• Start time for the half marathon is 7.00 am Sunday June 13
• Registration IS NOT ALLOWED on race day.
• Age Group Awards for the Marathon & Half-Marathon: 19 & under, 20 - 29, 30 - 39, 40 - 49, 50- 59, 60+
• Half marathon awards will be presented at 10.00 am on Sunday June 13 at the infield at the High School track, adjacent to the finish area
• View course map here. Please print and bring with you.
• For 2010, this event is a qualifying race for Pike's Peak Ascent 2010. Finish below 1.40 and qualify for wave 1 - finish between 1.40 and 2.30 and qualify for wave 2! See registration details for Pike's Peak Ascent here.
  In 2010 the Pike's Peak Ascent is a 2010 World Mountain Running Association challenge race
• All four races start and end in Estes Park at the public school facilities (elevation 7,550 feet). They take place on paved, professionally certified courses that are challenging and beautiful.
• The course is marked with spray painted directional arrows on the roads and trails , and yellow directional signs when there are turns. In critical spots there will also be course marshals.

The half marathon course starts in front of the Estes Park middle school, heading West towards Manford Avenue. Turn right onto Community Drive, descending towards Lake Estes. Turn left onto Highway 36, keeping to the right of the highway within the coned section. Take a right at Highway 34, passing the visitor center on your right.Head up the hill, joining the last half of the marathon course. Take a left onto Elk Trail Court. The course winds through an open residential area that is mostly flat to downhill. Take a left onto North Lake Avenue, which is a downhill paralleling Hwy 34. Turn left onto Dry Gulch Road. The course climbs gradually for 3 miles and turns south onto Devils Gulch Road. The course is mostly downhill to mile 10, with a steep climb around mile 8. Mixed terrain takes you past the Stanley Hotel and down to Hwy 34. The course goes through the coned visitor center parking lot onto the bike trail around Lake Estes. The last 2 miles travels along the south side of Lake Estes, through the tunnel under Hwy 36, past the Stanley Fairgrounds and sports areas, and up to Brodie Avenue, turning right for a very short uphill before entering the Estes Park High School track and field at the SE corner. Complete less than one lap of the track counter clockwise and be greeted by enthusiastic crowds at the finish line!

All our courses are recognized for being well marked - just follow the white EPM signs on the paths and roads.