Alta july 8th & august 5th
Racing Starts at 6:30 PM.
Food Truck: Sergio’s Pizza + Shaved Ice Truck
Post Race Yoga by Ritual Yoga
Community BBQ: for those of you who come to the races alone and or are looking to meet some new people. You can throw your food on our grill!
Registration opens at 5 pm (Alta’s first parking lot = Wildcat)
Races start at 6:30 PM. Bring a Full Hydration Pack. Water is only at Start Finish.
Race Course
Short Course: ~ 4.5 miles and 900’ of elevation gain
Long Course: ~ 6.5 miles and 1,500 of elevation gain
Both Courses start near the Goldminer’s Daughter lodge. Start by running the dirt road up past the Albion base and onto the Albion Meadows Trail. After a bunch of huffing and puffing on this steep climb you’ll turn right and then a hard left onto the Home Run Trail. You’ll then climb up to Alf’s restaurant and wrap around the left side on the dirt road to connect to the single track that runs next to the Supreme Lift. A short jaunt in the woods leads to the where the Short and Long Course split. The Short Course enters the parking lot and turns left and over to the bathrooms to jump on a single track that heads down canyon. A short ways down you’ll turn right and cross the road and connect over to and turn left and down onto the Catherine’s Pass Trail. You’ll cross the road, go down the steps and take a hard right onto the single track connecting you back with the Albion Basin Trail which you’ll run back and retrace your steps to the finish.
At the Course split the Long Course turns right onto the single track and climbs up and into Devil’s Castle. At the end of the Devil’s Castle trail you’ll turn left down the steep road into the campground. Once in the campground you’ll turn right onto the dirt road, pass the bathrooms and a short ways down the road you’ll turn right and up onto Catherine’s Connect/Link Trail and over to Catherine’s Pass Trail. You’ll make a left and down on Catherine’s Pass Trail. You’ll cross the road, go down the steps and take a hard right onto the single track connecting you back with the Albion Basin Trail which you’ll run back and retrace your steps to the finish.
Directions
Directions
Click here for directions. Alta is located at the end of Little Cottonwood Canyon. About 8.5 miles from the mouth of the canyon. Park in the Wildcat Base Area. This is the FIRST PARKING LOT as you are coming up the canyon. NO DOGS ALLOWED IN THIS CANYON EVEN IF IN CAR