Woody Gap to Blood Mtn on the AT (GA)

Georgia, US

Distance

15.6 mi

Vertical Gain

3,850 ft

Eli Dickerson reported:

This is a common out and back for trail runners [about 16 miles total], so I thought I'd set the bar with my fastest time. I know there's probably others who have run faster, so hoping they post up! It's a fun stretch of trail for sure.

GPS Track

AT_Woody_to_Blood_and_back.gpx224.82 KB

FKTs

out & back

Male

Unsupported
Jack Wegmet	2h 27m 30s	2021-01-04
Andrew Catanese	2h 30m 13s	2018-09-29
Evan Dare	2h 43m 18s	2016-11-11
Eli Dickerson	2h 53m 12s	2016-04-03

Female

Unsupported
Melanie Salas			3h 48m 36s	2019-12-27
Melanie Salas			4h 3m 45s	2019-09-01

This route on the old FKT site

http://fastestknowntime.proboards.com/thread/1241/section-woody-gap-blood-mount…

Comments

Might have been the fastest time back when i did it but there was no GPS wearables back then, at least I did not have one yet. But i ran this route on 11/26/2006 in 3:05:57 (to the Blood Mountain Shelter and back). According to my logbook notes I was OUT in 1:38:52 and BACK in 1:27:25. Really cool to see an FKT setup for this route.

Does anyone know what counts as the top of Blood mountain? Would I need to go past the shelter for a FKT attempt or would the shelter suffice?

@maggief39 I would go to the summit marker on the rock just past the shelter. That's what I used as marking the top/turnaround

Route: Woody Gap to Blood Mtn on the AT (GA)

FKTs

Comments