Nolan's 14

60 Hours
100 Miles on Foot
14 Summits over 14,000 Feet
90,000 Vertical Feet
15% Finish Rate

Nolan's 14 is a run over the 14 summits over 14,000 ft. in Colorado's Sawatch Range, from Mt. Massive to Mt. Shavano in either direction. You can choose your own route between summits, but the most practical routes have been estimated to be 88 to 106 miles with 44,000 ft. of climb. Cutoff is 60 hours to the last summit. Course Description and Maps

This is not a race. Anyone may climb the Nolan's 14 route at any time of year, and these records will be recognized. The object is to climb as many 14ers as you can, traveling on foot, in 60 hours. Runners (and crew if you have one) must follow all wilderness regulations. For instance, group size is limited to 15. No course markings may be used. Food and water may not be stashed on the course. Trash must be packed out. Crew access is either on roads outside the wilderness, or is backpacked in. No entry fee is charged. Where did the name come from?

Entry

The previously scheduled event for 2003 has been cancelled and no events are planned for the future. If you run the Nolan's 14 course on your own and would like your name listed here, email Matt Mahoney at mattmahoneyfl@gmail.com. You may also send a trip report and a link to photos and I will post it. You may complete the summits in any order and don't have to finish all 14 of them.

The Rules

Note: you are free to make your own rules. This is what we used in the past.

  1. No pacers.
  2. No mechanical aid (walking sticks and GPS are allowed).
  3. No leaving the course and returning unless by foot.
  4. The time limit for an official finish is 60 hours.

There are no DNFs (Did Not Finish). (A finish is defined in terms of the number of 14,000+ foot peaks summitted in 60 hours, or the time elapsed in completing the course in 60 hours or less. Someone not reaching at least one summit is considered a DNS or Did Not Start.) You may complete the summits in any order and may use any route you want (on foot) between summits.

Nolans 14 on Facebook.

Mile 41, Mt. Huron, east basin, 26 hours.

Mile 44, Mt. Missouri, west face.

Mile 45, Mt. Missouri, northwest ridge.

Mile 51, traverse from Oxford to Harvard.

Mile 55, ridge from Harvard to Columbia.

Mile 64, Mt. Yale, north ridge.

Mile 80, Mt. Princeton, northeast ridge.

Mile 81, Mt. Princeton, west ridge, 56 hours.

2002 Run Photos

2001 Run Photos

2000 Run photos

  1. Massive, Elbert, La Plata
  2. Huron
  3. Missouri
  4. Belford, Oxford
  5. Harvard, Columbia
  6. Yale
  7. Princeton
  8. Antero, Tabeguache, Shavano

Spreadsheet of all finishers by Bogie Dumitrescu.

1999 Results

Aug. 27-29, 1999, Angel of Shavano Campground to Mt. Massive (south to north). 1999 Run Details

                 Summits
Gordon Hardman   7 (Harvard)
Blake Wood       7
Fred Vance       7
Steve Simmons    4 (Princeton)

2000 Results

Aug. 12-14, 2000, Fish Hatchery to Mt. Shavano summit (north to south). 2000 Run Details
                 Summits
Blake Wood       11 (Princeton)
Matt Mahoney     10 (Yale)
Eric Robinson    9  (Columbia)
Gordon Hardman   3  (La Plata)
Jim Nolan        1  (Massive)
Joe Florio       1

2001 Results

Aug 16-18, 2001, Fish Hatchery to Mt. Shavano (north to south). Times are for the Mt. Shavano summit and Blank Cabin finish with 60 hour cutoff. Results to appear in Ultrarunning. 2001 Run Details.


Runner                  #14'ers  Time   Finish
Mike Tilden             14       56:22  58:51
Blake Wood              14       57:55  59:38
John Robinson           14       57:55  60:00
Jim Nelson              14       59:07  62:09
Ginny LaForme           11       55:26
Eric Robinson           11       56:57
Steve Bremner           11       57:50
Matt Mahoney            11       61:15
Dennis Herr             10       52:30
Hans Dieter Weisshar    9        58:27
Stephen Simmons         7        52:48
Simon Shadowlight       7        56:00

Maps used by Blake Wood in 2000 and 2001 with split times. The red line is from Fish Hatchery to Princeton in 2000. The blue line is to the finish in 2001 where it differs from the previous year. parts 1 and 2 (12 MB PDF each).

