42:13 minutes per mile ... the Grouse Grind!
Here's what the description on the web site reads:
Challenge yourself with Vancouver's most famous hike, the Grouse GrindTM - often referred to as Mother Nature's Stairmaster. This rigorous 2.9 km (1.8 mile) hike takes you straight up the face of Grouse Mountain. By the time you reach the plateau, your ascent will have gained 853 metres (2,800 feet) - one and a half times the height of Toronto's CN Tower!
They charge you $29.95 (adult) and $10.95 (children, 5-12) to take the SkyRide up to the Peak Chalet, which is at 3,700 feet above sea level.
Take the Grouse Grind up and it's free! (And $5 to ride the SkyRide down.)
I made it to the top in 1 hour, 16 minutes and 4 seconds! (The best "measured" time this season is just under 30 minutes. They have a way - at an expense of $20 - for you to have the equivalent of a timing chip that starts your time at the bottom and stops it at the top. The $20 is for the entire season.)
I did the first half in 37:45 while the back half was covered in 38:19.
It is one of the toughest things that I've done. It was much harder than the 7.2-mile hill climb event that I did last year in Albuquerque, New Mexico (which started at 8,750 feet above sea level.) That involved running up a downhill mountain bike trail, which changed about 1,750 feet in elevation.
Even the La Luz Trail Run, held this weekend in Albuquerque, just covers over 4,000 feet in nine (9) miles.
This was just as advertised -- a strenuous, rigorous hike!
The best time up ever is 26:26 in last year's 2005 Grouse Grind Mountain Run. The top women's time, in the same event, was 32:54.
Some guy, who passed me, that indicated that he was from McKinney, Texas said that doing this was a "right of passage" of being here in Vancouver. I agree as I've been wanting to do it for quite some time. (And it was 50 degrees at the top. A tad bit chilly being soaked in sweat!)
Challenge yourself with Vancouver's most famous hike, the Grouse GrindTM - often referred to as Mother Nature's Stairmaster. This rigorous 2.9 km (1.8 mile) hike takes you straight up the face of Grouse Mountain. By the time you reach the plateau, your ascent will have gained 853 metres (2,800 feet) - one and a half times the height of Toronto's CN Tower!
They charge you $29.95 (adult) and $10.95 (children, 5-12) to take the SkyRide up to the Peak Chalet, which is at 3,700 feet above sea level.
Take the Grouse Grind up and it's free! (And $5 to ride the SkyRide down.)
I made it to the top in 1 hour, 16 minutes and 4 seconds! (The best "measured" time this season is just under 30 minutes. They have a way - at an expense of $20 - for you to have the equivalent of a timing chip that starts your time at the bottom and stops it at the top. The $20 is for the entire season.)
I did the first half in 37:45 while the back half was covered in 38:19.
It is one of the toughest things that I've done. It was much harder than the 7.2-mile hill climb event that I did last year in Albuquerque, New Mexico (which started at 8,750 feet above sea level.) That involved running up a downhill mountain bike trail, which changed about 1,750 feet in elevation.
Even the La Luz Trail Run, held this weekend in Albuquerque, just covers over 4,000 feet in nine (9) miles.
This was just as advertised -- a strenuous, rigorous hike!
The best time up ever is 26:26 in last year's 2005 Grouse Grind Mountain Run. The top women's time, in the same event, was 32:54.
Some guy, who passed me, that indicated that he was from McKinney, Texas said that doing this was a "right of passage" of being here in Vancouver. I agree as I've been wanting to do it for quite some time. (And it was 50 degrees at the top. A tad bit chilly being soaked in sweat!)
posted by WalkSports.com | 8:44 PM
2 Comments:
Very cool hike. Nice workout!
Very cool!! I'm gonna have to try that someday.
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