In the last post, I said that tomorrow would be the Steps and Dalzell Gorge and on to Rohn. I meant to say tonight would be the Dalzell Gorge and on to Rohn.
It's almost 4 PM AKT, the team has been resting for 6 hours, and will be back at it any moment now... watch your GPS trackers. A good portion of the pack have passed Trent where they camped and are on their way to Rainy Pass, where many people have arrived and many will get there shortly. Over forty teams have reached Rainey Pass, sixteen of them are on their way to Rohn. A bunch of the twenty four that are in Rainy right now arrived in last 2 hours and haven't rested for awhile. I think they will stay a bit in Rainy.
I believe Trent will be in Rainy by 730PM AKT, maybe a bit later. The resting teams will still be resting when he goes through probably 40th in line to go through the Gorge with a new moon, so no lighting help there. Some say what you can't see can't hurt you?
Hugh Neff just made the run from Rainy to Rohn in about 4-1/2 hours. I could see Trent getting through the Gorge and stopping an hour or so before Rohn if he's going to stay true to his "4 to 10" running plans. I'd be surprised to see him not go for it tonight but who knows.
First video below is Allie running the Gorge in 2012 on a reasonable snow year. The second is the epic Jeff King video running the Gorge in 2014 when there was little to no snow. I think this year is somewhere between. Hold on to your hat when you watch these!