2002 Results

Aug. 22-24, 2002, south to north (Blank Cabin to Fish Hatchery)

Runner            #14'ers   Last summit  Finish
John Robinson     14        52:42        54:57
Eric Robinson     13        56:37
Ginny LaForme     12        54:41
Betsy Kalmeyer    12        58:58
Matt Mahoney      11        57:06
Bobby Keogh       11        58:56
Stephen Simmons   11        59:00
Rickie Redland     9        51:26
Richard Hypio      7        40:18
Tim Erickson       5        47:24
Dennis Herr        4        17:20
Dennis Hopkins     2         3:04
Don Mosel          2         3:05
Report by Eric Robinson
Report by Tim Ericson
Report by Matt Mahoney
Report by Steve Simmons

2003 Trip Reports

No race was held in 2003. However, some people attempted the course on their own. If you would like a link to your trip report and photos posted here, post it to the Nolans 14 mailing list or send it to mattmahoneyfl at gmail dot com.

Report by Eric Robinson (11 summits)
Report by Ginny LaForme (9 summits)
Report by Hans Dieter Weisshaar (9 summits)
Report by Steve Bremner (3 summits)
Report by Kris Kern (3 summits)

2004 Trip Reports

Report by Fred Vance (4 summits)

2007 Trip Reports

Report by Mike Wood (3 summits)

2008 Trip Reports

Report by Eric Lee (4 summits, Shavano to Princeton)

2009 Trip Reports

Report by Eric Lee 5 summits, Shavano to Yale on Sept. 5, 2009. Stepahie Ehret, Steve McClung, and Fritjof Fagerlund made the first 3 summits (to Antero).

2010 Trip Reports

Report by GreenHorn, July 27, 2010. 2 summits (Shavano to Tabeguache).

2011 Trip Reports

Report by Eric Lee, Sept. 3-4, 2011. 9 summits (Massive to Columbia) in 34:37. Photos.

Article in Out There Colorado.

2012 Trip Reports

Jared Campbell and Matt Hart tweeted that they had finished Nolan's 14 in 58:58. They went north to south, starting at 9:13:22 AM on Aug. 17. splits. Report.

Chris Gerber reports that Eric Lee finished Nolan's 14 in 57:27:14, starting at 6:00 AM Aug. 31 and going north to south. Trip report - short version long version. video.

2013 Trip Reports

Eric Robinson started a south to north attempt at 6:00 AM, June 19, 2013, ending at Yale (5 summits). Report. SPOT track.

Anton Krupicka attempted a north to south traverse starting at 2:00 AM, June 24, 2013. Follow. Follow. Report. Reported split times from start:

Fish Hatchery 0:00 (0200 24 Jun 2013)
Massive       1:48
Elbert        4:04
La Plata TH   5:15
La Plata      7:06
Winfield      8:08
Huron        10:20
Missouri     12:30
Belford      13:34 (quit).
Video: preparation attempt aftermath

Ben Clark attempted a north to south traverse starting at Aug. 25, 2013 at 5:01 AM. He made 7 summits ending at Oxford. SPOT track. Report. Splits:

Fish Hatchery 0501 25 Aug 2013
Massive       0742
Halfmoon Rd   0902 (via W side)
Elbert        1122 (via NW ridge)
Lake Fork     1312 (via Bull Hill, Echo Canyon)
La Plata      1627
Winfield      1807
Huron         2123
Clohesy Lake  0005 26 Aug 2013 (via Lois Lake)
Missouri      0401
Missouri G.   0755 (via trail in whiteout conditions)
Belford       0856
Oxford        0946
Pine Creek TH 1725

Gavin McKenzie attempted a north to south traverse on Aug 27, 2013 and made 7 summits. Splits reported on facebook:

Fish Hatchery 0506 27 Aug 2013
Massive       0736
Elbert        1033
La Plata      1439
Huron         1951
Missouri      0443 28 Aug 2013
Belford       0652
Oxford        0740
Pine Creek TH 1546

Julian Smith ran 12 summits in a south to north traverse on Aug 30-Sept 1, 2013. SPOT track. Trackleaders. Report.

Start at TH   0500 30 Aug 2013
Shavano       0732
Tabeguache    0803
Antero        1310
Grouse Gulch  1543
Princeton     1846
CO trail      2144
Avalanche TH  0001 31 Aug 2013
Yale          0502
Cottonwood    0807
Columbia      1142
Harvard       1537
Pine Creek    1742
Oxford        2007
Belford       2113
Missouri      0110 1 Sep 2013
Closesy Lake  0332
Huron         0800?
Winfield      1013
La Plata      1509
Rt 82         2033 (done)

Kenny Jolley ran 3 summits north to south on Sept. 6-7 2013. SPOT track.

Fish Hatchery 0610 6 Sep 2013
Massive       0839
Halfmoon TH   1032 via west slope
Elbert        1232 via NW ridge
Lake Fork TH  1632 via Echo Canyon
La Plata      2035
Winfield      0159 7 Sep 2013 (done)

Kenny Jolley made another attempt, again running 3 summits north to south on Sept. 20 2013. SPOT track.

