I attempted this on Monday 10/28/24 starting and ending at the West Ridge Trailhead and going CW. See Strava for the GPS and a few pics from after I finished. Wonderful loop on a beautiful fall day. I'd done this in the other direction quite a few years ago so fun to come do it again and nab the FKT. Really good conditions other than the leaves down and only saw one other hiker while out. Would be cool to encourage/require ascending the Lookout Tower but it's closed right now. Only a few mud spots and it was cold so I got a way with just a liter of sports drink in my running belt for fuel/water. I'm not sure which way is faster but I liked getting technical West Ridge done on the way up as I felt I could descend faster on the AT/LT especially in these conditions and finish with the road section. Looking forward to someone going under 3 hours on this eventually.
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Standard route
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No
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Male
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Total time
3h
4m
18s
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