In the fall of 2015, The North Face sponsored athletes, Mike Wolfe, 38, and Mike Foote, 32, ran 600-miles from Missoula, Montana to Banff, Alberta. Steven Gnam joined them for some of the trip. Their route, called The Crown Traverse, took them through the Crown of the Continent – an 18 million acre area that is one of the largest remaining intact ecosystems in North America.
These ultralight runners chose a high mountain route through rugged terrain that consisted of vertigo inducing ridgelines, gnarly bushwhacking, and plenty of wildlife. The route took them 23 days. In that time they crossed 13 mountain ranges and only 3 paved routes.
Now watch the video highlighting their mountain journey on The Crown Traverse from The North Face:
Amazing footage. Incredible route. Good work!
#CrownTraverse #neverstopexploring
Read more about Mike Foote, Mike Wolfe, and The North Face from:
- The Crown Traverse
- GearJunkie.com
- NatGeoTourism
Official Description From Vimeo:
A tale of suffering, transcendence and two men named Mike on a quest to find their breaking point. Follow The North Face ultra-runners Mike Foote and Mike Wolfe on their 600-mile run through sketchy solos, whiteouts, and utter exhaustion.
For more on their journey visit neverstopexploring.com/explore/crown-traverse/