Fish Hatchery 0323 20 Sep 2013
Massive       0629
Halfmoon Rd   0726 via W side, 110J
Elbert        1024
Lake Fork TH  1228
La Plata      1558
Winfield      1830 (done).

Ben Clark made 10 summits north to south on Sept. 25-27, 2013. SPOT track.

Fish Hatchery 0605 25 Sep 2013
Massive       0844
Elbert        1246
La Plata      1818
Winfield      2102
Huron         0042 26 Sep 2013
Cloyses Lk    0710
Missouri      0926
Belford       1140
Oxford        1240
Harvard       1637
Columbia      1859
Cottonwood    2130
Yale          0133 27 Sep 2013
Denny Ck TH   0357
Maxwell Gulch 1019 (quit with storm on Princeton)
Princeton TH  1221

2014 Trip Reports

Denver Post article, Sept. 20, 2014.
Outside Online article, Sept. 24, 2014
Discussion on 14ers.com

57:18 Unsupported. Andrew Hamilton completed a S-N traverse starting Sept. 12, 2014 at 5:40 AM and summitted Massive Sept. 14 at 2:58 PM. He exited at Fish Hatchery at 5:59 PM (60:19). Track.

14 Days Unsupported. Rohan Roy and Anna Lauer Roy completed an unsupported S-N traverse on skis with overnight camps in 14 days on Apr 16-30, 2014. The winter route was about 130 miles at mostly lower elevations with a climb to each summit and skiing back to camp. Plan. Summary. Website.

54:47. Gavin McKenzie (report) and Brandon Stapanowich (report) completed a N-S traverse starting Aug. 29, 2014 at 5:30 AM. They reached Shavano at 12:18 PM Aug. 31 (54:47) and the trailhead (Blank cabin) at 1:51 PM (56:19:15). Track Leaders. SPOT track. Video report.

57:24. Brandon Worthington completed a N-S traverse starting Aug. 30, 2014 at 5:55 AM. He reached Shavano at 3:19 PM Sept. 1 (57:24) and the TH at 5:19 PM (59:24). Partner Jason Antin dropped after Huron (4 summits) with a knee injury. SPOT track.

60:37. David Ruttum made a S-N traverse starting on Aug. 30, 2014 at 4:00 AM. He summitted Massive at 4:37 PM (60:37) and reached the trailhead (Fish Hatchery) at 63 hours. SPOT track.

12. Missy Gosney and Jason Koop completed 12 summits (Fish Hatchery to Antero) in 54:32 starting at 6:00 AM MDT Aug. 10, 2014. Brett Gosney stopped at the summit of Harvard (8 summits) after 29:29. SPOT Track.

9. Ben Clark started a N-S traverse on Sept. 3 at 7:04 AM, summitted Columbia on Sept. 4 at 3:33 PM (32:29) and exited at Avalanche Gulch trailhead on Sept. 5 at 1:07 AM (42:03) after being caught in a storm 600 feet below the summit of Yale and getting lost on the descent. The track shows only the first 9 summits because he switched packs at Cottonwood and his SPOT tracker unintentionally went back with his crew.

9. Jason Halladay completed 9 summits N-S, abandoning partly up Yale due to illness. He started Aug. 29, 2014 5:00 AM. He reached Columbia at 2:35 PM Aug. 30 (33:35) and the TH at 38:43. GPX track.

9. Ginny Laforme completed 9 summits S-N (Shavano to Belford) in 61:49 starting Aug. 30, 2014 at 4:30 AM. She exited Missouri Gulch at 64:59. SPOT track.

7. Julian Smith completed 7 summits N-S starting Aug. 29, 2014 at 5:00 AM. He summitted Oxford at 9:52 AM Aug. 30 (28:52) and exited Pine Creek at 3:30 PM. SPOT track.

7. Benjamin Clark and Josh Butson attempted an unsupported N-S traverse at 7:18 AM Sept. 20, 2014. Butson was out with a sprained ankle after 3 summits (La Plata). They camped one night at Lake Fork and Clark camped a second night on the Oxford summit in heavy rain and wind followed by 6 inches of snow after summitting at 9:13 PM (37:55). He exited Pine Creek at 7:38 PM (60:20) after bad weather all day. Track.

7. Britt Nic Dick attempted an unsupported solo N-S traverse starting Aug. 24, 2014 at 6:30 AM and ending at Oxford (7 summits) on Aug. 26 at 11:41 AM (53:21). SPOT track (click on (+) to show track). Report.

7. Israel Archuletta completed 7 summits N-S (Massive to Oxford) in 61.5 hours on Aug 29-31, 2014. photos. SPOT track. video. Report.

