Le Conte Hiking Records

Margaret Stevenson: 78 ascents at age 79 in 1991

Here are the hiking records I've compiled for Mount Le Conte.

These were originally posted on a page that's beyond my ability to repair. So I am regenerating the records here. If you'd like to help with web programming (currently platformed on Wix, looking toward MAMP), let me know. Email Tom Layton at LeConteLog@gmail.com.

HIKING YOUR AGE: Green shading highlights hikers whose annual hikes equal or outnumber the candles on their birthday cake in that year.

ANNUAL ASCENTS

Ascents	Name	Year	Age
230	Ed Wright	1991	66
130	Ed Wright	1997	72
122	Larry Russell	2024	81
115	Larry Russell	2023	80
113	Ron Valentine	1990s
111	Ed Wright	1998	73
109	Ron Valentine	1990s
108	John Northrup	2024	37
108	Ed Wright	1993	68
104	Ed Wright	1994	69
103	Ed Wright	1995	70
102	Paul Dinwiddie	1991	76
101	Ron Valentine	2002	69
90	Ed Wright	1992	67
90	Ed Wright	1995	70
85	John Northrup	2025	36
83	Ron Valentine	2005	70
88	Paul Dinwiddie	1990	75
80	Ron Valentine	2006	73
79	Ron Valentine	2000	67
78	Margaret Stevenson	1991	79
77	Ron Valentine	2004	71
76	Paul Dinwddie	1998	73
76	Ron Valentine	2009	76
71	Bonnie Northrup	2024	30
70	John Northrup	2023	35
70	Riri Morphine	2025
66	Dewey Slusher	2025	66

ANNUAL ASCENTS by a FEMALE (updated 12/21/2025)

Ascents	Name	Year	Age
78	Margaret Stevenson	1991	79
71	Bonnie Northrup	2024	30
70	Riri Morphine	2025
59	Holly Bryant	2025	56
50	Rachel Mitchell	2025	49

CONSECUTIVE YEARS

Years	Name	Began	Most recent
73	Ron Valentine	1944	2017
41	Tim Line	1978	2018
41	Jack Huff	1918	1959
36	Paul Dinwiddie	1958	1993
33	John Northrup	1984	2026
32	Margaret Stevenson	1960	1991
30	Laura Sanko	1997	2026
26	Ed Wright	1983	2008

ASCENTS IN A MONTH

Ascents	Name	Month	Age
30	John Northrup	Oct. 2024	36
26	Ed Wright	Aug. 1991	66
23	Ed Wright	Nov. 1991	66
18	Margaret Stevenson	Sept. 1991	79

CONSECUTIVE MONTHS (updated 07/03/2026)

Records unknown for Jack Huff, Tim Line, and Ron Valentine.

Months	Name	Start	Most recent
160	Ed Wright	1985 Aug.	2000 Nov.
135	Paul Dinwiddie	1981 April	1992 Jun.
127	John Northrup	2016 Jan.	Current

ASCENTS IN A CALENDAR WEEK

Ascents	Name	Date	Age
15	John Northrup	Oct. 19-25, 2024	36
13	Tillroe Smith	June 13-19, 1999	59
11	John Northrup	Oct. 10-16, 2025	37
9	John Northrup	Oct. 12-18, 2024	36
9	John Northrup	July 15-20, 2025	37
8	Ed Wright	June 24-30, 1991	66

ASCENTS IN A DAY

Ascents	Name	Date	Miles
7	Stan Wullschleger	Sept. 28, 20017	50
6	David Worth	2011	55
6	John Northrup	Sept. 28, 2012	65
5	Zach Andrews	Oct. 14, 2020	78.2
5	Bill Sharp	June 1, 1992	41.6
4	Bill Sharp	Aug. 11, 1993	30

MOST DAYS with MULTIPLE ASCENTS

Months	Name	Start	Year
Lifetime	128 (2x3, 125x2)	Ed Wright
Annual	103 (2x3, 101x2)	Ed Wright	1991

MOST ASCENTS by a FEMALE

Ascents	Name	Years
718	Margaret Stevenson	1960-1997
446	Bonnie Northrup	2009-2026
280	Jean Lambert	????-1998
244	Gracie McNicol	1954-1983

