Ultrarunner completes 34-mile route around Tetons

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By The Associated Press

Story Published: Aug 28, 2008 at 4:39 PM MST

Story Updated: Aug 28, 2008 at 4:39 PM MST

JACKSON, WYOMING - A 33-year-old ultra-endurance athlete has staked out a new benchmark for running in Grand Teton National Park.

Matt Hart recently ran a nearly 34-mile loop around the high peaks of the Teton Range. The route gained more than 8,000 vertical feet, yet Hart finished in just under six and a half hours. Hart says he fell into snow up to his waist at one point. But he didn't have any wildlife encounters despite spotting a bear on the route the day before.

He says other ultrarunners already have done the route but haven't broken his time.

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