There’s a lot of history on the North Cascades High Traverse — but not a whole lot of action.
Perusing the route and various demands, a few reasons why sharpen into focus. Here’s how FKT.com puts it: “Expect to encounter the North Cascade’s finest bushwhacking, steep snow, glacier travel, scree/talus/boulder fields, scrambling (including a few fifth class steps), inclement weather, and challenging navigation.”
Zoiks. Clearly, anyone attempting a fastest known time (FKT) on the 124-mile, 59,000-foot elevation change route needs to have their ducks in a row.
Enter decorated ultrarunners Kaytlyn Gerbin and Jenny Abegg, Senior Editor at our partner site, Switchback Travel. And push play on The North Face’s “The High Route,” which premiered this morning.
Runtime: 18 minutes
