Jared Campbell's Blog

For those who don’t know, FKT stands for Fastest Known Time.  It’s a term that was coined by Buzz Burrell or perhaps Peter Bakwin, both uber-athletes.  Peter’s FKT website highlights some of the biggest trail records in the States.  Bill Wright also keeps a now somewhat disjointed website of climbing and mountain running records, found here.  Given that I was born and raised in the Wasatch Mountains the goal of this page is to do a Wasatch-specific FKT website.  It can include skiing, biking, climbing, and running records.  On Peter Bakwin’s FKT Website he proposes some ground rules, which seem reasonable and have been accepted by the athletic community for the most part.  So, I’ll repeat them below as they form the foundation for this page:

How do you establish a speed record? Buzz Burrell has proposed 3 common sense guidelines: · Announce your intentions in advance. Like a true gentleman, pay your respects to those who came before you, and tell them what you intend to attempt and when. · Be an open book. Invite anyone to come and watch or, better yet, participate. This makes your effort more fun and any result more believable. · Record your event. Write down everything immediately upon completion. Memory doesn’t count. These three rules do not “prove” you have done anything. They just make it easier for a good person to believe you.

Supported, self-supported, unsupported? What does it mean? ·

Supported means you have a dedicated support team that meets you along the way to supply whatever you need. This generally allows for the fastest, lightest trips, and for an element of camaradarie and safety, since someone knows about where you are at all times. ·

Self-supported means that you don’t carry everything you need from the start, but you don’t have dedicated, pre-arranged people helping you. This is commonly done a couple different ways: You might put out stashes of supplies for yourself prior to the trip, or you might just use what’s out there, such as stores, begging from other trail users, etc. ·

Unsupported means you have no external support of any kind. Typically, this means that you must carry all your supplies right from the start, except any water that can be obtained along the way from natural sources. This approach has also been termed “alpine style”. The longest trip I’m aware of using this style is Coup’s 20-day thru-hike of the Colorado Trail. For most people, carrying enough food for more than a few days to one week will be prohibitive. I started this page on August 4, 2008 and it will only grow if folks participate.  So, please send me your record times!

Big Cottonwood :

Running:

• Broads Fork Twin Peak (“BF Twin”)
  • via Broads Fork trailhead
    • Ascent
      • Jason Dorais – 1:13:30 – 9/14/2016
      • Tom Goth – 1:22:32 – 9/12/2016
      • Jason Dorais – 1:24:57 – 10/9/2012
    • Round-trip
      • Jason Dorais – 2:06:25- 9/14/2016
  • via Ferguson Canyon
    • Ascent
      • Jared Campbell – 2:30-ish – Sep-2012 (one of my favorite routes in the Wasatch! Time for someone to get serious and go really fast on this one!)
  • via Stairs Gulch
    • Ascent
      • Anton Krupricka – 1:43 (east summit); 1:46 (west summit) – 8/1/2013
  • via Lisa Falls
    • Ascent
      • Court Pace – 1:53 – 6/17/2015
• Gobblers Knob
  • via Butler Fork
    • Ascent
      • Jason Dorais – 51:55 – 6/16/2015
      • Kyle Barrett – 55:55 – 6/15/2016 – link
      • Nate Blouin – 57:30 – 6/5/2014
      • Matt Van-Horn – 59:22 – 6/21/2013
      • Joseph Moore & Evan Church – 1:13 – 6/3/2013
  • via Terraces campground parking lot
    • Ascent
      • Parker Mildenhall – 1:05 – 6/15/2013
  • via Alexander Basin
    • Ascent
      • Will Thomas – 1:04:30 – 7/18/2017
    • Round Trip
      • Will Thomas – 1:35:14 – 7/18/2017
• Raymond
  • via Butler Fork
    • Ascent
      • Jason Dorais – 49:39 – 6/16/2016
• Kessler
  • via NE trail (starting where the single-track leaves the Cardiff dirt road – see map)
    • Jason Dorais – 36:38 – 8/16/2014

Scrambling:

• Storm Mountain
  • via Stairs Gulch
    • East Face / slabs
      • Ascent
        • Dan Stucki – 2:19:00 – 10/7/2015

Climbing:

• Stoert’s Ridge – car-to-car – Ryan McDermott  – 0:09:28 – 2005?
• Standard Ridge – car-to-car – Aaron Kurland – 0:44:00 – 6/18/2016

Little Cottonwood :

Running

• Pfeifferhorn
  • Ascent via Red Pine Lake – Parking lot to summit
    • Men
      • Jason Dorais – 1:05:01 – 7/18/2012
      • Karl Meltzer – 1:06:10 – 1996
      • Nate Blouin – 1:09:59 – 8/21/2013
      • Tom Deigel – 1:10 – 8/15/2012
      • Nik Berry – 1:10:00 – Summer 2009
    • Women
      • Alexis Crellin – 1:31:51 – 7/2/2018 – strava
  • Round-trip via Red Pine Lake
    • Men
    • Women
      • Alexis Crellin – 2:29:25 – 7/2/2018 – strava
  • Ascent via Thunderbird Variation
    • Nik Berry – 1:17:00 – Summer 2009
• Red Pine Lake – Parking Lot to Lake
  • Karl Meltzer – 32:25  – not sure when….
• Lone Peak
  • Orson Smith TH -> Cherry Canyon -> Bear Canyon -> Summit
    • Matthew Van Horn – Ascent : 2:55:06; Round Trip : 4:39 – 8/11/2012
  • Ascent via Jacob’s Ladder
    • Jason Dorais – 1:29:29 – 9/21/2016
    • Tom Goth – 1:37:15 – 7/31/2015 – Strava
    • Jason Dorais – 1:40:50 – 10/6/12
    • Andy Dorais – 1:51:35 – 9/18/2012
  • Round-trip via Jacob’s Ladder
    • Jason Dorais – 2:34:48 – 9/21/2016
    • Tom Goth – 2:59:41 – 7/31/2015 – Strava
    • Cristian Johnson & Jay Aldous – Ascent: 3:18;  Total time: 5:27 – 10/3/2011 – Story

