Fastest Known Times (FKT's) for Greyrock Mountain
Note the name -- Greyrock Mountain. A mountain is a
landform which rises at least 2000 vertical feet above its surroundings. From
its base at the Cache la Poudre River, Greyrock rises 2055 feet, making this a
true mountain run. This is a very technical trail (subjectively rated an 8 out
of 10 on my rating scale), with lots of gnarly rocky stretches and even some
Class 3 scrambling right before the summit. The descent can be very fast, but
dangerous. Some of the people listed below have blown out ankles on this
descent.
Top elevation: 7613 feet Base elevation: 5558 feet
Total vertical gain: ~2140 feet Total distance: ~6.6 miles
Start: At the interpretive sign on the far (north) side of
the river. At the junction at 0.6 miles, take the trail on the right (Greyrock
Trail) -- this is the shortest way.
Middle: Must go to the highest point of the summit
(don't stop at the lake or base of the rocks). If other hikers are at the
summit, circle the summit or add an appropriate time penalty.
End: Same as start
NOTE: overall FKT times are trailhead-to-trailhead times and DO include time
spent at the summit.
The overall FKT's for Greyrock are highlighted in green. The fastest times
reported by other runners are highlighted in yellow, ranked by time.
Please send me
your time if you'd like to be listed.
Route
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Type
|
FKT holder
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Time
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Date
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Notes
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Trip Report
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Round Trip FKT's
|
|
Greyrock Trail |
round-trip |
Todd
Rivas |
1:15:?? |
??/??/02 |
Ascent in 0:45:??, descent in
0:30:??. Todd doesn't think he'll ever break his PR of 1:15:??
because he doesn't want to run down as fast -- he blew out his ankle
when he ran it in 0:30:??. |
|
|
Greyrock Trail |
round-trip |
Jonathan Vigh |
1:40:39 |
07/22/04 |
Splits: to top in 0:56:41,
0:0828 at top, descent in 0:35:30. Total time was
1:40:39. During a Fort Collins Trail
Runners run. |
|
|
Greyrock Trail |
round-trip |
Phil
Klotzbach |
1:45:?? |
07/22/04 |
Splits: to trail junction in
0:30:30, junction to top in 0:16:59, spent ~15 min on top, descent
in 0:40:45. Total time was
1:28:14, not including the break at the top. During a Fort Collins Trail
Runners run. |
|
Ascent FKT's
|
|
Greyrock Trail |
ascent |
Todd Rivas |
0:44:42 |
07/25/04 |
Splits: to trail junction in
0:28:07, junction to top in 0:15:55, didn't spend any time on top, descent
in 0:34:05. Total time: 1:18:47. |
|
|
Greyrock Trail |
ascent |
Phil
Klotzbach |
0:47:29
|
07/22/04 |
Splits: to trail junction in
0:30:30, junction to top in 0:16:59, spent ~15 min on top, descent
in 0:40:45. Total time was
1:28:14, not including the break at the top. During a Fort Collins Trail
Runners run. |
|
|
Greyrock Trail |
ascent |
Jonathan Vigh |
0:56:41
|
07/22/04 |
Splits: to top in 0:56:41,
0:08:28 at top, descent in 0:35:30. Total time was
1:40:39. During a Fort Collins Trail
Runners run. |
|
Descent FKT's
|
|
Greyrock Trail |
descent |
Todd
Rivas |
0:30:?? |
??/??/02 |
Set during his round-trip FKT.
Todd blew out his ankle during this run and
doesn't plan on ever trying to break the descent FKT again. |
|
|
Greyrock Trail |
descent |
Jonathan Vigh |
0:35:30 |
07/22/04 |
Was having an awesome descent, then turned an ankle and
had to shuffle/walk the last mile. During a Fort Collins Trail
Runners run. |
|
|
Greyrock Trail |
descent |
Phil
Klotzbach |
0:40:45 |
07/22/04 |
Taking it easy on the downhill. During a Fort Collins Trail
Runners run. |
|
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