2025 Climb For a Cause Annual Event
Mount Bourgeau & Harvey Pass
Date: Saturday, August 30th, 2025
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To learn more about this exciting event, contact Executive Director
Daniel A. ‘Danny’ Bobrow at
Director@ClimbForACause.org
or Call 312-455-9498.
FAQs
Lodging/Transportation
If you are attending, you’ll want to work on transportation. Optimally you will arrive Thursday so you have some time to acclimatize and, if time permits, scout out the trailhead on Friday to get your bearings. The actual hike will take place on
Saturday so the earliest you will want to plan to fly out is Sunday morning.
Route Description and Route Navigation
Fitness
If you aren’t already training, start now. Your training should include some serious hill work, either outside or on an inclined treadmill or stair climber, with weight on your back. Cycling, running, swimming, etc., are all great cardio preparation, but they don’t prepare one for the endurance or muscle groups needed to carry clothes, food and water for a full day. Don’t plan on just showing up and thinking it’s a long walk that you can grit out. That will make for a really awful, and really long, day. Try to get comfortable hiking with a full pack for at least 10 miles, covering at least 3000 feet of elevation change. If you do some of your training on a treadmill or Stairmaster make sure you have a climbing pace of up to 1000 vertical feet per mile as the date of the Event approaches. To avoid burnout and injury, taper your training about 2 weeks before the Event. The Mt. Bourgeau hike is 12 miles and over 5,000 feet of elevation change, with parts that are quite steep (in excess of 1000 vertical feet per mile). Depending on your origin, you may also be in thinner air than you are accustomed. Remember to fuel your workouts with sufficient electrolytes (we recommend Salt Stick brand capsules or chewables), and carbs during your workout) and protein (post-workout), and to get enough sleep to allow for recovery.
