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50 Project Status

My 50 Project is one of standing atop the high point of each state and DC AND of hiking or running a minimum of 50 trail miles in each of the 50 states before I turn 50.

Update:  Completed on the Big Island of Hawaii, November 2015 !!

HP = High point, first date climbed


Northeast
Vermont
   - HP Mt. Mansfield - 8/23/88
   - Long Trail x 4 (272 miles)
   - Vermont 100 x 4
   - Vermont 50 x 11 (mtn. bike x 2)
   - Appalachian Trail (146 miles)
   - Catamount Trail (325 miles) - SKI

New Hampshire
   - HP Mt. Washington - 7/30/88
   - White Mtn. Hut traverse (50+ miles) x 5
   - Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway Trail (50+ miles) x 4
   - Appalachian Trail (161 miles)
   - 48 NH 4000 footers multiple times (literally thousands of miles)
   - Pisgah 50k x 3
   - Cohos Trail (~175 miles)

Maine
   - HP Mt. Katahdin - 9/11/90
   - Appalachian Trail (281 miles)
   - Grafton Loop (38 miles)

Massachusetts
   - HP Mt. Greylock - 7/06/94
   - Appalachian Trail (90 miles)

Connecticut
   - HP Mt. Frissell - 4/28/06
   - Appalachian Trail (52 miles) x 2

Rhode Island
   - HP Jerimoth Hill - 4/27/06
   - North South Trail - (77 miles)

Mid-Atlantic
New York
   - HP Mt. Marcy - 2/05/05
   - Finger Lakes 50
   - Appalachian Trail (88 miles)

New Jersey
   - HP High Point - Done but ?? Date !!
   - Appalachian Trail (74 miles)

Pennsylvania
   - HP Mt. Davis 6/12/06
   - Laurel Highlands 70 x 3
   - Tuscarora Trail
   - Appalachian Trail (232 miles)

Maryland
   - HP Backbone Mtn - 6/12/06
   - JFK 50 x 12
   - Appalachian Trail (41 miles) x 2

Delaware
   - HP Elbright Azimuth - 6/11/06
   - Lums Pond State Park (15 miles)
   - White Clay Creek State Park (35 miles)

District of Columbia (50ish miles over several trips to DC)
   - HP Fort Reno - 10/08/06
   - Rock Creek Park
   - Glover Archibald Park
   - Palisades/Battery Kimble Parks
   - Whitehaven, Dumbarton Oaks, Melvin C. Hazen Parks
   - Theodore Roosevelt Island
   - The Mall  (it's dirt!)


South
Virginia
   - HP Mt. Rogers - 4/29/94
   - Massanutten 100 x 7
   - Wild Oak Trail 50, 100 km, 100 mile
   - Mountain Masochist 50
   - Appalachian Trail (544 miles)
   - Tuscarora Trail
   - AT thru SNP (96 miles)

West Virginia
   - HP Spruce Knob - 3/18/02
   - Tuscarora Trail
   - Appalachian Trail

Kentucky
   - HP Black Mtn - 10/09/06
   - North-South Trail: Vickers Bay to North Station (46 miles)
   - Honker Trail (4 miles)

Tennessee
   - HP Clingmans Dome - 4/09/94
   - Barkley Fun Run x 2 (60 and 70 miles)
   - Appalachian Trail (288 miles, incl. TN border miles)

North Carolina
   - HP Mt. Mitchell - 10/09/06
   - Smoky Mtn. Adventure Run x 2 (70 miles - runs along NC-TN border)
   - Appalachian Trail (96 miles, not incl. TN border miles)


Deep South
South Carolina
   - HP Sassafras Mtn - 10/10/06
   - Foothills Trail (50 miles)

Georgia
   - HP Brasstown Bald - 10/10/06
   - Duncan Ridge/BMT/AT loop (54 miles)
   - Appalachian Trail (76 miles)

Alabama
   - HP Cheaha Mtn - 10/11/06
   - Pinhoti Trail (50 miles)

Florida
   - HP Lakewood Park - 9/21/07
   - Hanna Park (5 miles)
   - Florida Trail (45 miles)

Mississippi
   - HP Woodall Mtn - 10/11/06
   - Black Creek Trail (41 miles)
   - Tuxachanie Trail (9 miles)

Louisiana
   - HP Driskill Mtn - 10/11/06
   - Cajun Coyote 100 km

Arkansas
   - HP Magazine Mtn - 10/12/06
   - Ouachita Trail (177 miles)
   - 3 Days of Syllamo (50 km, 50 mile, 20 km)

Texas
   - HP Guadalupe Peak - 10/17/06
   - Rocky Racoon 100 x 2


Mid-West

Indiana
   - HP Hoosier High Point - 8/14/06
   - Knobstone Trail (50+ miles)

Missouri (70'ish miles in/near Kansas City)
   - HP Taum Sauk Mtn - 6/14/06
   - Swope Park
   - BURP trails
   - Landahl Park
   - Smithville Lake

