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olderthanIusedtobe Member
Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 7687 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
Has to be day trip up Mt. Stuart via Longs Pass and Cascadian Couloir, w/ a side trip to Ingalls Lake and out via Ingalls Pass thrown in for good measure. I think I figured that was somewhere around 9500'.
That was out of the ordinary, usually around 5000' is a good amount of vertical gain for me.
As alluded to before, not all vertical gain is equal. Gothic Basin is a tougher hike than plenty of others that gain 1000 or 1500 more feet.
I don't have a device that tracks all the little ups and downs, some hikes add up to more gain than you would think. Something like Lost Creek Ridge.
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Cyclopath Faster than light
Joined: 20 Mar 2012 Posts: 7694 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
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Fri Aug 27, 2021 8:26 pm
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About 6,500 up and 9,000 down. After a while the down was harder than the up.
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Brushbuffalo Member
Joined: 17 Sep 2015 Posts: 1887 | TRs | Pics Location: there earlier, here now, somewhere later... Bellingham in between |
About 20,000' during the first 24 hours of the Hardrock 100 in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado with another 10,000' to go. That was in 1993, only the second year of this now famous trail adventure. We didn't know if it would kill us or not, with average elevation of 11,300' and eight trips to 13000,' or more.
Didn't kill me then, would now!
( it now has 33,000' of climb and the same descent. The course record is a little over 22 hours.)
Trivia: the tiny photo by my name is me on the HR 100 course.
Passing rocks and trees like they were standing still
zimmertr, Cyclopath
Passing rocks and trees like they were standing still
zimmertr, Cyclopath
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Randito Snarky Member
Joined: 27 Jul 2008 Posts: 9495 | TRs | Pics Location: Bellevue at the moment. |
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Fri Aug 27, 2021 10:21 pm
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williswall poser
Joined: 30 Sep 2007 Posts: 1963 | TRs | Pics Location: Redmond |
16,000’ and 57 miles 2018, 16,000’ on a bike 2017. 23,000’ in single push (Wonderland) 1999.
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Chief Joseph Member
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 7676 | TRs | Pics Location: Verlot-Priest Lake |
I guess it was last year going up Mt Pugh...as was mentioned, when it's on a smooth nice trail such as that one, the gain doesn't seem as bad, plus it's a gradual ascent. The exposure at the top freaked me out, next time no heavy, cumbersome boots on that hike, being lighter on my feet would have made me more comfortable.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
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thunderhead Member
Joined: 14 Oct 2015 Posts: 1510 | TRs | Pics
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Whatever the enchantments are from low to high. 6500?
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hapemask Member
Joined: 17 May 2021 Posts: 29 | TRs | Pics
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Sat Aug 28, 2021 8:36 pm
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olderthanIusedtobe wrote: | As alluded to before, not all vertical gain is equal. Gothic Basin is a tougher hike than plenty of others that gain 1000 or 1500 more feet. |
I recently made my first visit there to scramble Gothic peak (forgot my helmet and some scary rockfall made me turn back just ~200ft below the top…) and two things surprised me: how much effort it took relative to the gain, and how many people I saw coming back down.
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Stefan Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 5082 | TRs | Pics
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Sat Aug 28, 2021 10:09 pm
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Dom Peak Switzerland.
Base to summit about 10,000.....many other people in my age range doing it too. With a stop for beers at the hut on the way down. It wasn't that bad....when you are 30.....
Art is an adventure.
Cyclopath, zimmertr, Chief Joseph
Art is an adventure.
Cyclopath, zimmertr, Chief Joseph
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BigBrunyon Member
Joined: 19 Mar 2015 Posts: 1450 | TRs | Pics Location: the fitness gyms!! |
There is a growing subculture within the ultra heavy scene dedicated to heavy gain. Known as UHHG (Ultra Heavy Heavy Gain).
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Downhill Member
Joined: 30 Jul 2018 Posts: 340 | TRs | Pics Location: Leavenworth |
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Mike Collins wrote: | 9000+ with a day-climb of Rainier from Paradise. |
same
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Downhill Member
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thunderhead wrote: | Whatever the enchantments are from low to high. 6500? |
Via Colchuck ~ 3400 to 7800 high point
Snow Lakes TH is 1400-ish so add another 2K if you go all the way to Aasgard Pass this way (not sure why anyone would).
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Felpudo Member
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South Sister in Oregon. Almost 5k feet, but spread out over 6 miles. I feel like I've done more challenging climbs.
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cascadeclimber Member
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The North Bend Triple, about 11,500.
After that I've done multiple single-push climbs on Rainier: Two on the DC (9000) and two or three on the Emmons (10,000).
I did a 29.9 mile traverse of Saguaro East National Park a few years ago. I think that was about 9000.
That same spring my Sunday training day was 2xMailbox or Mailbox+Si, and the Poo Poo, just under 10,000 either way.
I did a single-push on the Easton on Baker one time, about 7000. I skied down 3000 feet, ran into some friends, and went back to the summit with them before skiing to the car.
2013 I did a total of 426,000 vert over 717 miles. That's the only year I've ever kept track of everything.
One thing I've learned about the PNW- no matter how fast and fit I am, the odds are that on any given day on any trail, there is someone faster coming up behind me. I scooted up Mailbox in 78 minutes one time only to turn around and see a dude jogging up right behind me.
"How'd you do?"
"58 minutes", he says, "Not bad for a second lap."
I rarely keep track of time anymore. It's helpful to be able to go fast, but it's more helpful to have endurance. And I have a pretty good idea of how fast I'm going without looking at a watch.
If not now, when?
zimmertr
If not now, when?
zimmertr
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neek Member
Joined: 12 Sep 2011 Posts: 2329 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle, WA |
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Wed Sep 01, 2021 7:38 pm
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A nice climb if you just want to go straight up a trail without a lot of up & down is mount san jacinto out of palm springs (cactus to clouds trail), over 10K gain.
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