A few summers back Steve and I packed into Slate Lake intent on climbing Peaks Q and L, but a freak mid-September storm dropped several inches of snow on both peaks the night we arrived. Through sheer stubbornness we managed to eke out a summit of “Peak L” despite the snow, but packed out a day early leaving what would’ve been my Gore 13er finisher for another day. Read more…
After running the Sheep Mountain 50k in August, I knew wasn’t quite ready to wrap up my season just yet. Originally, Ben, Brian, and I had planed to run the Devil on the Divide 50k in September. But, well, you know the drill. That race got cancelled, just like all the rest. Or, should I say, almost all the rest. Keep Reading…
The Mummy Mania Traverse (aka the Mummy Kill, aka the Mummy Marathon) is one of those routes that had been on my list for years and years, but I had just never gotten around to actually doing it. I neglected it for so long, in fact, that it sort of took on a life of its own in the time I ignored it. What was once an obscure, all-day challenge in a remote area of the park has turned into somewhat of a classic the past few years. Keep Reading…
Keeping the tradition of an annual summer trip down in the San Juan’s going, sights were set on another Beartown slog fest. This was initially supposed to be in Glacier NP, but with COVID putting a nice damper on everything, not to mention the local Blackfoot indian tribe completely closed off access to the entire Eastern side of the park, the decision for a plan B was pretty obvious and easy. Keep reading…