{"id":4347,"date":"2018-07-09T17:36:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T00:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/?page_id=4347"},"modified":"2022-05-04T13:40:42","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T20:40:42","slug":"the-olympic-loops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/the-olympic-loops\/","title":{"rendered":"The Olympic Loops"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever wanted to go to the Olympics? No, not the games.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a route for the slightly more ambitious mountain runner (or hiker): 324 miles that will lead you through some incredibly spectacular mountain ranges and valleys in the Olympic National Park<\/a>. With almost 100,000ft of elevation gain, you’ll be doing the equivalent of climbing Mt. Everest more than 3 times from sea level. So it’s a bit\u00a0like the Olympic Games, only longer, steeper, and better.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You’ll also be going around the 7 Lakes Basin on the High Divide trail<\/a>, traverse the Bailey Range<\/a>, and\u2014if you feel so inclined\u2014you could throw a Mt. Olympus summit<\/a> into the mix. And the list of unique and challenging things about this route goes on and on…<\/p>\n

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Loops are\u2014well\u2014pretty awesome. I made them as large as possible, avoided roads whenever possible (there’s only a very short section along Lake Mills), and minimized out-and-backs. I think the resulting route will both maximize your wilderness experience and your bodily exhaustion.<\/p>\n

Each loop has at least one easy access point where you could stash resupplies and\/or receive support. While you could explore and complete these loops individually, the route is meant as a single big challenge. Needless to say that it will take you more than a weekend to complete it.<\/p>\n

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324 miles of pure wilderness bliss. Click to enlarge or hop over to the interactive map<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Run steep, get high. I think that’s how they say it. Some say it, some do it. With almost 100,000ft of elevation gain, you’ll be doing the equivalent of climbing Mt. Everest more than 3 times from sea level.<\/p><\/div>\n

Route<\/h3>\n

The route starts\/ends at the Dosewallips Ranger Station. Note <\/strong>[Jul 2018]:\u00a0<\/strong>The Dosewallips Road is washed out on Olympic National Forest land, 5.5 miles from the park ranger station at the end.\u00a0<\/span>The ranger station is currently unstaffed. More info here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Distance<\/strong><\/td>\nElevation gain<\/strong><\/td>\nGPS track<\/strong><\/td>\nDistance<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
324mi<\/td>\n92,175ft<\/td>\ngpx<\/a> | kml<\/a><\/td>\nGaia<\/a>\u00a0| Google<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n