Scrambling

• The Wasatch Ultimate Ridge Linkup (WURL)
  • See separate WURL page for details
• South Ridge of Superior
  • Ascent (Start : Shallow Shaft restaurant to summit) – route description
    • Chris Cawley – 59:3X – 10/24/2013
  • Round-trip (Start/Finish : Shallow Shaft)
    • Chris Cawley – 1:29:XX – 10/24/2013

Millcreek Canyon :

Running

• Grandeur Peak
  • Church Fork (top of paved road to summit)
    • Ascent
      • Men
        • Parker Mildenhall – 33:18 –  8/3/2012
      • Women
        • Bethany Lewis – 42:53 – 4/29/2015
        • Jennilyn Eaton – 43:49 – 6/13/2014
    • Descent
      • Men
        • Blaine Benitez – 18:13 – 1/14/2022
    •  Roundtrip
      • Men
        • Blaine Benitez – 58:15 – 1/14/2022
      • Women
        • Anyone want to claim this?
  • West Side (starting at the parking lot)
    • Ascent
      • 38:10 – Jason Dorais – 11/10/2014
      • 39:41 – John Tribbia – 10/21/2013
      • 40:09 – Burke Swindlehurst – Fall-2013
    • Roundtrip
      • Has anyone broken 1 hr?  It’s certainly possible
    • Descent
      • Jared Campbell – 15:54 – (12/24/2013)
    • Misc : Multi-lap
      • 12X (40kft gain) – Jared Campbell – 23:10:00 – 3/3/2013 – part of fund-raiser for Breathe Utah
      • 10X (33.3kft gain) – Jared Campbell – 21:31:00 – 3/2/2012 – part of fund-raiser for Breathe Utah
      • 5X (16.7kft gain) – Sarah Evans McClosky – ??:??:?? – 3/3/2013
• Wildcat Ridge (Olympus TH to Neffs Saddle, down to Neff’s TH)
  • Jared Campbell – 4:01 – 10/22/2011

Mount Olympus :

• Ascent via Standard Trail – (ascent to true summit)
  • Jason Dorais – 54:55 – 7/10/2015
  • John Tribbia – 57:10 – July, 2013
  • Karl Meltzer – 57:19 – ???
• Round-trip via Standard Trail
  • Karl Meltzer – 1:35ish
• Olympus Loop – Start/Finish @ Pete’s Rock TH.  Wrap around to West Slabs via new Shoreline trail.  Tag true summit, down standard trail.
  • Jared Campbell – 2:13:23 – 6/12/2015
  • Courtney Pace – 2:21:23 – 10/17/2014
  • Craig Lloyd – 2:44:11 – 10/4/2014
• West Slabs
  • Car-to-Car – End of Zarahemla to top of slabs and back to car
    • 1:01 car-to-car – Jared Campbell 6/5/2011 – Zeus was long and deep, slabs were perfect, descended Apollo, connected back to car at Zarahemla
  • Ascent only – Zarahemla to high-point on slabs prior to descent
    • Jared Campbell – 39:22 – 5/21/2013
    • Anton Krupricka – 41:50 – Anton Krupicka – 8/2012
    • Chad Ambrose – 46 minutes – 9/2012

American Fork :

Running

• Timpanogos
  • Timpooneke Trail
    • Ascent
      • Men
        • Danny Moody – 1:15:36 – ??? – To be Confirmed…
        • Jason Dorais – 1:18:04 – 8/18/2016 – Strava
      • Women
        • Amber Andrews – 1:41:58 – 7/30/2016 – Garmin
        • Giselle Slotboom – 1:46:18 –  8/11/2015
    • Round-trip
      • Men
        • Karl Meltzer – 1:58:XX – ??? – To be Confirmed…
        • Jason Dorais – 2:16:13 – 8/18/2016 – Strava
      • Women
        • Alexis Crellin – 2:54:27 – 8/13/2018 – Strava

Other: Running

• Millwood 100 – map
  • Men
    • Jared Campbell – 34:20:00 – 10/6/2012 – Info – Pictures
    • Erik Storheim – 38:56:00 – 7/7/2012 – Story
    • Matt VanHorn – 48:18:00 – 10/10/2013 – Story
  • Women
    • Jennilyn Eaton – 45:33:00 – 7/3/2016
• Big Mtn to City Creek via Grandview  and Rudy’s Flat.
  • 22 miles, 5,100′ ascent, 7,700′ descent
  • map; pictures; description
  • Christian Johnson – 6 hrs 15 min – October 3, 2009 – about 1′ of snow above 8kft
• Wire Mountain (Zoo parking lot gate to summit fence of lookout tower via south ridge)
  • Ascent
    • Male
      • Jason Dorais – 27:44 – September, 2012
      • Christian Johnson – 29:43 – 5/3/2012
    • Female
      • Bethany Lewis – 33:22 – 5/1/2015
      • Jennilyn Eaton – 34:24 – 4/30/2014
      • Leslie Howlett – 35:20 – 5/22/2013
• Parley’s Ridge (IHC to Little Mountain)
  • 9.1 miles; 3750′ gain;
  • Christian Johnson & Erik Storheim – 3hrs. 20 min – 12/26/2011
• “U” Summit via Dry Fork – 1.5 miles
  • Male
    • Toly Zharkikh – 14:50 – 10/19/2013 – info