I was dropped off by a friend at Deer Leap Parking lot at 4:00 am and that is where I started the Lake George 12ster WU alone. I gathered my gear and I crossed the road and started my tracker at 4:08 am. I reached the sign in at 4:10 am. I summited Brown peak at 4:49am, Summited Huckleberry peak at 5:19am. I summited Five Mile at 5:36am. It was brutal cold and this is where I almost stopped and went to my car. I continued on and summited 5 mile at 6:41 am , along with French Mountain at 8:01am. I summited First Peak the final summit on the tongue range at 8:48am. At this point I returned from where I came and started the bushwack between First and French Peaks using my map and compass heading due west to North West Bay. I came to cliffs and had to down climb. I climbed down a rotten tree , which crumbled with me on it and I fell to the ground. I reached the parking lot where my car was and resupply of food and water that was in my car 6hrs and 46 mins after saying goodbye to my friend. I had not seen a single person since that time. I drove to Cat mountain and hiked Cat via the Red trail. I summited Cat at 12:22pm. I then drove to Thomas trailhead and summited Thomas at 14:16pm. I should have done the loop to save miles and time but was worried about getting off track between the two mountains where the trail can get confusing. I then drove the hour distance to Hogtown Parking lot and walked the road to the upper parking lot for Erebus and Sleeping Beauty. Along the way I ran into the only person that day. We chatted for about 5 minutes. I summited Erebus first at 6:18 pm. This is when all of my batteries started to die and I started to panic. I contemplated quitting but was the same distance between Sleeping Beauty and my car so I continued on to Sleeping Beauty and summited that at 7:44pm. This trail was coated with snow and thick ice. I arrived back at my car and resupplied with my water and food which was mostly frozen. I drove to Buck trailhead and summited Buck at 10:41pm. I then drove the hour to Black Mountain trailhead. I summited was extremely cold at this point and was wearing all of my layers while I climbed Black Mountain. I was shivering from head to toe and couldn't open my wrapper for my food. I was stumbling in the dark. I summited Black on 1/3/24 at 2:29am. I quickly started running toward the trailhead and signed out at 3:45am. I totaled 45.5 miles and 9885 feet of elevation gain.
Athletes
Route
Route variation
winter
Multi-sport
No
Para athlete
No
Gender category
Female
Style
Self-supported
Start date
Finish date
Total time
23h
37m
8s
Verification
Report