After three intense training sessions in two days in Arizona, Real Salt Lake mixed things up on Wednesday, instead hiking Camelback Mountain in Phoenix. The scenic hike overlooking the city served as a team-bonding experience as well as a fitness exercise to break up the routine of the rigorous training sessions on the field.
The hike on Cholla Trail, expertly documented by both Nick Besler and Marcelo Silva for RSL.com, saw a 1,250 foot climb over roughly 1.4 miles. The entire team participated in the hike, although some players nursing some aches and pains completed a short portion of the hike before doing rehab exercises on a ledge with a panoramic view of the cityscape.