Route

Grand Teton

Mountain route

Grand Teton is a Wyoming mountain route starting at Lupine Meadows and returning after the summit. Fastest Known Time distinguishes modern and historical routes, so record comparisons need the exact route and support category.

3 TUM reports · Published coverage below

Publication history

Coverage over time

2 editorial issues

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Jul 2024Peak 2Nov 2026

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In The Ultra Minute

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September 24, 2024Published in TUM

Sunseri’s Grand Teton FKT claim was denied

A denied 2:50:50 attempt was reported, with the earlier 2012 listing separately discussed.

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September 24, 2024Published in TUM

Commentary on changing FKT expectations

TUM’s author discussed Sunseri’s rejected Grand Teton FKT and changing expectations around trail use and enforcement, comparing the situation with Jornet’s 2012 run.

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September 9, 2024Published in TUM

Sunseri’s initial Grand Teton FKT claim

TUM’s September 9, 2024 account initially described Michelino Sunseri’s Grand Teton effort as a new FKT after four years and 200-plus hours of reconnaissance. This remains an initial claim qualified by the later FKT denial and legal/pardon history; it is not an accepted current record or an exoneration.

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Connections

Sunseri’s denied-recognition ascent and descent

Michelino Sunseri

TUM reported Fastest Known Time rejecting Michelino Sunseri’s 2:50:50 Grand Teton ascent-and-descent attempt after a switchback cut. It compared the decision with Kilian Jornet’s 2012 listing, described as still listed but flagged.

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Historical Jornet listing compared in the report

Kilian Jornet

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Sources & notes

Coverage details

September2024 FKT status: TUM reported Sunseri’s2:50:50 claim denied recognition.Initialclaim remains dated history;2012historical and2025modernroute contexts remain distinct.Source

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Public background sources checked October 30, 2026. The selection contains 127 published issues.

FKT’s retained ModernRoute description distinguishes its course from the historical route. Those categories must not be flattened into one current record list or used to restore Sunseri’s denied2024recognition. The submission label is August12,2025; exact publicationUTC is unknown.

Fastest Known Time Route submittedAugust12,2025 at5:28p.m.; timezone and exactUTC publication unknown · Checked Oct 30, 2026

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Published TUM issueThe Ultra Minute · 2024-09-24
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Public source linked by TUMfastestknowntime.com · linked in 2024-09-24
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Published TUM issueThe Ultra Minute · 2024-09-09
Published article, 2024-09-09T22:53:19.233Z. Public original captured at 2026-10-30T12:48:05.854Z and projected to reviewed article text; no publishing-repository text pin is claimed.
Public source linked by TUMinstagram.com · linked in 2024-09-09
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