend, I might have gotten turned around a bit.  Impossible to get ultimately lost, because in every direction there is something recognizable.  And if need of a water or bathroom break, the Marriot at Starr Pass is off one of the loops that we took.  Overall a 72 minute run for us.  Around 9 miles at a mostly casual pace.  There is a lot of potential for climbing, one of which I was sucking air on.  Joe decided to leep up the hill!  I was glad for the downhill after.  But there is a lot fun sections out there.  And you can make whatever run you want out of it.  I'll be exploring more out there for sure.