ELDEST CLIMBER

Age	Name	Last Ascent	Birthdate
93	Rev. Rufus Morgan	1978-10-15	1885-10-15
92	Gracie McNicol	1983-10-01	1891-10-01
90	Lenore Costello	2007-11-??	1917-11-12
90	Dr. Kip Miller	2022-05-18	1932-03-03
90	George Fritz	2022-05-12	1932-03-28
88	Henrietta Huff	1994-08-??	1906-08-28
88	Jean Miller	2022-05-18	1934-10-03
87	Anne Springs Close	2013-07-12	1925-11-15
85	Carole Kistler Fritz	2022-05-12	1937-04-02
85	Dick McCauley	2013-08-09	1928-08-05
85	Bob Pappel	2001?	1926-12-10
85	Emily Wells Vreeland	2025-10-26	1940-10-26
84	Jim Rugh	2025-09-23	1941-09-23
82	Larry Russell	2025-12-07	1943-11-22
80	Robert Myers	2023-08-21	1923-08-21

AGE THRESHHOLDS

Age	Ascents	Name	Years
89+	22	Rev. Rufus Morgan	1977-1978
81+	100	Rev. Rufus Morgan	1969-1978
80+	230	Larry Russell	2023-2025
75+	397	Ed Wright	1975-2025
70+	489	Ed Wright	1995-2008
70+	472	Paul Dinwiddie	1985-1993
65+	1,114	Ed Wright	1990-2009
65+	1,183	Ron Valentine	1999-2017
65+	707	Paul Dinwiddie	1980-1993

SPEED RECORDS

Route	Time	Name	Date
Alum up	0:49:26	Seth Orme	2018-??-??
Alum up	0:54:00	John Northrup	2012-08-27
Alum up	0:54:06	David Riddle	2021-04-21
Alum up	0:54:59	Taylor Scarborough	2017-07-22
Alum up	0:55:06	Danny Kratzer	2017-10-15
Alum up	0:58:20	Jakob Mueller	2021-10-24
Alum up	0:59:28	Dustin Rutter	2024-08-31
Alum up	0:59:36	Zachary Andrews	2020-08-11
Alum up	Under 1:00	Bill Severance	Per 2026 obit.
Alum down	0:26:00	John Northrup	2012-08-27
Alum down	0:33:00	Tim Line	pre-2012
Rainbow up	1:40:57	Dustin Rutter	2024-08-31
Rainbow up	1:48:00	Nick Robinson, old 4m route	1930-??-??
Rainbow up	1:50:34	Cass Lynch	2022-03-20
Rainbow up	1:56:00	Ash Walsh, 6.6 miles	2020-05-??
AT/Boulevard up	1:57:18	Tim Massey, 7.8 miles	2021-07-17
AT/Boulevard up	2:00	Pauline Huff	pre-1940
Tour de Le Conte	8:03:38	Anthony Groft, Elias Groft	2020-11-27
Tour de Le Conte, female	13:44	Ash Walsh	2021-07-20

MOST MILES in 24 HOURS

Miles	Name	Date
78.2	Zach Andrews	Oct. 14-15, 2020
65	John Northrup	Sept. 28, 2012
55..6	Scott Anderson	Oct. 16, 2022
55	David Worth	2011
51.7	Nathaniel Klumb	Oct. 14, 2019
51.1	Ash Walsh	June 26, 2000 July 20, 2021
51.1	Matt Johnson	July 20, 2021

TOUR DE LE CONTE, Multiple

Tours	Name	Most recent
4	Scott Anderson	2023
4	John Northrup	2015
3	Jason Blair	2021
3	Nathaniel Klumb	2021
2	Ash Walsh	2021
2	Shawn Carson	2015
2	Brian Thomas	2015
2	Sam Runyan	2022
2	Anthony Groft	2022
2	Nicole Howe	2023

VERTUCAL MILES, Multiple

Vertical Miles	Name	Most recent
9	Holly Bryant	2025 Dec. 12
5	Larry Russell	2025
3	Bonnie Northrup	2025
3	Tim Massey	2025