GRT FKT - water sources
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:45 am
Hello!
As an ultrarunner and having grown up in the UP and graduated from MTU, I have been fascinated with running the Greenstone Ridge Trail. From my research, it looks like the fastest known time (FKT) from Windigo to Lookout Louise is 10 hours 17 minutes (but this is sketchy, with no official details behind the record, so its validity is in question). Having just run rim to rim to rim in the Grand Canyon for fun in 11 hours (41 miles) I think that I can run the GRT in well under 10 hours.
Anyway, my questions are numerous, but to start I need to know what water sources are available on the GRT? I have all of the maps and guidebooks, but realize that the experts here are the best source on this knowledge. I am probably running the trail in mid June or late July, so take that into consideration. I will have a light pack with me and can filter water, but growing up in the UP I have been drinking out of questionable streams for years without issue! I just don't want to veer off of the trail if possible as I am trying to run the trail as fast as possible.
Any feedback on either other known FKT times or water sources would be much appreciated.
Thanks! Eric
As an ultrarunner and having grown up in the UP and graduated from MTU, I have been fascinated with running the Greenstone Ridge Trail. From my research, it looks like the fastest known time (FKT) from Windigo to Lookout Louise is 10 hours 17 minutes (but this is sketchy, with no official details behind the record, so its validity is in question). Having just run rim to rim to rim in the Grand Canyon for fun in 11 hours (41 miles) I think that I can run the GRT in well under 10 hours.
Anyway, my questions are numerous, but to start I need to know what water sources are available on the GRT? I have all of the maps and guidebooks, but realize that the experts here are the best source on this knowledge. I am probably running the trail in mid June or late July, so take that into consideration. I will have a light pack with me and can filter water, but growing up in the UP I have been drinking out of questionable streams for years without issue! I just don't want to veer off of the trail if possible as I am trying to run the trail as fast as possible.
Any feedback on either other known FKT times or water sources would be much appreciated.
Thanks! Eric