6. Will Carlton completed 6 summits N-S (Massive to Belford) in 35:06 starting on Aug. 29, 2014 at 5:00 AM. SPOT track.

5. Peter Jones and Kendrick Callaway completed 5 summits (Massive to Missouri) on Aug 7-8. Report.

2015 Trip Reports

57:55 by Missy Gosney and Anna Frost from Fish Hatchery to Shavano are the first women to complete 14 summits in 60 hours on Aug. 16-18, 2015. SPOT track. National Geographic Adventures. Outside. Trail Runner. Colorado Runner.

53:52 by David Ruttum from Fish Hatchery to Shavano starting at 9:05 PM, Aug. 27, 2015. Time to Blank Cabin is 55:38. SPOT track. 14ers.com.

51:24 unsupported by Andrew Hamilton from Blank Cabin to Massive, and 53:39 to Fish Hatchery, Sept. 20-22, 2015. Both are fastest known times, supported or otherwise. SPOT track. Denver Post. Trailrunner. Splits:

0705 Start at Blank Cabin, Sept. 20, 2015.
0906 Shavano
0938 Tabeguache
1225 Antero
1742 Princeton
0129 Yale
0610 Columbia
0840 Harvard
1212 Oxford
1258 Belford
1432 Missouri
1813 Huron
2342 La Plata
0618 Elbert
1029 Massive
1244 Finish at Fish Hatchery, Sept. 22.

12. by Jason Halladay (Shavano to La Plata) in a group of 6 on Sept. 4-6, 2015 in 57:07. Trip report. GPS track.

10. by Ben Clark from Fish Hatchery at 0600 Sept. 25 2015 to Yale at 0110 Sept. 27 (43:10) and Avalanche Gulch at 0747 (49:47). Report. SPOT track. Instagram.

3. by Naomi Plasterer on Aug. 19 from Blank Cabin to Antero in 13:24:13 with a broken foot. Report. Guide. Public Opinion.

3. by Ben Clark unsupported on Sept. 1 from Fish Hatchery to La Plata in 13:44. Interrupted due to storms and rain. SPOT track.

3. by Justin Spumoni on about Sept. 10 from Fish Hatchery to La Plata. Report.

2016 Trip Reports

55:37 by Ted Mahon from Blank Cabin to Fish Hatchery (52:52 to Massive), Aug. 27-29, 2016. Track. Eric Sullivan (track), accompanied through Pine Creek before moving ahead. He completed 12 summits in 35:26 (La Plata at 2026 Aug. 28) before getting lost on S. Elbert and mistakenly descending before reaching the summit. Aspen Daily News. Splits:

Mahon Sullivan
----  ----
0900  0857  Blank Cabin, Aug. 27, 2016.
1053  1051  Shavano
1122  1120  Tabeguache
1354  1352  Antero
1529  1520  Alpine
1825  1825  Princeton
2209  2140  Avalanche Gulch
0146  0147  Yale (via E ridge)
0631  0634  Columbia (via S slope)
0850  0849  Harvard
1037  1034  Pine Creek
1246  1226  Oxford
1331  1300  Belford
1458  1351  Missouri (via class 4 E ridge)
1622  1434  Clohesy Lake
1828  1620  Huron
2038  1754  Winfield
0118  2026  La Plata
0336  2214  Hwy 82
      0206  Bull Hill 14100 ft (descends in error)
0839        Elbert (Echo Canyon, descend W slope)
1037        Halfmoon
1352        Massive
1637 Fish Hatchery

57:31 by Nick Pedatella from Blank Cabin to Fish Hatchery (54:50 to Massive) on Sept. 9-11, 2016. Track.

59:36 by Mehgan Hicks from Blank Cabin to Fish Hatchery (57:18 to Massive) on Sept. 9-11, 2016. Spot track. Both times are a new women's FKT.

72:43 from Fish Hatchery to Blank Cabin (68:17 to Shavano) on Sept. 2-5, 2016 by Julian Smith. Track.

11. by Jared Campbell (Blank Cabin to Huron), July 29-31, 2016.

10. by John Knotts (Blank Cabin to Missouri) on Aug. 26-27, 2016, accompanied by Jason Poole who dropped after 5 (Yale) because of a pre-existing quad injury.

10. by Brandt Ketterer (Fish Hatchery to Yale) on Sept. 2-4, 2016. Track.

8. by Wade Gardner (Fish Hatchery to Harvard in 24:27) on Sept. 4-5, 2016.

7. by Eric Sanders and John Danese (Fish Hatchery to Oxford) on Sept. 2-3, 2016. Track. Report.

7. by David Ruttum (Blank Cabin to Harvard) on Sept 10-11, 2016. Track.

