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A few guys have ascended 3,000' in 30-31 minutes at the Mt Marathon race in Seward, Alaska.

"A few guys have ascended 3,000' in 30-31 minutes at the Mt Marathon race in Seward, Alaska."

Whoa.

Do you have any links or stories on this.

What is the route like?

And the elevation of the route?

--Mt. Hood speedclimb starts at 5,900 elevation & goes to 11,240 elevation. Higher elevation makes it more difficult.

--The Hood route is mainly on snow and glacier. And it's not really a trail. More a rough route, choppy, unstable in places, not smooth, sometimes there isn't really a route but you have to choose your own direction through fresh glacier (even more rough).

turkey leg wrote:

A few guys have ascended 3,000' in 30-31 minutes at the Mt Marathon race in Seward, Alaska.

Race starts at 30 ft elevation to 3022 ft. Over 1.5 miles. Usually a 40% elevation grade up. Extremely steep. There is little running actually on the way up, it's too steep. It's scrambling up trail steps.

Then 1.5 miles down on a different trail I think, allowing for running, a smoother trail.

lr wrote:

turkey leg wrote:

A few guys have ascended 3,000' in 30-31 minutes at the Mt Marathon race in Seward, Alaska.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Marathon_Race#Race

Race starts at 30 ft elevation to 3022 ft. Over 1.5 miles. Usually a 40% elevation grade up. Extremely steep. There is little running actually on the way up, it's too steep. It's scrambling up trail steps.

Then 1.5 miles down on a different trail I think, allowing for running, a smoother trail.

Mt Hood race starts at 5,900 ft elevation compared to the 30 ft. Goes to 11,240 ft compared to the 3022 ft. The altitude is a major factor.

Mt Hood race is one way to the top, all the 3.5 miles is up. It's on snow and glacier. No real trail. Usually very cold and often windy. Often there is a potentially deadly crevasse at 11,750 ft elevation you have to go around and then climb above.

In the Mt Marathon race you can wear shorts and running shoes. Mt. Hood necessitates spiked footwear of some sort, usually light winter gear covering entire body, and an ice axe of some sort from 11,500 ft to the summit and back to 11,500 ft. Steep glacier, areas to fall, crevasse.

So a very different race.

Mt Hood race starts at 5,900 ft elevation compared to the 30 ft. Goes to 11,240 ft compared to the 3022 ft. The altitude is a major factor.

Mt Hood race is one way to the top, all the 3.5 miles is up. It's on snow and glacier. No real trail. Usually very cold and often windy. Often there is a potentially deadly crevasse at 11,750 ft elevation you have to go around and then climb above.

In the Mt Marathon race you can wear shorts and running shoes. Mt. Hood necessitates spiked footwear of some sort, usually light winter gear covering entire body, and an ice axe of some sort from 11,500 ft to the summit and back to 11,500 ft. Steep glacier, areas to fall, crevasse.

So a very different race.

The Marathon race is 3 miles or so, roundtrip. It's very steep going up, like 40 degrees, not a run actually, but a hike/climb.

Then they run down, but on different route I think that's smoother and to avoid people still coming up.

Yes it's at low elevation. And no snow.

Orange vs banana.

Theres a race on MT Elbrus as well in Russia.