[pct-l] Mt Hood runners

[Wayne Kraft]

Carolyn,

This PCT 50/50 is an annual event run on the PCT.  Information about  
the event can be found here:
http://www..ultra.com/

This is an out and back race almost entirely on the PCT.  There are  
actually two races, one of 50k and one of 50 miles.  Both races start  
at the Clackamas Lake Ranger Station.  The 50k turn around is  
somewhere near Twin Lakes.  The 50 miler goes to Timberline Lodge and  
back.  You should expect about 100 runners in the 50k and maybe 90 in  
the 50 miler.  By the time they reach Timberline they'll be quite  
strung out.  There won't be a crowd arriving all at once.  If you go  
to the website and click on results, you can see the times for past  
races and extrapolate arrival times for Timberline Lodge or anywhere  
else along the route if you know the mileage.  I ran in the 50k in  
2003.  I'm not sure what the contestants would think about a goat  
encounter.  The year I ran in this event one runner saw a cougar and  
considered it the best part of the run.

Wayne Kraft


On Jul 15, 2006, at 10:27 PM, Carolyn Eddy wrote:

> I was up at the Barlow Sno-Park today on Mt Hood and it's posted that
> there's going to be a run up there on July 29th.
>
> Does anyone know the route they are taking? It says Clackamas Lake to
> Timberline Logde, the only way thru there seems to be the PCT, or  
> possibly
> up the White River Basin and then up the 600 trail.
>
> We are having a goat rendezvous up there and are planning to hike  
> the White
> River Basin up from the  Sno-Park to the 600 trail and are  
> wondering how
> much traffic we are going to run into.
>
> Can anyone tell me anything about this?
>
> Carolyn Eddy
> "Sweet Goat Mama"
> www.goattracksmagazine.com
>
>
>
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