Colorado Trail (CO)

[Eli]

I'd love to read a report on how you pulled this off. It's a really impressive time for such a long unsupported distance.

[Nick]

I will embark on an unsupported FKT attempt early tomorrow morning from Waterton Canyon. I will provide more information upon successful completion.

-Nick K.

[Nick]

I had to bail on day 2 and have abandoned my fkt attempt.

Nick K.

[thousandletters]

I’m announcing my attempt to establish a women’s FKT (unsupported) on the Colorado Trail with an eye toward Shawn Forry’s 2012 time on the Colorado Trail. I spoke to Shawn last week and thank him and many others for insights and advice on this project. I’ll be using a DeLorme InReach for verification. It’s connected to my twitter account: @destinationepic and Facebook page: Destination Epic. I plan to depart Sunday morning August 3rd from Waterton TH.

Wendy Drake

[Wendy Drake]

Good afternoon,
I abandoned my attempt yesterday for the women's unsupported record and have posted a trip report on facebook.com/destinationepic. In short, my heart wasn't in it this time. In long, I learned a lot and look forward to another attempt at some point.

Huge respect and admiration for both the current and former record holders as well as through hikers.

For anyone wishing to do this in the interim, I'm your hugest first fan.

Until next time,
Wendy

[Eli Zabielski]

Hey Peter,

There are some new times from the past few years of the Colorado Mountain Bike Race. Here's the results and records page: www.climbingdreams.net/ctr/#results

The absolute record (males) seems to be 3d23h38m - Jefe Branham, 2012
The record on the current course is 4d04h17m - Jefe Branham, 2013, Durango Start

Cheers,
Eli

[sanjuanron]

Hi Peter,

The CT now has Collegiate West route in addition to the traditional Collegiate East route. FKT for the Collegiate Loop of 160 miles (roughly 80 miles on East and 80 miles on West) and the CT with the Collegiate West route will probably be occurring sometime in the near future. And, who knows, maybe a nearly 1,000 mile FKT for the CT done twice with both the Collegiate West and Collegiate East routes (Denver2Durango2Denver).

Ron

[Brandon Stapanowich]

I'm curious as to what the info there is on a current self-supported FKT for the CT?

In any case, I will be attempting a self supported trek beginning July 6th, going northbound from Durango to Denver using the Collegiate West option. I have not seen any information on a current self supported FKT but am aiming for ~50 mile days and finishing somewhere between Shawn Forry's unsupported mark of 10 days, 19 hours, 5 minutes and Scott Jaime's supported time of 8 days, 7 hours, 40 minutes.

I'll be picking up food resupplies at Molas Campground, Monarch Crest Souvenir Shop, and McCoy's Mountain Market. Outside of this, I will not have any other pre-arranged support. Those interested can follow my SPOT data through trackleaders here: trackleaders.com/cti.php?name=Brandon_Stapanowich.

Brandon Stapanowich

[San Juan Ron]

Jul 3, 2016 19:31:58 GMT -5 Brandon Stapanowich said:

I'm curious as to what the info there is on a current self-supported FKT for the CT?

In any case, I will be attempting a self supported trek beginning July 6th, going northbound from Durango to Denver using the Collegiate West option. I have not seen any information on a current self supported FKT but am aiming for ~50 mile days and finishing somewhere between Shawn Forry's unsupported mark of 10 days, 19 hours, 5 minutes and Scott Jaime's supported time of 8 days, 7 hours, 40 minutes.

I'll be picking up food resupplies at Molas Campground, Monarch Crest Souvenir Shop, and McCoy's Mountain Market. Outside of this, I will not have any other pre-arranged support. Those interested can follow my SPOT data through trackleaders here: trackleaders.com/cti.php?name=Brandon_Stapanowich.

Brandon Stapanowich

. Awesome time! Congrats! You got a nice weather window for July. Ron

[Brandon Stapanowich]

I will be putting together a more thorough trip report soon but for now, here are the basics: I started a self supported trip on the CT from the Junction Creek TH in Durango at 5:00 am on Wednesday July 6th and finished my trip at 7:28 pm on Friday July 15th at the Waterton Canyon TH. This equates to a time of 9 days, 14 hours and 28 minutes. I chose the Collegiate West route for bigger views. Along the way I was met by Tim Bergsten from Pikes Peak Sports around Twin Lakes (interview here: www.pikespeaksports.us/video/brandon-stapanowich-about-310-miles-into-his-self-supported) and Brian Rawlings, Alex Nichols, Dan Vega, Karen Kantor, and Tim Bergsten at the finish (finish interview here: www.pikespeaksports.us/video/brandon-stapanowich-sets-fkt-for-self-supported-thru-hike-of). 


Friends (Kelly, Anna, Billy) individually accompanied me on three occasions to share miles for about an hour each on days 1-3 but otherwise I completed the trip alone. I received no support outside of my 3 resupply points at Molas Pass Campground, Monarch Crest Souvenir shop, and McCoy's Mountain Market.

The isolated and self supported nature of the event presented novel and unique challenges that tested me deeply but have left me with an even deeper sense of satisfaction. Again, stay tuned for a more detailed report...Thanks Peter for hosting this site!

[John Zahorian]

Hi folks, just finished up my unsupported CT hike yesterday. Started on July 11 4:55am at Waterton and finished July 20 5:27pm for a time of 9d12h32m. Like Brandon, will have a more detailed report soon. Was nice meeting him briefly on day 3 (his day 8). Funny how the record held for 4 years and then is broken twice in the same week.

[WhereIsBronson]

I will be making an FKT attempt EASTBOUND starting Monday Aug. 15 (weather allowing)
What are some ways I can verify without a SPOT i have a GARMIN ETREX and a POLAR RCX5 that i plan on taking

[Bronson Nash]

I just completed and UNSUPPORTED thru with a time of 8 DAYS 18 HOURS 7 MINUTES Im fairly sure that beats any records that have been set this summer.
AUGUST 14, 2016 9:23AM to AUGUST 23, 2016 3:30AM
I'll make a full report with GPS and photo dumps available on my site WhereIsBronson.com within the next week

[Dr. Dre']

Hello all,
I am planning a somewhat "spur of the moment" FKT for CT thruhiker style, unsupported.

I will go west to east and use Collegiate west route like Brandon Stapanowich  just used. Bravo to him! Awesome time!

The odds of me breaking his record are close to zero. I though on off chance I succeeded, I should probably post my FKT attempt per protocol.

I will have a spot tracker. I'll post link when I figure that out.

By self-supported, I mean thru-hiker style. I will have zero planned outside help from anyone. I will resupply at stores.

Cheers, Dre'

[Dr. Dre']

Clarification:
I meant self-supported not unsupported.

Oh and I didn't reread this thread before I posted.
I see that BS' FKT from July 2016 has already plummeted.
So my odds are even closer to 0%
That said, I'm super excited to go out and go for it

share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0485lcUTgExp5kvKXC9kPHBRiB3eKOLTC

Cheers, Dre'