Hundred Mile Wilderness (ME)

Maine, US

Distance

96.5 mi

Vertical Gain

18,416 ft

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred-Mile_Wilderness: The Hundred-Mile Wilderness is the section of the Appalachian Trail running between Abol Bridge just south of Baxter State Park and Monson in the state of Maine. It is generally considered the wildest section of the Appalachian Trail,^[1] and one of the most challenging to navigate and traverse. This section of the A.T. is crossed by several logging roads and is maintained by the Maine Appalachian Trail Club. It consists of a small corridor of protected wilderness surrounded by large tracts of public and private land controlled by paper companies. An increasing amount of the adjoining lands are being protected by groups like the Appalachian Mountain Club and the Nature Conservancy.

GPS Track

Hundred-Mile-Robert-Rives.gpx148.94 KB

FKTs

Standard route

Male

Supported
Barry Howe			1d 5h 6m 0s	2021-09-14
Rob Erskine			1d 6h 22m 5s	2013-10-13

Self-supported
Finn Melanson			1d 5h 18m 15s	2020-09-07

Unsupported
Joffrey Peters	1d 6h 14m 37s	2022-08-13
Danny "Beaver" Mejia	1d 9h 18m 55s	2020-08-02
Witt "El Matador" Wisebram	1d 10h 11m 55s	2018-09-10
Josh Katzman, Robert Rives	1d 11h 32m 0s	2017-07-23
Joey Campanelli	1d 15h 30m 0s	2014-07-10
Stanislav Trufanov	1d 16h 24m 0s	2017-07-26
Joe Wrobleski	1d 19h 4m 47s	2013-08-11

Female

Unsupported
Lydia Gill			1d 9h 19m 17s	2020-08-14

Supported
Emma "Gnarls" Barclay			1d 18h 0m 23s	2018-09-16
Charlotte Clews			1d 21h 15m 0s	2018-09-17

This route on the old FKT site

http://fastestknowntime.proboards.com/thread/159/mile-wilderness-me

Comments

Hi Folks,

I will be returning to the Hundred Mile Wilderness in mid August or early September of 2022 to attempt a sub-24 hour NOBO time. I have not decided if it will be supported or unsupported yet. I will reply to this thread with more details a couple months ahead of time.

Cheers,

Finn

I'm planning to run a SoBo Unsupported Hundred Mile Wilderness on the weekend of August 13. I haven't been on the trail there yet, so I'm filled with hubris and trepidation, but I suppose all of that will be tested on the mud, roots, and rocks of Maine soon. Perhaps I'll run into Finn out there. Tracker link and more specific start time to follow.

I am heading out from Abol Bridge this afternoon (2022-08-12 around 1:30pm) armed with 16000 Calories, two filter bottles, and 12000 lumens. Here's my tracker link:

https://somewear.app/public/tracking/04e165ad-d927-4085-a868-c35a634f8187

It should ping every 15 minutes. I'll also be tracking with a GPS watch.

Hey folks,

In 2020, I set a self-supported (intended to be unsupported but received medical aid from a passing hiker about 20 miles in) FKT of 29 hours and change on this route.

The intent was to return in 2022 to lower the time unsupported, but plans fell through (went to Chamonix for UTMB instead).

I am writing to confirm that I will be returning in the summer of 2023 to attempt an unsupported fastest known time of the Hundred Mile Wilderness.

Sub 24 hours is absolutely possible. That is what I'm aiming for - I will try my best to take it under that time.

Regardless, of whether I get it or not, the overarching purpose is to keep the spirit alive and hopefully inspire other athletes to consider a similar attempt and performance breakthrough.

Cheers,

Finn Melanson

Route: Hundred Mile Wilderness (ME)

FKTs

Comments