6. by Joel Kuenning (Blank Cabin to Columbia) on Aug. 30-31, 2016. Track.

5. by Eric Sullivan (Blank Cabin to Yale) on skis in 19 hours, May 28, 2016.

5. by Adam McRoberts (Fish Hatchery to Missouri), Sept. 2-3, 2016.

2017 Trip Reports

47:40 (43:26 to Massive) by Iker Karrera S-N Aug. 2-4, 2017. IRunFar SPOT track. splits:

0947 Blank Cabin
1134 Shavano
1553 Antero
1912 Princeton
2353 Yale
0300 Columbia
0439 Harvard
0739 Oxford
0819 Belford
0948 Missouri
1407 Huron
1925 La Plata
2344 Elbert
0513 Massive
0927 Fish Hatchery

53:29 by Jared Campbell and Luke Nelson S-N starting Sept. 1, 2017 at 6:02 AM. 51:17 to Massive. Track.

0602 Blank Cabin
0752 Shavano
0822 Tabeguache
0902 Brown Creek
1032 Antero
1202 Alpine
1453 Princeton
1802 Avalanche Gulch (Maxwell Gulch)
2052 Yale (E ridge)
2242 Cottonwood
0135 Columbia (W slope) 
0435 Harvard
0615 Pine Creek
0819 Oxford
0905 Belford
1045 Missouri (S ridge)
1206 Chohesy Lake
1426 Huron
1620 Winfield
2029 La Plata
2229 Rt 82
0405 Elbert (Black Cloud)
0616 Halfmoon (NW ridge)
0929 Massive (W side)
1147 Fish Hatchery

53:46 by Andrew Hamilton N-S on June 29 to July 2 after traversing Holy Cross and continuing on foot. 71:27 including Holy Cross. Track.

0750 Holy Cross trailhead (June 29 2017 Holy Nolans start)
1016 Holy Cross
0131 Fish Hatchery (June 30 Nolans 14 start)
0435 Massive
0901 Elbert
1431 La Plata
1942 Huron
0122 Belford
0222 Oxford
0616 Harvard
0821 Columbia
1254 Yale
2015 Princeton
0132 Antero
0515 Tabeguache
0555 Shavano (52:24)
0717 Blank Cabin (53:46, Holy Nolans 71:27)

56:39 by Jared Campbell and Gary Robbins from Blank Cabin to Fish Hatchery, July 28-30, 2017. GPX file.

0649 Blank Cabin
0833 Shavano
0903 Tabeguache
0943 Brown Creek
1113 Antero
1243 Alpine
1533 Princeton
1856 Avalanche Gulch
2146 Yale via Hughes Creek
2346 Cottonwood trail
0231 Columbia
0531 Harvard
0701 Pine Creek
0851 Oxford
1334 Vicksburg trailhead via Missouri Gulch (weather)
1535 Belford
1705 Missouri via S ridge
1815 Chohesy Lake
2025 Huron
2205 Winfield
0228 La Plata
0428 Rt 82
0849 Elbert
1049 Halfmoon via NW ridge
1319 Massive (54:30)
1528 Fish Hatchery (56:39)

56:56 by Wade Gardner and Brandt Ketterer S-N (53:40 to Massive) on Sept. 2-4, 2017. GPX track.

57:55 by John Knotts S-N from Blank Cabin to Fish Hatchery on Sept 1-3, 2017. Strava track. (54:54 to Massive).

2018 Trip Reports

46:41 (45:16 to Massive) by Alex Nichols S-N June 27-29. SPOT track.

2000 Blank Cabin
2125 Shavano
2148 Tabeguache
2349 Antero
0139 Alpine
0401 Princeton
0642 Avalanche Gulch
0921 Yale (E ridge)
1327 Columbia
1521 Harvard
1833 Oxford
1915 Belford
2119 Missouri (N ridge)
0108 Huron
0326 Winfield
0705 La Plata
1311 Elbert
1517 Half Mood (NW ridge)
1716 Massive
1841 Fish Hatchery

49:38 (47:45 to Shavano) by Joe Grant N-S June 27-29, 2018. SPOT track.

59:58 S-N (58:09 to Massive) by Joey Camps and 64:50 S-N (61:00 to Massive) by Hannah Green on June 25-27 2018. SPOT track

Camps Green
----- -----
0601 0610 Start
0812 0811 Shavano
0845 0845 Tabeguache
1135 1135 Antero
1355      Alpine
1711 1715 Princeton
2100 2100 Avalanche
0124 0125 Yale
0836 0835 Columbia
1133 1133 Harvard
1604 1547 Oxford 
1657 1632 Belford
1834 1812 Missouri
2235 2036 Huron
0100      Winfield
0558 0614 La Plata
1100 1232 Elbert
1610 1910 Mt Massive
1759 2300 Fish Hatchery

6 On July 9 Joey Camps made a second attempt starting at Blank Cabin at midnight and ending at Yale at 1501 (6 summits in 15 hours). He dropped on Columbia due to a hamstring injury.