Illinois
   - HP Charles Mound - 7/06/08
  - River to River Trail: Camp Cadiz to Herod (16 miles)
        and High Knob to Tecumseh Lake (17 miles)
  - Tunnel Hill Trail (11 miles)
  - Pounds Escarpment, Rim Rock, Jackson Falls, Bell Smith Springs (7 mile)

Ohio
   - HP Campbell Hill - 8/14/06
   - Mohican State Park (7 miles)
   - Oak Openings Park, Scout, Blue, Red, Grey and Yellow Trails (26 miles)
   - Highbanks Metropark (3.5 miles)
   - Alum Creek State Park (13.5 miles)

Iowa
   - HP Hawkeye Point - 6/13/05
   - Effigy Mounds National Monument (5 miles)
   - Pikes Peak State Park (20 miles)
   - Decorah trails (15 miles)
   - Backbone State Park (10 miles)

Michigan
   - HP Mt. Arvon - 6/12/05
   - Holly Recreation Area, Lakeshore, Wilderness, and West Loop Trails (14 miles)
   - Hell Creek Ranch/Pinkney Recreation Area (17 miles)
   - Potawatomi and Losee Lake Trails (19 miles)

Wisconsin
   - HP Timms Hill - 6/12/05
   - Kettle Morraine State Park (19 miles)
   - Blue Mound State Park (17 miles)
   - Gov. Dodge State Park (15 miles)

Minnesota
   - HP Eagle Mtn - 9/15/08
   - Superior Trail 100


Great Plains
North Dakota
   - HP White Butte (2 miles) - 8/07/09
   - Fort Ransom State Park (25 miles)
   - Jamestown trails:   Pipestem (8 miles), North Ridge (10 miles), and Overlook (5 miles)

South Dakota
   - HP Harney Peak - 6/14/05
   - Centennial Trail (52 miles)

Nebraska
   - HP Panorama Point - 7/12/05
   - Chadron State Park (7 miles)
   - Pine Ridge (12 miles)
   - Fort Robinson (18)
   - Agate Fossil Beds Nat. Monument (4 miles)
   - Scott's Bluff (9 miles)

Kansas
   - HP Mt. Sunflower - 8/11/06
   - Heartland 100 x 2

Oklahoma
   - HP Black Mesa - 6/15/06
   - Ouachita Trail (46.3 miles)
   - Black Mesa (8.4 miles)

Rocky Mountains
Montana
   - HP Granite Peak - 8/11/09
   - Granite Peak (~28 miles)
   - Missoula trails (~82 miles)

Wyoming
   - HP Gannett Peak - 8/02/09
   - Gannett Peak (~36 miles)
   - Bighorn 50 km

Colorado
   - HP Mt. Elbert - 6/22/00
   - Colorado Trail (470 miles)
   - Hardrock 100 x 3
   - Leadville 100
   - 54  14ers (hundreds of miles)

New Mexico
   - HP Wheeler Peak - 6/22/99
   - Jemez 50

Idaho
   - HP Borah Peak - 9/09/08
   - White Cloud Peaks (~30 miles)
   - Sawtooth Mtns. (~22 miles)
   - Borah Peak (6 miles)

Utah
   - HP Kings Peak - 9/06/08
   - Wasatch 100
   - Bear 100
   - Moab Trails (~115 miles)

Nevada
   - HP Boundary Peak - 8/16/07
   - Tahoe Rim Trail (50 miles)
   - Mts. Charleston (18 miles
   - Wheeler Peak (8 miles)

Arizona
   - HP Humphreys Peak - 5/01/07
   - Zane Grey 50 miler
   - Arizona Trail (~100 miles done)
   - Grand Canyon R2R2R x 4

Pacific
Alaska
   - HP Denali/McKinley - 6/02/08 (to ~19,800 ft)
   - Denali (~40 miles)  CLOSE ENOUGH!

Washington
   - HP Mt. Rainier - 7/29/08
   - Cascade Crest 100
   - Wonderland Trail (93 miles)
   - Tiger/Cougar Mtns. (~75 miles)

Oregon
   - HP Mt. Hood - 6/25/07
   - Forest Park/Wildwood (~73 miles)
   - Hagg Lake (~14 miles)
   - Mt. Hood (~6 miles)

California
   - HP Mt. Whitney - 7/29/07
   - John Muir Trail x 2 (211 miles)
   - High Sierra Trail (72 miles)
   - Evolution Valley "100k"
   - Backbone Trail (68 miles)
   - Angeles Crest 100
   - Western States 100
   - Point Mugu State Park (lots of miles)
   - Ojai trails (lots)

Hawaii
   - HP Mauna Kea - 11/10/09
   - Mauna Loa (12 miles)
   - Volcanoes National Park (39 miles)
   - Waipi'o Valley (5 miles)