Location
California,
US
Distance
4 mi
Vertical Gain
6,295 ft
Description
GPS Track
FKTs
- ascent
- duathlon ascent from town
- Sisson Historic Climbers Route up & down
- Round Trip from Bunny Flat (on skis)
- 24hrs of Shasta
Male
Female
Jack Kuenzle | 1h 28m 58s | |||
Tom Goth | 1h 35m 26s | |||
Ryan Ghelfi | 1h 37m 5s | |||
Rickey Gates | 1h 38m 10s | |||
Robert Webb | 1h 39m 0s |
Laurie Bagley | 2h 13m 0s |
Sarah Burke | 2h 55m 46s | |||
Ashly Winchester | 4h 30m 53s |
Male
Chris Jones | Multi-sport | 3h 35m 56s | ||
Jason Hardrath | Multi-sport | 4h 27m 55s | ||
Jason Hardrath | Multi-sport | 5h 42m 23s | ||
Tayler Hockett, Brad Butterfield | Multi-sport | 7h 57m 4s |
Male
Female
Max King | 5h 29m 55s | |||
Jason Hardrath | 6h 27m 25s |
Ashly Winchester | 9h 57m 23s |
This route on the old FKT site
Comments
I know this is not part of this thread yet, but I thought that it would be a good addition on Mt Shasta for fast movement on logical paths and means of travel.
On June 12th, 2019, I climbed (with skis) up Avalanche Gulch. During my climb the snow conditions were looking exceptionally good and I had my heavy skis, so I decided it was the right time to make a fastest known Descent. I started my time from about 10ft off the true summit with my skis on my feet. I descended Avalanche Gulch via the left of heart variation all the way back to the Bunny Flat Trailhead. My time was 18:05. You can see the laps (unfortunately my watch was on auto split for the backcountry ski function, so I just had to add the laps comprising the downhill portion) in the Strava file here. https://www.strava.com/activities/2445356688/overview
I actually think that this could be an FKT that catches on with a bit different crowd. It takes a lot of endurance just to summit the mountain, and it takes a surprising amount of endurance to ski it top to bottom hard without stopping. The skiing is not technically difficult other than a few turns off the summit and the very top of the left of heart face. I predict that a strong skier can hammer this thing out in about 12-13 minutes if they are motivated and the conditions are good. Which is kind of crazy to think about when looking at the mountain and considering it's 7,400ft of drop.
"Shasta Picnic" (triathlon) WENT today!
Will add route, submit FKT, and Trip Report soon!
In short,
Start with a hand on the green gate, start your watch, run to the water...
Swim 1.2 mi across Lake Siskyou
Bike 15 mi up to Bunny Flat
Ascend 7200' up Mt. Shasta from Bunny Flat, then back down in 10.6 miles
Bike 15 mi back to Lake Siskyou
Swim 1.2 mi back across Lake Siskyou to where you started
run up tag the green gate and stop time.
status: EPIC
Tried to get the roundtrip ski record on Shasta today, hit the summit in 2:05 from Bunny Flats but snapped both of my skis descending bad rime on Misery Hill.
https://www.strava.com/activities/6653121048