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| hashiru | profile | all galleries >> Arb Hill Running Loop | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
2.35 mile loop through the University of Michigan Arboretum (Arb Hill), along Geddes Rd. to Observatory, past the U. of M. Hospital complex, into "the Pit" and back to the Huron River path to the base of Arb Hill
 Entrance to the Arb path along the river |
 Icy path along the Huron |
 Nearing the entrance to the Arb: Fuller Towers in distance |
 Start of Arb Hill |
 First long stretch (gentle rise) |
 Getting a little steeper and the first of many blind turns |
 Left to Geddes; right to Peony Gardens |
 First right turn on the way to Geddes |
 Blind left with false summit (ridge above) |
 Icy stretch to second blind left |
 Blind right turn with very brief flat stretch |
 Another blind right shortly after the last one |
 Steep short stretch up to blind left turn; house is on grounds of cemetery |
 Long icy stretch up to right turn |
 The last blind right |
 Last blind left -- building is on Geddes Rd. |
 The gates out of the Arb - the top at last |
 Sidewalk along Geddes Rd. |
 Cemetery viewed from Geddes Rd. |
 Looking along Observatory - U. of M. dorms on left; Hospital complex quarter mile ahead |
 Heading back down the hill by the hospital parking lots |
 View from Hospital Drive down into "The Pit" |
 Maize and Blue Med-Evac helicopters on their landing pads |
 Steps from the pit back up to Hospital Drive (100 feet?) |
 Another view of the steps (along ridge at right) |
 The Pit looking toward Arb entrance. |
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