0001 Blank Cabin
0144 Shavano
0214 Tabeguache
0445 Antero
0621 Alpine
0904 Princeton
1207 Avalanche
1501 Yale

11 by Sarah Hansel on July 18 from Fish Hatchery to Winfield in 57:58. Report GPX file.

7 (Fish Hatchery to Oxford) in 60 hours by Anne Kirschenmann and Kaj Derks starting on Aug. 7, 2018 7:15 AM, continuing to Princeton over the next 2 days. report Track: KML GPX CSV

58:11 (55:53 to Massive) S-N by Luke Jay on Aug. 24-26, 2018. SPOT Strava.

Blank Cabin   6:00 am
Shavano       7:40
Tabeguache    8:07
Antero       10:36
Princeton     3:17 pm
Yale          9:53
Columbia      4:14 am
Harvard       8:36
Oxford        1:19 pm
Belford       1:59
Missouri      3:51
Huron         8:17
La Plata      1:54 am
Elbert        8:58
Massive       1:53 pm (55:53) 
Fish Hatchery 4:11 pm (58:11:21)

11 N-S by John Danese and 10 by John Paul Ogden on Aug. 24-27, 2018. Report Strava Strava

0503 Fish Hatchery Start
0751 Massive
1203 Elbert
1720 La Plata
2248 Huron
0333 Missouri
0554 Belford
0644 Oxford
1129 Harvard
1451 Columbia
2214 Yale   John Paul Out
1138 Princeton

59:33 (58:04 to Shavano) N-S by Jeff Garmire, Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2018. Report.

Fish Hatchery trailhead 8:47am
Massive 11:32am
Elbert 3:37pm
La Plata 8:52pm
Huron 3:12am
Missouri 8:34am
Belford 10:23am
Oxford 11:14am
Harvard 2:54pm
Columbia 5:09pm
Yale 11:28 pm
Princeton 10:47am
Antero 3:29pm
Tabeguache 6:20pm
Shavano 6:51pm
Blanks cabin trailhead 8:20pm

2019 Trip Reports

55:19 by Justin Swantek (age 22) from Blank Cabin to Fish Hatchery (52:27 to Massive) on Sept. 25-27, 2019. Strava SPOT Trip report.

          Start Time of day
Blank Cabin    0:00  5:02
Shavano        1:37  6:39
Tabaguache     2:01  7:03
Antero         4:02  9:04
Alpine         5:47 10:49
Princeton      8:10 13:12
Avalanche     11:20 16:22
Yale          14:20 19:22
Columbia      18:20 23:22
Harvard       20:40  1:42
Oxford        25:02  6:04
Belford       26:04  7:06
Missouri      27:36  8:38
Huron         30:56 11:58
Winfield      32:26 13:28
La Plata      37:47 18:49
La Plata TH   40:19 21:21
Elbert        47:22  4:24
Massive       52:27  9:29
Fish Hatchery 55:19  12:21

2020 Trip Reports

41:00 by Joey Campanelli from Blank Cabin to Fish Hatchery on July 1-2 2020. Strava: part 1 part 2. This is a new FKT.

57:43 by Sarah Hansel from Blank Cabin to Fish Hatchery on July 6-8 2020. Report. This is a new women's FKT (since broken). partial track.

58:09 by Joel Anderson from Blank Cabin to Fish Hatchery on July 16-18 2020. Strava: part 1 part 2. splits. Report.

48:31 by Dean Abel from Blank Cabin to Fish Hatchery on July 29-31, 2020. Strava: part 1 part 2 part 3.

Blank cabin TH- 8:05am
Shavano summit- 10:17am
Tabeguache summit-10:48am
Antero summit-1:17pm
Princeton summit:6:02pm
Yale summit-12:47am
Columbia summit-5:02am
Harvard summit-7:17am
Oxford summit-10:25am
Belford summit-10:58am
Missouri summit-12:46pm
Huron summit-4:03pm
La Plata summit-8:30pm
Elbert summit-2:40am
Massive summit-7:06am
Leadville fish hatchery- 8:36am

45:57 by Sean Van Horn from Blank Cabin to Fish Hatchery on July 30-Aug 1 2020. GPX part 1. GPX part 2. GPX combined. Strava. Garmin (partial).

59:58 by Joel Kuenning on July 31-Aug. 2. Garmin.

4 by Lapo Mori on July 29, 2020 in 17:55 from Blank Cabin to Avalanche Gulch. Stopped due to a broken finger.

