For all who cannot make the spring running of the Loop, there's now a way to experience this magnificent challenge & have your time counted!!!
Hike or run the Loop any day of the year, in either direction & submit your time! Here are a few simple rules:
- All travel must occur during each respective land owner's "open" hours: Civic Dawn to Dusk for Mass DCR lands, the Appalachian Trail corridor in CT & MA & NY's Taconic State Park lands. No other restrictions are known a/o now;
- The route must follow the course of the group run(see this site's "Map" page);
- Foot travel only(no cycling or hitchhiking);
- The effort must be made in a continuous manner(one or several adjacent days);
- Trial-time overnight stays must occur at designated campsites and hotels that are on the Loop route or can be reached by foot(ex: A.T. shelters, Rudd Pond Camps, The White Hart, Race Brook Lodge, etc..);
- Please ignore the Start/Finish spur on the Course Map.
- Once done, email us
with: A full name; start & finish date, time AND location for each
day of travel(if applicable) and the direction of travel.
GPS tracks, Strava entries or other documentation are helpful, but not needed. We will use those to establish more accurate knowledge of the Loop's length & elevation gain.
Three of the first Challenge finishers will be mailed a gift certificate for Hillsdale, NY's CrossRoads Food Shop good into April, 2018!
* Note: MOST Taconic SP parking lots have a DAY USE ONLY
restriction. Park at Rudd Pond or CT & MA parking lots if attempting
the Loop over several days.
