{"id":5845,"date":"2019-07-26T07:23:44","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T14:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/?p=5845"},"modified":"2021-06-21T10:40:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T17:40:39","slug":"news-4th-alpine-lakes-grand-tour-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/news-4th-alpine-lakes-grand-tour-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"News: 4th Alpine Lakes Grand Tour Attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\r\n Update<\/span>: We finished in 35h44min. Check out the report<\/a>.\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\n

T<\/span>he Alpine Lakes Grand Tour is a 75+ miles route that starts on Snoqualmie Pass, leads through the magic Alpine Lakes Wilderness<\/a>, and ends at the Snow Lakes trailhead<\/a> just outside of Leavenworth. The route has about 22,000+ feet of elevation gain. It\u00a0was initially proposed by Erich Sach as part of the 2014 UltraPedestrian Wilderness Challenge (UPWC)<\/a> and has been part of the annual UPWC since then. For more info see UPWC Facebook group<\/a> and list of routes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Megan L. and I will make an unsupported attempt at this route on Fri, Jul 26, 2019. This will be Megan’s first and my fourth (!) attempt. Back in the day, when I was young and strong, I failed miserably twice in 2014 and once in 2015 (see reports for more details: 1st<\/a>, 2nd<\/a>, and 3rd<\/a>) before I called it quits. Now that I’m wiser, balder, and bolder, things will surely go well.<\/p>\n

Seth Wolpin successfully completed the route for the first time in August 2015 in 43h04min<\/a> and still holds the FKT. There’s been a total of 5 other finishers since then. Others have tried and failed. The route isn’t just a pleasant stroll in the woods on a smooth and well-maintained trail. Oh no. This ain’t no Forest Park.<\/p>\n

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Alpine Lakes Grand Tour route map.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Alpine Lakes Grand Tour elevation profile. The further you go, the more challenging the climbs.<\/p><\/div>\n

Tracking<\/h4>\n

You can track us in the embedded map below or go to: http:\/\/bit.ly\/AlpineLakesGrandTourIV<\/a><\/p>\n

The planned start is sometime in the late afternoon on Fri, Jul 26, 2019, from Snoqualmie Pass.<\/p>\n