Olympic Mountain Runners

02/13/2026

Old goats, young bucks... same route:
https://beastofbigcreek.com/

Beast of Big Creek Trail Race Summit race CR 2:15:33 (2017)
Unofficial course time: 2:13:17 (2014)

05/10/2024

Wolverines are the KING of ultra running animal kingdom, traveling further than many other mammals in North America. There range requires undisturbed wilderness areas and is why they are rarely found outside of the northern Rockies and Frank Church. Hotter summer heat waves and wildfires in habitat areas in the Cascades is one of the biggest troubles with this species making it back into the PNW with their rooming.

Look into the Cascade Wolverine Project:
https://cascadeswolverineproject.org/

The Wilderness Society

So what can we do? Support events and offroad areas/camping that doesn't disturb remote locations. Consider larger events/runs that are within or near population centers and close to towns. Question and comment on ski area expansion projects whose traffic would negatively affect both winter and summer habitat with increase vehicle and significant human disturbance. Backcountry ski and snowmobile in areas that doesn't disturb them. Largely, and most importantly: Leave no trace.

A new wolverine sighting was reported in Westport, Wash. on May 1.

11/08/2021

More rain, more snow, more glaciers. Bless this rain over the Olympics as its snow building season.

  This article originally appeared on earthobservatory.nasa.gov The U.S. and Canadian West have been hit with wave after wave of Pacific moisture in recent weeks, producing substantial amounts of rain and snow across the region. But between storm systems, clear skies opened up for nearly a thousand...

11/04/2021

Ride the hurricane!

Out of bounds, but not out of mind. 1 million acres of Olympic National Park can be accessed from our intermediate rope tow, just think how much you could get if you bought an all lift ticket?

10/12/2021

Think...listen...
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2021/10/10/rescued-near-whiteout/?fbclid=IwAR1RkDa_XONjrSRVeoloV7daoHSnJsJn7sYSamG_yJjTHLgD6VepH5_qD8o

87 runners were participating in a 50-mile race when they were caught in 12 to 18 inches of snow in the Wasatch Mountains.

10/08/2021

What peaks do you prepare for?

09/01/2021

Where will you run this weekend? You do not need to sign up for a ultra to step into your backyard, but it's always good step and quiet a difficult challenge! Glaciers, forest, swamps, or alpine, list your favorite running

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