Location
Maine,
US
Distance
39 mi
Vertical Gain
13,000 ft
Description
GPS Track
Grafton_Loop_Trail_.gpx1.21 MB
FKTs
Male
Female
Mixed-gender team
Peter Howe | 7h 55m 59s | |||
Ben Nephew | 8h 41m 5s |
Neil Clauson | 8h 17m 14s | |||
Colin Gulley | 10h 22m 28s |
Kristina Folcik | 10h 25m 14s |
Jesse Wall, Carissa Winning | 11h 48m 11s |
Debbie Livingston, Scott Livingston, Matt Schomburg | 13h 26m 0s |
This route on the old FKT site
Comments
I lowered the time today (10/7/18) to 8:17. Now I'm tired and sore: www.strava.com/activities/1891023325.
I think Debbie and I were the first to do this loop in one shot. We did it in September 2008. This was before GPS tracks were solid and battery life could go the distance. i have a partial track, but the early state Garmin I owned at the time died. We were joined by Matt Schomburg, our erstwhile hiking/running partner from northern NH. Our effort was unsupported.
Our vintage trip report from blog: https://scottlivingston.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/grafton-loop-trail-one…
I'm pretty sure we inspired Ryan and Adam to tackle this route. Good for them. Debbie and I should go back and do it again.
Last weekend we returned to the Grafton Loop Trail for the first time in 12 years. This time, we backpacked it in four days with our 13 year-old son and 10 year-old daughter. They loved the adventure. It's a tough one. We opted to try the counter-clockwise direction starting at the southern parking lot on Rt. 26. This is the route that Adam and Ryan established. Our trip brought back great memories from 2008. On that day, we never intended to go fast. We just wanted to do it before sunset. We picked a lot of blueberries and lingered in the streams.
This past weekend we did much of the same, but each night, we slept well.
Report: https://scottlivingston.wordpress.com/2020/07/31/2020-grafton-loop-trail-family-adventure/
https://www.strava.com/activities/4178142418
I ran the loop in 10:25 this weekend and it was fun! I had a friend (Stas) join me for the first half and a different (Rich) friend join me and bring my dog Bennett for the second half. Here is the tracker link https://share.garmin.com/OWVU8
The Garmin watch seemed to upload weird so the track looks off but the track is visible on the tracker link. It was a beautiful day and I started up Puzzle Mountain and went counter clockwise. ☺️