A thread was posted this week on the Dirtbag Runners Open Community Facebook Group, asking for people to share a photo of the most beautiful trail they had ever ran on.
The photos posted in the comments of this thread were nothing short of breathtaking. We felt like this was worthy of a blog post, so, here we are!
Let us present, 40 Epic Trails by Dirtbag Runners, in no particular order:
Lake O’hara Alpine Circuit – Photo by Brian Crosler
Mt. of the Holy Cross near Minturn Colorado – Photo by Caleb Simpson
Chicago Lakes Trail, near Mt Evans – Photo by Adam Blea
Mt. Margaret backcountry on the Bigfoot 200:120:100k course. That’s Mt. St. Helens in the background and St. Helens Lake and Spirit Lake – Photo by Candice Burt
Preston Park to Siyeh Pass and down Sunrift Gorge, Glacier National Park – Photo by Christopher Yucho
Tikal National Park in Guatemala – Photo by Dawn Marie Burke
Death Valley – Photo by Carl Jones
Pine Ridge Trail – Photo by Chad Hinkle
Montana de Oro – Photo by Christopher Ryan Pavlakovich
Northeastern Minnesota – Photo by Doug Chos
Sawtooth Mountains in Idaho – Photo by Garrick Arends
Handees Peak in Colorado – Photo by George Plomarity
Manning park, British Columbia – Photo by Jamie Douglas
Eastern sierras. Bridgeport, Ca Trailhead – Photo by Jen Laughlin
Tahoe Rim Trail – John McGraw
Four Pass loop in Colorado – Photo by Joni Watkins
Snow Lake – Photo by Katie Sealer
Whistling Pass in Banff National Park – Photo by Kevin Dyck
The Columbia River Gorge trails in Oregon – Photo by Kyle Konczal
,Lake Solitude in Grand Teton National Park – Leigh Scarber
South Kaibab in the Grand Canyon – Photo by Michelle Evans
Eagle mountain in British Columbia – Photo by Mike Tubbs
Courmayeur, Italy – Photo by Nancy Kaplan
Grand Canyon – Natosha Hoover
Colorado Trail – Photo by Patrick Grady
Enchantments Basin in Washington – Photo by Paul Hoffman
Path of the Gods trail. Almafi Coast Italy – Photo by Phil Cuppernell
Transylvania, Romania – Photo by Piers De Gruchy
Kalalau Trail is an 22 mile trail that leads from Ke’e Beach to Kalalau Beach along the Na Pali Coast on the island of Kuai – Photo by Mauricio Puerto
Boulder-White Cloud Wilderness – Photo by Reid Carley
Laverdo Ultra Trail – Photo by Samantha Cavanagh
Rogers Pass, Winter Park, CO – Photo by Steve Novitscus
Lake Louise in Canada – Photo by Tara Woodard
Mariette Lake – Photo by Terri Krische
Timberline Trail around Mt Hood in Oregon – Photo by Todd Evans
Hardergrat – Interlaken in Switzerland – Photo by Tony Hughes
Havasu Falls – Photo by Tracy Johnson
Yosemite Valley – Photo by Crista Scott
omg… y’all need to call this ‘runner porn.’ I wanna run right now!!