Devil's Dome/Jack Mountain loop (WA)

[brushbuffalo]

Doug McKeever and Richard West ran the loop in 9h1m on July 16, 1988.
Tyler Green matched this time running 9h00m36s on July 21, 2015.
Heather Anderson appears to hold the women's FKT, 10h46m, October 15, 2013.

This is a classic loop trail in the western portion of the Pasayten Wilderness in Washington. It is 43 miles and has 7300 feet of gain (same loss). Much of the loop is in meadows with abundant flowers, wide views....and mosquitoes! On July 16, 1988, Richard West and I ran the loop in 9:01. We started and finished at the East Bank trailhead on Highway 20 and ran counterclockwise, which is preferable IMO to clockwise. I did the loop again with Richard West, Craig Moore, and Sean Nordquist on August 11 1990 but didn't record our time.
Doug McKeever

Added by admin: I've found a few other reports of 1-day runs on this route, but so far none faster than McKeever & West in 1988. Tyler Green's time of 9h00m36s on July 21, 2015 (reported below), might be considered a tie since McKeever didn't report seconds. This page has some good info, GPS track and links. Here's a rough map:


from Brett Marl

[jdk610]

Awesome, another North Cascades route! Peter Bakwin, this was done as a timed route by many people back in 2013, as part of the Ultrapedestrian Wilderness Challenge. Results here: ultrasignup.com/results_event.aspx?did=22760# None faster than Doug! But might be worth giving Heather Anderson (Anish) credit for women's FKT?

[Tyler Green]

Was pursuing the boards and noticed this one... I ran the Devil's Dome Loop last year in 9:00:36 starting and ending at the East Bank Trailhead as well. So, just barely under the previous record? Strava data here: www.strava.com/activities/351935537 I'm wondering if this is the same loop or a variation of it based on the Doug's comments above that it has 7300 feet elevation gain, my data had it at 10700.

[Doug McKeever]

Jul 16, 2016 18:31:24 GMT -5 Tyler Green said:

Was pursuing the boards and noticed this one... I ran the Devil's Dome Loop last year in 9:00:36 starting and ending at the East Bank Trailhead as well. So, just barely under the previous record? Strava data here: www.strava.com/activities/351935537 I'm wondering if this is the same loop or a variation of it based on the Doug's comments above that it has 7300 feet elevation gain, my data had it at 10700.

I'm wondering if this is the same loop or a variation of it based on the Doug's comments above that it has 7300 feet elevation gain, my data had it at 10700.

It's the same loop.  Our calculation of both distance and elevation gain/loss was based on a very crude method: arithmetic using Green Trails maps!