Canya Cañon Trail Race & Hike

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Date 08 Nov, 2026
Races 2 distances
Entry fee $25.00 – $40.00
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Canya Cañon Trail Race & Hike

About the event

4 Mile Course Event Details (for 2.5 Mile Course Info. scroll down)

Race Day: Sunday, November 8th

Start time 11:00am; Bib pick-up starts at 10:15am

Same course as last year (original 4-mile course that runs the length of the Columbine Trail). 

This course will be chip timed by Pikes Peak Road Runners.

Participants will start at Starsmore and run up Columbine Trail to the Powell parking lot. Adventures Out West will shuttle participants back to Starsmore.

 

Well behaved and leashed pets are allowed! However, pets are not allowed in the Adventures Out West Jeeps so you will have to hike or run back down after you have finished, or arrange your own transportation.

 

ALL PROCEEDS benefit the Friends of Cheyenne Cañon. Our mission is to preserve the natural resources of North Cheyenne Cañon Park. We raise funds and sponsor park improvements, enrichment programs, community events, and opportunities for citizen and visitor involvement.

Race Location

Start at Starsmore Visitor & Nature Center

2120 S Cheyenne Cañon Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80906

Registration & Entry Fees

Race Day Registration: 10:15am. Online registration is preferred.

Early Bird Individual: $40

Early Bird Family (3-6 people): $75

Starting Oct. 1:

Individual: $45

Family (3-6 people): $80

This race is a cupless race!

Please bring your own water bottle(s). There will be a water station at the spur to Gold Camp Road on Upper Columbine Trail (about 2.5 miles into the race). There will also be water at the finish line.

Parking

Parking is available in any of the parking lots near Starsmore Visitor and Nature Center. Overflow parking is available in the dirt parking lot on Mesa Ave just west of Evans Ave.

Restrooms

Restrooms will be available inside the Starsmore Visitor and Nature Center. Portable toilets will be available at the finish line in the Powell parking lot.

Awards

The top 3 overall male and female participants will receive a custom award. In addition the top male and female in each age group (10 year increments) will receive a custom reward.

Fun awards will be handed out as well!

All participants will receive a 2x4 painting.

Giveaway

Sun hoodies are only available to the first 100 participants to register. Please sign up soon to get one as if you sign up after October 10, you may not get the size you need!

 

2.5 Mile Course Event Details

Race Day: Sunday, November 8th

Start time 11:00am

New route this year! This is an out and back course beginning and ending at Starsmore. Participants will start at Starsmore and run up Columbine Trail to the Mid Columbine parking lot. They will turn around here and head back down the trail to Starsmore.

This course will NOT be chip timed.

Well behaved and leashed pets are allowed! 

 

ALL PROCEEDS benefit the Friends of Cheyenne Cañon. Our mission is to preserve the natural resources of North Cheyenne Cañon Park. We raise funds and sponsor park improvements, enrichment programs, community events, and opportunities for citizen and visitor involvement.

Race Location

Start at Starsmore Visitor & Nature Center

2120 S Cheyenne Cañon Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80906

Registration & Entry Fees

Race Day Registration: 10:15am. Online registration is preferred.

Early Bird Individual: $25

Early Bird Family (3-6 people): $55

Starting Oct. 1:

Individual: $30

Family (3-6 people): $60

Parking

Parking is available in any of the parking lots near Starsmore Visitor and Nature Center. Overflow parking is available in the dirt parking lot on Mesa Ave just west of Evans Ave.

Restrooms

Restrooms will be available inside the Starsmore Visitor and Nature Center. 

Awards

Awards will be given to younger age groups. Fun awards will be handed out as well!

All participants will receive a 2x4 painting.

 

Giveaway

Sun hoodies are only available to the first 100 participants to register. Please sign up soon to get one as if you sign up after October 10, you may not get the size you need!

 

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

Rampart Roofing

Pikes Peak Road Runners

Adventures Out West

Bristol Brewing Company

Races offered

08Nov

2.5 Mile Course

Running

Distance
4K
Start time
11:00
Entry fee
$25.00
08Nov

4 Mile Course

Running

Distance
6.4K
Start time
11:00
Entry fee
$40.00

Weather history

3-year monthly averages for November in Colorado Springs.

Temperature-2.3° / 10.8°
Feels like-6.5° / 6.3°
Sunshine hours8h 27m
Rainfall1.1 mm
Snowfall0.6 cm
Wind8.2 km/h (Light breeze)
Humidity52.3%
Max UV indexLow (2.0)
Sweat lossLow
Course conditionsFirm and slightly soft
Sunrise07:41
Sunset17:45

About Colorado Springs

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Colorado Springs is a home rule city that is the county seat of and the most populous city in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The city had a population of 478,961 at the 2020 census, a 15.02% increase since 2010. Colorado Springs is the second-most populous city and most extensive city by area in the state of Colorado, and the 40th-most-populous city in the United States. It is the principal city of the Colorado Springs metropolitan area, which had 755,105 residents in 2020, and the second-most prominent city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. It is located in east-central Colorado on Fountain Creek, 70 miles (113 km) south of Denver.

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Race results

Official finishing times from previous editions of Canya Cañon Trail Race & Hike.

Place Name Gender Age City Time
🥇 Hal Walter M 59 Westcliffe, CO 27:54
🥈 Curt Mulick M 31 Colorado Springs, CO 29:39.85
🥉 Luke Graham M 36 Colorado Springs, CO 29:49.16
4 Donna Garcia F 46 Colorado Springs, CO 30:00.36
5 Harrison Walter M 15 Westcliffe, CO 31:24.84

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