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Steve Bremner
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Pikes Peak Winter Ascent and RT record
« Thread Started on Jan 13, 2010, 5:42pm »

I grabbed the "weather window" yesterday, January 12th for the chance to snag the summit of Pikes Peak in calendar winter. Rick Hessek and I ran to A-Frame on Sunday on a scouting run, finding easily runnable snow-pack all the way up to the A-Frame at timberline. Yesterday I smashed the prior FKT of 4:02:52 by more than 40 minutes, running up in 3 hours 21 minutes and 55 seconds from the Barr Trailhead Parking Lot to the summit. I ran back down the Cog Railway tracks to Mountain View station, jogged over to Barr Camp, stopped in to let Neal and Teresa know I made it off the mtn, then continued down the Barr Trail for a 5 Hour 37 Minute round trip, also a Winter record. The old FKT ascent record was 4:02:52 and the old round trip record was over six hours. The route and timing from my Garmin 405: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/22220982

I carried a camel bak for water, filled with HEED, 2 energy bars, 2 gels, a cell phone, extra shirt, and extra glove shells (didn't need the extra clothes though.) I wore a thermamax top, light gore-tex running jacket, running tights, running gloves, a fleece beanie hat, synthetic wool socks, Innovate Trail Running shoes, and Yak Traks, though I didn't put on the Yak Traks until I reached A-Frame.

Following "Winter Rules," because in winter it is actually not safe or even possible to adhere to the trail proper, anything goes above A-Frame. I stayed to the right of the snow gulley on heather slopes, traversed left across the snow higher up, then ascended on rocks to the south ridge. The "13 Golden Stairs" is treacherously icy right now as is the area by the 2-mile-to-go sign. Neal Taylor of Barr Camp told me they had to heli someone out from near the 2-mile-to-go sign two weeks ago who dislocated both his shoulders after slipping on the ice there.

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Re: Pikes Peak Winter Ascent and RT record
« Reply #1 on Jan 25, 2010, 12:31pm »

Cool! Good job. Who held the previous record? Any details on that (when? link?)
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Steve Bremner
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Re: Pikes Peak Winter Ascent and RT record
« Reply #2 on Feb 28, 2010, 4:17pm »

The previous record was recorded here on a web page that is no longer being maintained: http://www.wwwright.com/climbing/speed/colorado14ers.htm

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Steve Bremner
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Re: Pikes Peak Winter Ascent and RT record
« Reply #3 on Mar 18, 2011, 9:46pm »

I'm going to make another go of it tomorrow morning, last day of Winter.

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Re: Pikes Peak Winter Ascent and RT record
« Reply #4 on Mar 20, 2011, 8:48am »

Last day of winter, moonlight run, which was required on the route I used (otherwise there would be issues with other proprietary users). 3:13:47 to the summit, 1:55:25 back to Barr Trailhead, 5:09:12 overall. I don't know what the winter rules are in Colorado, but in Utah anything goes from TH to summit. So, maybe this gets an asterisk entry--dunno. Anyway, it is what it is, and it was a great moonlight jaunt. 17.95 miles total.

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Re: Pikes Peak Winter Ascent and RT record
« Reply #5 on Sept 6, 2011, 10:21pm »

Those are great times, congrats! But, I have a hard time believing that matt or daryn, or many other locals who run the peak year round haven't put in faster times. You might want to ask around members of the incline club on that one. Ive done 6 hrs and change myself and I'm slow. Cheers!

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Steve Bremner
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Re: Pikes Peak Winter Ascent and RT record
« Reply #6 on Dec 30, 2012, 9:56pm »

Very few people run to the summit during calendar winter, though I'm pretty sure Matt Carpenter has done it before. Also, it sounds like the last poster ran up the tracks and back. That is definitely not the trail, so his record should be labeled as it is, running up the tracks.

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