{"id":150461,"date":"2025-11-11T13:29:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T18:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/?p=150461"},"modified":"2025-11-11T13:36:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T18:36:47","slug":"donald-trump-pardons-u-s-trail-runner-for-cutting-national-park-switchback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/trail-running\/donald-trump-pardons-u-s-trail-runner-for-cutting-national-park-switchback\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump pardons U.S. trail runner for cutting national park switchback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two months after being found guilty by a federal court for cutting a switchback in Wyoming&#8217;s Grand Teton National Park, U.S. trail runner <strong>Michelino Sunseri<\/strong> received a presidential pardon from President<a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/the-scene\/trump-punching-bag-a-hit-at-u-s-marathon\/\"><strong> Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a>, clearing him of the charges.<\/p>\n<p>In Sept. 2024, Sunseri set a fastest known time (FKT) at Wyoming\u2019s Grand Teton National Park, covering the 21-km round-trip trail with 2,100m of vertical in two hours, 50 minutes and 50 seconds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">VICTORY: On Friday, President Trump pardoned our client Michelino Sunseri, the record-setting mountain runner prosecuted by the National Park Service for using a social trail in Grand Teton National Park.<\/p>\n<p>Michelino set a new Grand Teton speed record, ascending and descending the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yb83qO5TLG\">pic.twitter.com\/yb83qO5TLG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pacific Legal \ud83d\udde1\u2696\ufe0f (@PacificLegal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PacificLegal\/status\/1988260426203697562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>En route to setting the record, Sunseri cut a switchback, taking the &#8220;old climbers\u2019 trail&#8221; instead. It&#8217;s a well-established shortcut, but at the time, it was marked closed; two signs read &#8220;short cutting causes erosion&#8221; and &#8220;closed for regrowth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After Sunseri announced the FKT and <a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/trail-running\/american-trail-runner-convicted-for-shortcutting-fkt\/\">posted his activity on Strava<\/a>, he acknowledged controversial cutting and said he would &#8220;100 per cent make the same choice again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A few days later, the National Park Service (NPS), the government agency that administers the U.S.\u2019s national parks, issued a mandatory citation under 36 CFR 2.1(b), which prohibits shortcutting on federal trails. It was a Class-B misdemeanour charge, punishable by up to six months in jail and a US$5,000 fine.<\/p>\n<p>The charge ended up becoming a heated topic on the FKT scene, raising questions about the charges and punishment, and whether it was an example of overcriminalization.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146489\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146489\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-146489 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/strava-Michelino-Sunseri--1024x472.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"363\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/strava-Michelino-Sunseri--1024x472.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/strava-Michelino-Sunseri--300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/strava-Michelino-Sunseri--768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/strava-Michelino-Sunseri-.jpg 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 788px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 788\/363;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Michelino Sunseri\/Strava<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sumseri&#8217;s lawyers argued that no damage was done to the park or any visitor to the park. They also claimed other runners had used the trail previously without consequence.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the pardon, his lawyers at the Pacific Legal Foundation said they are thrilled &#8220;Sunseri&#8217;s nightmare is over.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are not done fighting against unconstitutional regulations that give low-level park officials the power to criminalize harmless conduct,&#8221; said <strong>Michael Poon<\/strong> of Pacific Legal Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Sunseri has also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/racinggrandteton.com\/\">teased a documentary<\/a>&nbsp;covering the controversial FKT and criminal charges. The North Face athlete has even started a petition encouraging public support for dropping the criminal charges. \u201cThese mountains mean everything to Michelino,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/outdoor-adventure\/hiking-and-backpacking\/michelino-sunseri-guilty-teton\/\">Pacific Legal stated<\/a>. \u201cAgreeing to give up such an integral part of his life because of a law he didn\u2019t know he was breaking was unthinkable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Sept. 2024, Michelino Sunseri was charged with a Class B misdemeanour for taking a closed shortcut in Wyoming&#8217;s Grand Teton National Park<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5366,"featured_media":150481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[327011],"tags":[328717,328441,345466,345467,345468,327259,328566,326250,329796,329841],"class_list":["post-150461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trail-running","tag-course-cutting","tag-donald-trump","tag-grand-teton","tag-grand-teton-national-park","tag-michelino-sunseri","tag-national-parks","tag-president-donald-trump","tag-running-news","tag-trail-featured","tag-trail-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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