53:14 by Andrea Sansone and Andrew Hamilton from Blank Cabin to Fish Hatchery and 85:03 to Holy Cross on Aug. 3-6, 2020. Garmin Garmin.

51:15 by Sabrina Stanley from Blank Cabin to Fish Hatchery on Aug. 8-10, 2020. New women's FKT (since broken). Report.

Mount Shavano 1:43:00
Tabeguache Peak 2:09:25
Mount Antero 4:07:29
Mount Princeton 8:23:01
Mount Yale 13:55:15
Mount Columbia 17:43:55
Mount Harvard 20:33:35
Mount Oxford 24:17:01
Mount Belford 25:04:24
Missouri Mountain 26:34:24
Huron Peak 29:47:43
La Plata Peak 34:55:30
Mount Elbert 42:22:05
Mount Massive 48:47:04
FINISH 51:15:00

7 by Elliot Couch from Massive to Oxford on Aug. 15, 2020. Stopped due to wildfire smoke. Strava.

72:13 by John Danese from Fish Hatchery to Blank Cabin on Sept. 2-5, 2020. SPOT Strava. Previous attempts: 10 (Massive to Yale) on July 6, 2020 and 10 (Massive to Yale) on July 29, 2020. Report.

50:32 by Meghan Hicks from Blank Cabin to Fish Hatchery on Sept. 3-5, 2020. Trackleaders. New women's FKT (since broken).

56:34 by Marvin Sandoval from Blank Cabin to Fish Hatchery on Sept. 4-6, 2020. Facebook.

9 by Micah Morgan from Blank Cabin to Missouri in 37:45 on Sept. 4-5, 2020. track.

10 by Andrew Letherby from Shavano to a few hundred feet below Huron on Sept. 4-5, 2020. GPX.

59:46 by Travis Wildeboer from Fish Hatchery to Blank Cabin and 11 by Brett Maune (to Princeton) on Sept. 5-7, 2020. Garmin.

53:57 by Hannes Gehring from Blank Cabin to Fish Hatchery starting 12:15 AM on Sept. 25 to 6:12 AM Sept. 27, 2020. Strava part 1 part 2 SPOT Instagram summit photos.

48:49 by Sabrina Stanley from Blank Cabin to Fish Hatchery on Oct. 1-3, 2020 to reclaim the female supported FKT. Garmin Connect Share. Irunfar interview.

2021 Trip Reports

53:00:09 by Theodore Bross N-S on July 3-5, 2021. track Report.

2022 Trip Reports

59:29 by Robert Barlow S-N supported on June 23-25, 2022. This was his first finish after 6 years of scouting with 158 ascents and 3 previous attempts (4 summits in 2019, 13 supported and 10 unsupported in 2020). Garmin track. Splits:

Location     Time     Elapsed    Split
Blanks       3:41a       0       0
Shavano      5:34a       1:53    1:53
Tabeguache   5:59a       2:18    0:25
Antero       8:34a       4:53    2:35
Princeton    1:49p      10:08    5:15
Yale         9:04p      17:23    7:15
Columbia     2:29a      22:48    5:25
Harvard      6:47a      27:06    4:18
Oxford      10:39a      30:58    3:52
Belford     11:11a      31:30    0:32
Missouri    12:58p      33:17    1:47
Huron        5:20p      37:39    4:22
La Plata    11:20p      43:39    6:00
Elbert       8:04a      52:23    8:44
Massive      1:03p      57:22    4:59
Fish Hatchery 3:10p     59:29    2:07

45:52 by Andrea Sansone (women's FKT) S-N supported on Sept. 10-12, 2022 starting at 4:00 AM MDT. track.

54:34 by Paul Terranova S-N supported on Sept. 26-28, 2022. strava garmin GPX file. Splits:

Blank s 	4:18am Mon 9/26/22
SHAVANO 	6:14am
TABAGUACHE 	6:44am
Brown s Creek 	7:44am
ANTERO 		9:10am
Alpine 		10:44am (crew)
PRINCETON 	2pm
S. Cottonwood 	4:25pm (quickie aid)
Avalanche TH 	4:56pm (crew)
YALE 		7:42pm
N. Cottonwood 	9:42pm (crew via hike-in)
COLUMBIA 	12:08am Tues 9/27/22
HARVARD 	3:16am
Pine Creek 	5:21am (got stuck thigh-deep in half frozen mud bog!)
OXFORD 		7:26am
BELFORD 	8:06am
Elkhead Pass 	8:38am (crew via hike-in)
MISSOURI 	9:44am
Clohesy Lake 	10:59am
HURON 		1:21pm
Winfield 	3:45pm (crew   outhouse bathroom break, shoe & sock change)
LA PLATA 	6:53pm
La Plata TH 	9:12pm (crew   10 minute nap)
ELBERT 		2:15am Wed 9/28/22
Halfmoon Crk 	4:52am (crew)
MASSIVE 	8:13am
Fish Hatchery 	10:52am
Total Time 	54:34

2023 Trip Reports

12 in 60 hours by Ryan Moriarity S-N on Aug. 29-31 2023. Time was 69:54 to Massive and 74:05 to Fish Hatchery. GPX file.

