Hello! My name is Lily Aasan, and this month I will begin my attempt to set a new female self supported northbound record. Liz Thomas and Heather Anderson have set a formidable challenge, and I am honored to follow their footsteps. I will be… read more »

A close friend and I hiked this route as a scouting exercise on 6/14/24 and wow, there is a ton of sand! Temps were quite hot in the afternoon and topped out 101 in the canyon, but water sources were plentiful. We filtered from Beatty Spring, cached… read more »

I would consider that a different route than this one, but I don't see why you couldn't throw that one on here too. I imagine a lot of folks would want to give that one a try. 

Really nice route; I ran it yesterday! I had two comments. 1) I wonder if it would make more sense to start at the trailhead next to the Olympic Village Event Center as this has a large sign for Granite Chief Trailhead and a clearer trail. I found… read more »

“the obviously steep gully” is one way to describe it! Thanks for the setting the route. It was a good day out.