Saturday, May 15, 2010

Matt Hart's New Zion Traverse Speed Record | Photo Courtesy of Matt Hart

“The Trans-Zion Trek (sometimes also called the “Zion Traverse”) is a 48-mile route across Zion National Park in Southwestern Utah. It runs from Lee Pass in the Kolob Canyons section of the park, to the East Entrance Trailhead, though stunning and diverse high desert landscape. The route is typically done as a 5-day backpacking trip.”

Montrail Ultra Runner, Matt Hart ran the 48 miles with 10,400ft of gain across zion national park in 7 hours 58 minutes 07 seconds beating the previous record time of 9h 08mins.

Read Matt’ blog post for a brief history of the Trans-Zion Trek with a stride by stride description of the run including a funny moment 1hr 30m into it.

Matt Hart on the Zion Traverse | Photo Courtesy of Matt Hart