12 by Dan Miller S-N on Sept. 1-3, 2023 starting at 6:20 AM. Blank Cabin to La Plata trailhead on 82 in 54:28. GPX track and file.

2024 Trip Reports

7 in 60 hours and 10 in 67:25:02 S-N by Kathy Duryea starting at 2:14 AM Sept. 18, 2024 from Blanks Cabin and ending at Clohesy Lake (Shavano to Missouri). 64 miles, 34,186 ft climb. She completed the climb solo on her 60'th birthday, meeting her spouse at road crossings. She took the standard route down from Princeton to the Colorado Trail rather than the more difficult shortcut into Maxwell Basin, and missed Oxford (peak 8) by 45 minutes over the 60 hour cutoff. Then stopped due to exhaustion and bad weather. Coros FIT file of track.

The Original Runners

Gordon Hardman, 49, of Boulder CO, has finished Hardrock 7 times, with a best time of 33:59:55 (6'th place) in 1996. Two of these finishes (9'th and 14'th place) resulted in being hospitalized overnight with high altitude pulmonary edema.

Blake Wood, 41, of Los Alamos NM, has finished the Hardrock 100 7 times, including first place in 1999 in 30:10:58. In 2000 he completed 90 miles of the Barkley, the second furthest distance achieved by anyone since 1985, before being turned around by a raging river after two days of rain. In 2001 he finished Barkley in 58:21 with David Horton, only the second and third people to finish in over 400 attempts. He has experience in 24 hour orienteering events and multi-day trail runs.

Fred Vance originated the Nolan's 14. In 1998 he ran Barkley, Hardrock, and Badwater in a single year. After suffering pulmonary edema at Hardrock, which slowed him to an unofficial 51:38 finish, he recovered to finish Badwater 4 days later, running 135 miles from Death Valley to the Mt. Whitney portals in 46:34, 10'th place, in temperatures up to 129 F.

Steve Simmons, 34, WV, ran Hardrock in 40:57:57 (19'th) in 1998, two weeks after finishing the Western States 100. His training for Hardrock included swimming in a partially frozen lake at 13,000 ft.

Matt Mahoney, 46, of Melbourne FL, finished Hardrock 3 times with a best time of 42:17:42 (32'nd) in 2000.

Eric Robinson, 31, of Berkeley CA, finished Hardrock twice with a best time of 36:59:03 (23'rd) in 1999. In Dec. 1999 he ran 306 miles in a 6 day race.

Jim Nolan is not a runner, but has climbed all 54 peaks over 14,000 feet in Colorado, and determined that the most peaks it is possible to summit in 100 miles is 14.

Joe Florio worked at a backcountry aid station in 1999 and climbed three of the 14 summits on the course.

Mike Tilden, 35, of Utah won Nolans 14 in 2001, running from the Fish Hatchery to the summit of Shavano in 56:22. He has finished the Hardrock 100 twice with a best time of 34:39 (17'th) in 2000.

John Robinson, OR, ran Hardrock in 35:28 (18'th) in 2001, 3 weeks after running 19:48 (13'th) at the Western States 100.

Jim Nelson, 41, UT, has finished Hardrock twice with a best time of 30:43 in 2000 (4th overall).

Ginny LaForme, 51, of Espanola NM finished Hardrock twice with a best time of 46:17 (54'th) in 1999. She has finished the Eco Challenge in 8 1/2 days. She is a rock climbing instructor and former nationally ranked weightlifter.

Steve Bremner has climbed all of the 54 14,000 ft. peaks in Colorado by 2001 (see http://mtnclmbr.cloud.prohosting.com/).

Dennis Herr, 54, VA, has fininshed Hardrock 3 times with a best time of 33:37 (2'nd) in 1992. In 1993 he slept 9 hours on the course and still finished 6'th in 35:52.

Hans Dieter Weisshaar, 61, of Germany finished Hardrock in 45:23 (49'th) in 2000, one of 20 100 mile races completed that year at age 60.

Simon Shadowlight worked at the Pine Creek aid station in 2000.

Betsy Kalmeyer set a course record 29:58 at Hardrock.

Matt Mahoney, mattmahoneyfl@gmail.com