This race starts at the new Butterfield Trailhead Regional Park. Amazing area nestled right at the base of Butterfield Canyon with Kennecott Mine overlooking the area.

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The first segment will be your most difficult. This segment will have it all, smooth single track, rocky steep climbs, ridges with great vistas, and densely wooded trails as you cruise down to the Yellow Fork Aid Station. The first 5 miles are incredible single track trails that will be easy to run on in the dark.

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Leave Yellow Fork Aid and head up Water Fork Road which is a very scenic dirt road. You will wind your way onto ridges following this dirt road until you come to in our opinion, the best part of the course. Shoot down the Rio Escondido single track trail to wrap around and come back up Gun Slinger "slope". A brutal climb that will leave you asking yourself why you keep signing up for these kinds of races. You will be well rewarded with a nice stretch of fire road that turns to stunning single track. Follow this trail back down to Yellow Fork Aid.

 

After you leave Yellow Fork for the second time you will begin climbing up the incredible Yellow Forks Trail to reach the ridge once more using a new smooth single track trail to do so. From there you will enjoy these new single track trails and short ridge section all the way back to the finish line.

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26.2 miles and +4,556 ft elevation total

72% Dirt Trail, 17% Fire Road, 10% Dirt Road​

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Interactive course map and video found at bottom of page

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**Hydration vest or bottle required. This course has two aid stations very spread out. This is due to the remoteness of the area. There will be trail marshals to ensure safety and course adherence.

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Cutoff

This cutoff will be enforced. We realize it is a fairly aggressive cutoff compared to most of our races. This area can get hot hot hot in the afternoon this time of year.  10:30 am means you have to be on average faster than a 17 minute 22 second mile. We would like everyone finished by 1 pm.

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Aid Stations​

Aid stations will have Tailwind, water, Honey Stinger gels/waffles, fruit, and an assortment of whatever looks good at Costco that the race director wants an excuse to eat. Usually Swedish Fish or Nerd Clusters.​​

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Navigation

Course is well marked with pink flags, ribbons, signs, and trail marshals. The flagging will come before, during, and after the turn. This flagging will be on the same side of the trail as the turn. For example, a right turn will have flagging on the right side of the trail before and after the right turn.

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We will only mark turns, trail changes or areas we feel need it. We will mark the wrong way at major intersections with red flagging. Red is stop!

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GPX File can be downloaded HERE

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