Couch to Scotchman Peak
Pre-Training 3-4 days each week (Winter-Spring)
- Cardio: 30-40 minutes
- Strength: 20 minutes
- Core: 10 minutes
Do some research: Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness
USDA Forest Service Scotchman Peak Trail #65
Idaho Trails Association Scotchman Peak
Washington Trails Association Scotchman Peak
I wrote this plan. If you see this referenced without credit being given to me, please tag my page as the original author – thank you!
This is genuinely a COUCH to peak plan – trust the process – you must grind before you shine! Be brave and do your best!
This is just a guide- listen to your body. Maybe you need more; maybe you need less – your safety and happiness are the most important!
If any hike is too difficult for you to be comfortable with your progress, continue your pre-training routine and do not move on to the next hike until you can repeat the previous hike with little difficulty.
Suppose speed is not a goal of yours, perfect. This plan is ready for you. If speed is a goal, you must add that factor yourself.
I use fitfortrips.com to create a gym version of each hike (treadmill and stairclimber) when I cannot get “boots on trail”.
Your Scotchman Peak summit should be completed by the end of September so you can avoid the added challenge of snow.
Let’s grind!
Hike 1: Tubbs Hill (ID)
- Distance: 2.0
- Elevation gain: 291’
Hike 2: Post Falls Community Forest Yellow Trail (ID)
- Distance: 4.1
- Elevation gain: 554’
Hike 3: Post Falls Community Forest to Q’Emlin Park (ID)
- Distance: 5.2
- Elevation gain: 570’
Hike 4: Uplands Loop: Short Draw, Summit, and Turtle Gulch Trails (WA)
- Distance: 4.5
- Elevation gain: 623’
Hike 5: Dishman Hills Natural Area Trail (WA)
- D: 4.0
- EG: 662’
Hike 6: Quartz Mountain Lookout (WA)
- D: 4.5
- EG: 685’
Hike 7: Revett Lake (ID)
- D: 3.3
- EG: 718’
Hike 8: Mineral Ridge (ID)
- D: 3
- EG: 767’
Hike 9: Mount Spokane Summit-Saddle Junction (WA)
- D: 4.5
- EG: 951’
Hike 10: Glenrose Cliffs (WA)
- D: 5.2
- EG: 1122’
Hike 11: Evans Landing (ID)
- D: 4.0
- EG: 1135’
Hike 12: Iller Creek (WA)
- D: 5.4
- EG: 1269’
Hike 13: Liberty Creek and Edith Hansen Trail Loop (WA)
- D: 8.5
- EG: 1374’
Hike 14: Bead Lake (WA)
- D: 10.4
- EG: 1653’
Hike 15: Granite Lake (Montana)
- D: 11.2
- EG: 2,014
Hike 16: Fault Lake (ID)
- D: 12.4
- EG: 2831
Hike 17: Scotchman Peak (ID)
- D: 8.7
- EG: 3664’
