Babban Yammacin Loop

Babban yammacin Loop hanya ce ta tafiya mai nisan  tsayi, kuma yana ratsa jihohi da dama na yammacin Amurka .

 Hanya 
Yana haɗa hanyoyi guda biyar masu nisa na tafiya: Hanyar Pacific Crest, Hanyar Pacific Northwest, Hanyar Continental Divide, Hanyar Grand Enchantment, da Hanyar Arizona . Yana ratsa Hamadar Mojave, Hamadar Sonoran, Wuraren Shakatawa na Ƙasa 12, da yankunan daji 75.

Tana ratsa jihohi tara: Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, da New Mexico .

 Tafiye-tafiye masu nasara 
An san cewa an kammala hanyar sau da yawa kawai:

 Andrew Skurka, ƙwararren mai ɗaukar jakar baya, shi ne na farko da ya kammala Great Western Loop. A ranar 9 ga Afrilu, 2007, Skurka ya fara hanyar daga Grand Canyon . Matsakaicin  a kowace rana, Skurka ya dawo Grand Canyon a ranar 3 ga Nuwamba, 2007, kwanaki 208 bayan ya fara.  
 Jeff Garmire ya zama mutum na biyu da ya kammala hanyar, inda ya yi hakan a shekarar 2018. Jeff Garmire ya fara aiki a ranar 30 ga Afrilu kuma ya kammala a ranar 24 ga Nuwamba, jimillar kwanaki 208 a kan hanyar. 
 A shekarar 2021, Niels Rabe ya kammala wani sabon salo na Great Western Loop saboda gobarar daji da ta barke a Washington da California. Ya zama mutum na farko da ya kammala hanyar a akasin agogo bayan kwana 222 a kan hanya.  
 Haka kuma a shekarar 2021, Logan Demas ("Sandman") ya kammala 'Greatest Western Loop' ta hanyar hawa kan madaurin farko da kuma ƙara sassa don kammala PCT da CDT. Yana da kusan shekaru 40, shi ne kuma mutum mafi tsufa da ya kammala madaurin. [ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">ana buƙatar ambato</span> ]
 Wani mai tafiya a ƙasa na uku a shekarar 2021, Garry ("Phish Out of Water") Teesdale, ya kammala wata hanya mai layi da ta kai mil 6200 a gefen agogo wanda ya koma Grand Canyon daga CDT ta hanyar Hayduke Trail/AZT maimakon hanyar GET/AZT da Skurka da Garmire suka biyo baya da farko. [ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">ana buƙatar ambato</span> ]
 A shekarar 2022, Nick ("Chezwick") Gagnon ya kafa sabon lokaci mafi sauri kuma ya kammala hanyar cikin kwanaki 197 da sa'o'i 11, inda ya doke lokacin Jeff Garmire na 2018 da lokacin Andrew Skurka na 2007 (dukansu sun kammala hanyar cikin kwanaki 208). 

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