FKT: Simon Heidt - Crown Mountain (BC, Canada) - 2026-10-04

Started around 8am, took about 38 minutes to the top of the gondola via the Grouse grind. The trail flattens out for about 1km on wider trail before some mostly runnable singletrack for about 3km. Then a pretty steep descent with a few chains before a brutally steep climb to the summit. Beautiful day with views to Whistler, Vancouver Island, all of Vancouver and even the Olympic peninsula in the distance. The way back was super fun technical descending with just the one section of sustained climbing. Timeline: 38 minutes from the trailhead to the chalet, 57 minutes from the chalet to the summit, 45 minutes from the summit back to the chalet, then 20 minutes down the BCMC.