Rae in a Dae - run/hike of the Rae Lakes Loop in one day

Rae Lakes Loop in one day from Mike on Vimeo.

I ran/hiked the Rae Lakes Loop in Kings Canyon National Park on Sept 11th.  The Rae Lakes Loop is a very beautiful loop starting at 5,000ft and ascends steeply for 18.5 miles up to Glen Pass at almost 12,000ft, then it meaders thru a series of lakes around 10,000ft and follows some valleys 27.5 miles back to the start. Most people do it over 5 days of hiking. I did it in 19 hours, starting at 3:20am and finishing at 10:40pm, with about 7 hours in darkness. The fastes known time is 7:29 by Leor Pantinlat (his report)