Silverton Alpine Marathon

20221223
2024-07-06

Jul 06, 2024 at 7:00 AM

Greene & 18th Street

Silverton CO, 81433

USA

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Entry Fee $65
(Lowest or Early Registration)

Entry Fee 2 $90
(Highest or Late Registration)

Prize Money: no

Distance(s):

26.2M
50K
8M

Type: Ultra

Participant Limit: 400

Starting Elevation: 9318

High Point: 12930

Percent of the course on un-paved trails: 50%

First Year of the Event: 2004

Men's Record: 4:14:29 Brendan Trimboli (50K, 2014)

Masters Men Record: 4:33:57 Erich Owen (50K, 2014)

Women's Record: 5:04:23 Leila Degrave (50K, 2013)

Masters Women Record: 5:13:03 Rhonda Claridge (50K, 2012)

Description:

50 Kilometer and Marathon (~26.7 Mile) loop in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. The course follows the “Alpine Loop” jeep roads past the ghost mining towns of Howardsville, Eureka, Animas Forks and Gladstone. High point is California Pass at 12,930 feet! Follows Alpine Loop mining road counter-clockwise linking historic mining ghost towns, Howardsville, Eureka, Animas Forks & Gladstone. High point is 12,930 ft atop California Pass. Low point is Silverton at 9,318ft. Total vertical gain is 3,800 for the marathon and 4,400 for the 50k. The 50K runners will complete an out and back to Niagara Gulch before joining the Marathon course.