2.5 Mile Course
Running
- Distance
- 4K
- Start time
- 11:00
- Entry fee
- $25.00
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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.
Start at Starsmore Visitor & Nature Center
2120 S Cheyenne Cañon Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80906
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
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 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 will be available inside the Starsmore Visitor and Nature Center. Portable toilets will be available at the finish line in the Powell parking lot.
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!
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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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Official finishing times from previous editions of Canya Cañon Trail Race & Hike.
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Hal Walter | 27:54 |
| 🥈 | Curt Mulick | 29:39.85 |
| 🥉 | Luke Graham | 29:49.16 |
| 4 | Donna Garcia | 30:00.36 |
| 5 | Harrison Walter | 31:24.84 |
| 6 | Montana Gottman | 32:08.38 |
| 7 | Kyle Mace | 32:08.46 |
| 8 | W. Rowell | 33:16.31 |
| 9 | Wendy Murr | 33:40.99 |
| 10 | H. McMartin | 33:53.21 |
| 11 | Melissa McMartin | 34:09.42 |
| 12 | Nadine Garcia | 34:10.7 |
| 13 | Gene Chavez | 34:33.16 |
| 14 | G. Rowell | 35:31.52 |
| 15 | Jonathan Rowell | 35:36.84 |
| 16 | Dennis Garcia | 35:39.04 |
| 17 | Anna Brock | 36:22.35 |
| 18 | Hunter Brock | 36:22.51 |
| 19 | W. Steinbach | 36:23.9 |
| 20 | Bill Hallam | 39:42.44 |
| 21 | Joe Regan | 39:49.33 |
| 22 | Lori Falknor | 40:40.91 |
| 23 | Frank Morrey | 41:22.7 |
| 24 | H. Cameron | 42:14.13 |
| 25 | Colleen Cameron | 42:18.63 |
| 26 | Marissa Halligan | 42:26.92 |
| 27 | Ferris Owens | 42:30.83 |
| 28 | Michelle Owens | 43:56.39 |
| 29 | Denise Thomas | 44:15.6 |
| 30 | Catherine Hopkins | 44:18.1 |
| 31 | Aimee Trainor | 44:48.14 |
| 32 | Kaya Huffman | 45:02.56 |
| 33 | Anonymous Anonymous | 45:09.02 |
| 34 | Vance Hewuse | 45:13.59 |
| 35 | Jen Samora | 48:08.36 |
| 36 | Leana Sinatra | 48:08.52 |
| 37 | D. Graham | 49:17.06 |
| 38 | J. Graham | 50:15.26 |
| 39 | Alison Graham | 50:15.26 |
| 40 | Sawyer Ulm | 55:49.57 |
| 41 | Joyce Hanagan | 57:11.78 |
| 42 | Leann Fraka | 57:59.89 |
| 43 | Dinorah Hirschl | 58:18.51 |
| 44 | Polly Ulm | 58:27.1 |
| 45 | Rose Birchfield | 58:50.85 |
| 46 | Tammy Boettner | 59:53.83 |
| 47 | R. Hirschl | 1:02:13.65 |
| 48 | Mike Ulm | 1:02:28.54 |
| 49 | Sancy Hirschl | 1:02:39.55 |
| 50 | Carmen Hirschl | 1:02:40.4 |
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Frank Morrey | 37:06.98 |
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