Great Smoky Mountains Peak Loop (NC, TN)

Tennessee, US

North Carolina, US

Distance

30 mi

A roughly 26 mile loop connecting several prominent trails in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Alum Cave, Boulevard) as well as parts of the Appalachian Trail. See link for description. https://www.hikingproject.com/trail/7026832/great-smoky-mountains-peak-loop.

GPS Track

greatsmokymoutainsloop.gpx3.47 MB

FKTs

Standard route

Male

Unsupported
Luke Bollschweiler	4h 45m 13s	2020-07-11
Bobby Herrington	4h 59m 4s	2020-07-10
Kevin Mills	5h 4m 20s	2020-05-31
Luke Bollschweiler	5h 34m 31s	2019-07-06

Female

Unsupported
Laura Matacia	6h 22m 55s	2023-05-21
Caitlin Scheder	6h 56m 52s	2022-07-24
Taylor Lucey, Lauren Matosziuk	9h 0m 45s	2022-06-19

Mixed-gender team

Unsupported
Julie Doll, William Wells	6h 50m 33s	2019-05-08
Ashley Blake, Joshua Scott	9h 41m 22s	2019-02-08
Dylan Beres, Christine Pavey	11h 19m 36s	2017-10-21

Comments

Ashley Blake and Joshua Scott are attempting, as an unsupported mixed gender team, an FKT of this route on Feb 8th, 2019 weather permitting.

Successfully completed (and pending verification) on Feb 8, 2019, in 9 hr. 41 min. 22 sec, by Ashley Blake and Joshua Scott.

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/3367111701 (Joshua’s Garmin activity).

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/3367078844 (Ashley's Garmin activity).

Congrats guys! Christine and I will have to give it another shot sometime!

Honorable mention goes to William "Cola" Wells & Julie Doll, who ran the route on 4/4/2019 in 6h47m49s, but did not close the loop by running the 1.8 mile road section.

https://www.strava.com/activities/2264868939

https://www.strava.com/activities/2265035308

http://www.movescount.com/moves/move278819947

Wells reported: "Perfect morning for a morning in the mountains. A little bit of snow up around Mt. LaConte and Ice Spring Water Shelter but perfect trails the rest of the way."

Route: Great Smoky Mountains Peak Loop (NC, TN)

FKTs

Comments