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Glacier Gorge Traverse (C0)
« Thread Started on Jul 25, 2012, 1:43pm »

Glacier Gorge traverse in Rocky Mountain National Park. "A Walk in the Park."

http://mountainproject.com/v/a-walk-in-the-park/106563905

Starts at Glacier Gorge Parking lot, hikes to Mills Lake and bust up towards Thatchtop and work in a counter-clockwise direction. Route includes summits of Thatchtop, Powell, McHenry's, Chiefshead, Pagoda, and Long's. Some accounts include Half Mountain, some don't, some retreat via the Storm Pass Trail. We included Half Mountain, but not Storm, and descended back to Mills---full circle!!
R.Rossiter did this in 2009 in 14 hours.

Wes Thompson and I (Quinn Brett--female) just did it yesterday (7/24) in 10:14, simul-soling. No ropes, unsupported. Not alot of water out there to re-fuel

Not sure what other times are out there for this! Felt fast at first, but surely lost steam throughout the day. Fantastic traverse, considering you see the entire line from the beginning.

Must be comfortable soloing 5.7 terrain.

Full Trip Report here: www.lookstandbreathe.blogspot.com

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Re: Glacier Gorge Traverse (C0)
« Reply #1 on Jul 25, 2012, 5:21pm »

Good work! The full Glacier Gorge Traverse is usually considered to be Flattop, Hallett, Otis, Taylor, Powell, McHenrys, Chiefs Head, Pagoda, Longs, Storm and Half.

Bill Wright has a nice write-up on this at http://www.wwwright.com/climbing/tripreports/2008/GreatCircle.htm

Bill & John Prater did it in 13h56m, though they skipped Half Mtn. Bill mentioned that Eric Winkelman had done 12h (ish).

I did it in 13h02m on July 1, 2012. I was with Bill Briggs, but he skipped Otis and Hallett at the end. We did do Half. I rapped the 5.7 on Pagoda, while Bill downclimbed it. My report is here: http://blog.ultimatedirection.com/glacier-gorge-traverse/#more-355

Briggs has done this route in a stunning 7h17m, however he's not certain if he tagged Otis and Hallett on that trip either (this was back in the 1980's).

I think it's important for people to include exactly which summits they hit, as there have been some differences.

Thanks for posting!

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Re: Glacier Gorge Traverse (C0)
« Reply #2 on Sept 4, 2012, 1:32pm »

Looks like Anton has the new FKT on this route:
http://wpblogs.runningtimes.com/blogs/an....-1/#comment-463

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Re: Glacier Gorge Traverse (C0)
« Reply #3 on Sept 6, 2012, 10:59pm »

Awesome!!! Although a different route than the "A Walk in the Park." Still wicked fast and awesome link-up! Anton is killing it!

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Re: Glacier Gorge Traverse (C0)
« Reply #4 on Sept 7, 2012, 8:04am »

Anton Krupicka did the full Glacier Gorge Traverse in 6h17m18s on Sept. 1, 2012. His full report is on the Ru nning Times blog. I'm copying his splits below. The route that Quinn Brett & Wes Thompson reported above is a little different, making a smaller loop by climbing Thatchtop first, then over to Powell. They also skipped Storm Peak, but did summit Half Mtn.

Krupicka's splits:
Flattop – :58
Hallet – 1:08:20
Hallet-Otis Saddle – 1:15:35
Otis – 1:24:55
Otis-Taylor Saddle – 1:33
Taylor – 1:57:30
Powell – 2:23
McHenry’s Notch – 2:37:15
McHenry’s – 2:50:30
Stoneman Pass – 3:03:10
Chief’s Head – 3:32:50
CH-Pagoda Saddle – 3:46:30
Pagoda – 4:12
Pag-Longs Saddle – 4:16
Longs – 4:42
Top of Trough – 4:46:10
Keyhole – 4:58:10
Storm – 5:10
Half Mt – 5:44:30
Glacier Gorge Trail Junction – 6:04:50
Bear Lake TH – 6:17:18

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