Episode 70: Gear of the Decade!

The four FKT principals discuss what specific gear really helped us all move faster, easier, and safer in the mountains and trails.  Our thoughts might surprise you, and hopefully they will also help you.

"This product straddles being the best and being the worst!"

We also discuss what did not work, and really interesting, what is coming next?

“20 years from now, when movies are made to have taken place in the 2010’s, they will show everyone walking around staring at their phones!”

Gateway State Trail (MN)

Submitted by pbakwin on Tue, 01/21/2020 - 03:50pm
Description

Located on a converted rail-trail, the Gateway State Trail offers 18 miles of paved trail for non-motorized use. The trail begins in the city of St. Paul, travels northeast through the cities of Maplewood, North St. Paul, and Oakdale, through Washington County, and ends at Pine Point Regional Park, just four miles northwest of the city of Stillwater. It is generally level and wheelchair accessible.

Hazards Traverse

Submitted by pbakwin on Mon, 01/20/2020 - 04:28pm
Description

The Hazards is a mountain range in Freycinet National Park consisting of 5 rocky mountains: Mayson, Amos, Dove, Baudin and Parsons. There is a small pad (not a track) with occasional cairns that leads from Sleepy Bay at the Eastern Tip to Mt Amos via Mt Parsons, Mt Baudin, Mt Dove & Mt Amos. The FKT route is a loop of about 12km, nominally starting & finishing at Honeymoon Bay.