I watched the live stream last night of the overall male winner Kilian Jornet of Puigcerda, Spain run the 100 mile distance in 15 hours and 34 minutes 24 seconds. The first woman finisher was Ellie Greenwood of Banff, BC Canada with a time of 17 hours and 55 minutes 29 seconds and she was 18th place overall - wow!!!
Click here for photo's of the course and elevation profiles
Here are the highs and lows of the course -
The start was, Squaw valley: 6,229 ft (1,899 m)
The highest point on the course was, Watson's monument: 8,713 ft. (2656 M)
The lowest point on the course was, No hands bridge: 543 ft. (166 m)
The Auburn finish was, 1292 ft. (394 m)
The first 50 and over woman (setting a new 50 - 59 record, breaking the old record of 21 hours 58 minutes 37 seconds) was, Meghan Arbogast of Corvallis, Oregon with a time of 18 hours and 50 minutes 19 seconds AND she placed 29th overall. The next woman of the over 50's was Angie Pozzi of Granite Bay, California with a finish time of 24 hours and 37 minutes. Such a huge time gap between the two.
I thought the woman's 2nd place finish was really exciting, because after running 100 miles they ran in just a couple seconds apart. Kami Semick of Bend, Oregon took second with a time of 18 hours and 17 minutes 34 seconds and Nikki Kimball of Bozeman, Montana at 3rd with a time of 18 hours and 17 minutes 39 seconds. There was a story of a mama bear on the trail protecting her cub that may have slowed down some of them. This is according to the chat window that was going beside the video stream. I don't know if that was actually the case, but it does make it a bit more daring. *added later Kami's blog about the bear and the close finish. click here for her post
Such a hardcore group, I'm in awe and admiration for all of them and their accomplishment.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Our first North Cascades highway crossing of the year
North Cascades highway is Washington states farthest north mountain pass.
It's usually the last one to open because of the snow depth and avalanche danger. We thought there would be more snow at the top than there was. Turns out there wasn't so much.
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| Liberty Bell as seen from the Washington Pass Overlook rest area There is a tradition on opening day each year by a woman named "Tootsie" to greet the people that line up at the gate for it's official opening with cinnamon rolls. She gets up at 1 A.M. and makes them herself. She is 90 years old this year. She has been doing this for at least 20 years. Click here for the "Thanks for the Tradition" WSDOT article .
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SR 20 - North Cascades Highway - Opening and Closing History
| Year | Opened | Closed |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 05-25 | |
| 2010 | 04-16 | 11-29 (temp. closure-4 p.m.) 12-1 (closed 8 a.m.) |
| 2009 | 04-24 | 11-07 to 11-10 (temp. closure) 11-13 (temp. closure-3:30 p.m.) 11-17 (closed - 8 a.m.) |
| 2008 | 05-01 | 12-11(temp. closure) 12-15 (closed for season) |
| 2007 | 04-26 | 12-04 |
| 2006 | 05-01 | 11-13 |
| 2005 | 03-10 | 03-26 to 04-04 (temp. closure) 11-04 (temp. closure) 11-07 (closed) |
| 2004 | 04-08 | 12-08-04 (temp. closure); 12-13-04 (closed) - Rockslides |
| 2003 | 04-14 | 10-17-03 - Flooding, Mudslides |
| 2002 | 05-07 | 12-14-02 (temp. closure) 12-16-02 (closed) |
| 2001 | 03-22 | 11-14-01 (temp. closure) 11-19-01 (closed) |
| 2000 | 03-30 | 11-26-00 (temp. closure) 11-27-00 (closed) |
| 1999 | 05-05 | 12-06-99 |
| 1998 | 04-02 | 11-20-98 (temp. closure) 11-24-98 (closed) |
| 1997 | 05-07 | 12-16-97 (temp closure) 12-22-97 (closed) |
| 1996 | 04-24 | 11-19-96 |
| 1995 | 04-28 | 11-06-95 |
| 1994 | 04-07 | 10-31-94 (temp. closure) 11-08-94 (closed) |
| 1993 | 03-24 | 12-08-93 (temp. closure) 12-10-93 (closed) |
| 1992 | 04-09 | 12-08-92 (temp. closure) 12-11-92 (closed) |
| 1991 | 05-02 | 11-18-91 (temp. closure) 11-25-91 (closed) |
| 1990 | 04-18 | 11-09-90 (temp. closure) 11-28-90 (closed) |
| 1989 | 04-21 | 01-03-90 (temp. closure) 1-09-90 (closed) |
| 1988 | 04-20 | 11-20-88 (temp. closure) 11-23-88 (closed) |
| 1987 | 04-15 | 12-09-87 (closed) |
| 1986 | 04-11 | 11-18-86 (temp closure) 11-26-86 (closed) |
| 1985 | 04-12 | 11-15-85 (closed) |
| 1984 | 04-04 | 11-02-84 (temp. closure) 11-19-84 (closed) |
| 1983 | 04-20 | 11-24-83 (temp. closure) 12-5-83 (closed) |
| 1982 | 05-06 | 12-02-82 (temp closure) 12-15-82 (closed) |
| 1981 | 04-24 | 11-30-81 (temp. closure) 12-6-81 (closed) |
| 1980 | 04-18 | 11-27-80 (temp. closure) 12-2-80 (closed) |
| 1979 | 04-10 | 12-15-79 |
| 1978 | 04-21 | 11-11-78 (temp. closure) 12-15-78 (closed) |
| 1977 | not closed | 11-23-77 |
| 1976 | 05-21 | not closed |
| 1975 | 05-16 | 11-22-75 |
| 1974 | 06-14 | 11-21-74 |
| 1973 | 04-27 | 11-21-73 |
| 1972 | 09-02 | 11-21-72 |
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