THE HIGH ROUTE
GINGER RUNNER PRESENTS:
Join Jenny Abegg, Kaytlyn Gerbin, Ethan Newberry and special guests for a special screening of the highly anticipated Director’s Cut of The High Route following Jenny & Kaytlyn’s historic adventure across the North Cascade High Route in 2022. This will be an evening of stories, Q&A, over $3,000 in giveaways at each show, and inspiration for your own upcoming summer adventures!
DIRECTOR’S CUT
A big thank you to our Title Sponsors, LEKI & The North Face, our Presenting Sponsor The Springs, and our tour sponsors: SMITH, Alpine Ascents International, Vertical World, Seven Hills Running Shop, Snoqualmie Running, Tiger Claw, Rainshadow Running, Edgeworks Climbing, Leah Kangas LMT, Wonderland Gear Exchange, Ascent Outdoors, Cascade Mountain Ascents, Walla Trails, Mountain Running Races, Vital Climbing Gym, Iron Horse PT & Performance, Alpine Mechanics PT & Performance, Pro Ski & Mountain Service, Scott Rinckenberger Photography, The Pass Life, Arete, Naak, Fairhaven Running, Fleetfeet, Alpine Fitness, Colchuck Consignment, Skratch Labs, Riverfront Rock Gym, Leavenworth Winter Sports Club, Yodelin, Dru Bru, and Eastside Cycle Works!
UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
Thursday March 21, 7pm
Uptown Cinema
Seattle, WA
WORLD PREMIERE: Join us at the SIFF Uptown Cinema in Queen Anne, Seattle for The World Premiere of The High Route: Director's Cut! Doors open at 6:30pm, event starts at 7:00pm. We’re excited to be joined by Jason Hummel, a prolific Northwest ski mountaineer, who will kick off the evening with a short presentation. The feature-length film will be followed by a Q&A hosted by Fitz Cahall of Duct Tape Then Beer with Jenny, Kaytlyn, and Ethan, along with a raffle of over $3,000 of swag from our sponsors.
Friday March 22, 7pm
Old Main Theater WWU
Bellingham, WA
Join us at The Old Main Theater at Western Washington University in Bellingham for a screening of The High Route: Director's Cut. Doors open at 6:30pm, event starts at 7:00pm. We'll kick the evening off with a North Cascades story by a special guest, to be announced. The feature-length film will be followed by a Q&A with Jenny, Kaytlyn, and Ethan, along with a raffle of over $3,000 of swag from our sponsors.
Wednesday March 27, 7pm
North Bend Theater
North Bend, WA
Join us at The North Bend Theater in North Bend, Washington, for a special screening of The High Route: Director's Cut. Doors open at 6:30pm, event start at 7:00pm. We’re excited to be joined by Langdon Ernest-Beck and Jeff Hashimoto, who recently climbed Washington’s 100 highest peaks in a single season—using no motorized transportation. The feature-length film will be followed by a Q&A with Jenny, Kaytlyn, and Ethan, along with a raffle of over $3,000 of swag from our sponsors.
The Snowy Owl Theater
Leavenworth, WA
Join us at The Snowy Owl Theater at Icicle Creek Center for the Arts in Leavenworth for our special screening of The High Route: Director's Cut. Doors open at 6:45pm, event starts at 7:00pm. We'll kick the evening off with a North Cascades story by a special guest, to be announced. The feature-length film will be followed by a Q&A with Jenny, Kaytlyn, and Ethan, along with a raffle of over $3,000 of swag from our sponsors.
Friday March 29, 7pm
ABOUT THE HIGH ROUTE
In the summer of 2022, Jenny and Kaytlyn were dropped off via boat at the edge of one of the most remote and rugged parts of the country - the North Cascades. Ahead of them were no trails, just over a hundred and twenty miles of thick forest, snow, scree, and glaciers. In just a week's time, the duo traveled north to south through the national park's high country, completing the fastest known traverse of the range. The extended feature-length director's cut of The High Route documents their journey.
JENNY ABEGG
Jenny is a mountain athlete and writer based in Leavenworth, WA. She grew up in the mountains, covering iconic routes in the North Cascades as a child with her parents and sister, and guiding camps in remote ranges of BC after college. An accomplished rock climber with a passion for obscure alpine adventures, she’s spent the bulk of her outdoor career tied to a rope, climbing professionally for a few years. Amidst early COVID restrictions, she started trail running and soon discovered the joy of moving quickly and unencumbered through the mountains. Since then, Jenny has combined her two passions for a number of fun “running/climbing” missions, including Mt. Challenger in the Northern Pickets and the Alpine Lakes Crest Traverse in WA, the Tantalus Traverse in BC, and the Vuelta al Hielo in Southern Patagonia.
KAYTLYN GERBIN
Kaytlyn Gerbin likes to move fast in the mountains. As a professional trail and ultra runner, she’s won and set course records in ultramarathon races and trails around the world. She discovered trail running during graduate school in 2014, but prior to that got her start in the mountains with snowboarding and splitboarding, backpacking, climbing, and mountaineering, taking courses with The Mountaineers in Seattle. Since then, she’s continued to volunteer with the program as an instructor for avalanche safety and glacier travel courses. She loves bringing her endurance to the alpine, covering a mix of technical terrain while traversing glaciers and ridgelines in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. She holds records on routes including the Wonderland Trail, the Rainier Infinity Loop, and the Ptarmigan Traverse, and has been on the podium of iconic trail races including the UTMB, Western States 100, and Transgrancanaria.
ETHAN NEWBERRY
Ethan Newberry is an ultrarunner and filmmaker based in Seattle, WA. In addition to his numerous Hollywood credits in front and behind the camera, he is the creator and operator of the popular YouTube channel, "The Ginger Runner," with 200,000 subscribers and tens of millions of views. It's there that he has built a following of like-minded outdoor adventurers pursuing their athletic goals, challenging themselves both physically and mentally. He has worked with Kaytlyn on a number of video projects over the years, including Summer of Wonder and The Last Mile. He and his wife Kimberly Teshima Newberry are race directors for The Tiger Claw, a challenging and community-focused race in Issaquah, WA.
PAST EVENTS
An Evening With…
Gary, Ellie & Dylan
This was an interactive evening hosted by Ethan Newberry in which Gary Robbins, Ellie Greenwood and Dylan Bowman each shared stories through seperate visual presentations and then did a collaborative Q&A session. The overall focus of the evening dealt with injuries, overcoming setbacks, goal setting and perseverance. It was an inspiring, must-attend event for trail runners, adventurers and weekend warriors alike!