For Hikers · Alpine start
Summit days,
ridge after ridge.
Long objectives, alpine starts, the descent that still has legs.
04:18 · 1,210 m
A day on the line
Trailhead at four, trailhead at six again.
Gain · 1,630 m / Loss · 1,630 m
04:20
1,210 m
Trailhead. Headlamps on.
06:48
1,940 m
Treeline. Pace honest.
09:12
2,610 m
Ridge one. Wind on the right.
12:05
2,840 m
Summit. Quick layer, quick food.
15:30
1,820 m
Ridge two — the one that takes legs.
18:10
1,210 m
Trailhead. Still walking clean.
Frame 08 · alpine granite2,840 m
Where it lands
Hour eight, ridge two.
The summit is rarely the hard part. The hard part is the second ridge, on legs that have already paid for the first, with weather closing and the descent still ahead. This is for the legs that still answer on ridge two.
Day one
18 km
Alpine starts
Out before light, still climbing well at noon. Hold the engine through the long approach.
Day two
22 km
The descent
Most hikers get hurt going down on tired quads. Walk the last hour as cleanly as the first.
Day three
16 km
Multi-day
Three big days in a row. Camp recovers better when the chemistry was lower-cost on the way up.
8 g · 30-day supply