Next up – Wild Mountain Canyon Crawl

I made a last minute decision to run the Wild Mountain Canyon Crawl in Red Deer on Saturday. The race offers 7.5K, 15K and 30K race distances. To be on the safe side, I signed up for the 7.5K race. I wanted to do a longer distance but I am still sick & I am not a fan of looping. This will be a super challenging course. Ever run up a ski hill?

Brent and Yvonne are also signed up to run the 7.5K. It’s going to be painful but fun! This will be their first introduction into trail running. Hope they love it as much as I do.

I scooped the course description from the Wild Mountain Canyon Crawl website. I edited it for clarity and consistency. 

Course Description:
Runners will head north from the ski lodge (830 metres) and runs parallel to the river.  This first kilometre is essentially flat until reaching the “Rope Slope,” a steep bank with ropes to help runners climb.

From here the course dives into the forest adjacent to the Canyon Ski Hill and twists and turns its way on single track trails.  Eventually it turns and heads south and re-emerges from the trees about a third of the way up the ski hill.  It continues crossing the ski runs until reaching the high point (860 metres) of the lower section at about three kilometres.  

From here it is downhill through the Start/Finish area. Runners continue south to the monster climb to the top.  The course ascends via the forested luge run.  Runners will reach the top at the 4.2 kilometre-mark (950 metres) where the course turns north again along the crest of the hill.  It is relatively flat for the next kilometre until the high point of the course at 5.2 kms (964 metres).

Over the next 500 metres, the course drops 50 metres only to climb back up another 38 metres.  This last climb also includes some nasty cross slope sections. From here it is downhill over the final 1.5 kms to the finish line. 
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What do you think? Doesn’t this look like fun? There’s still time to sign up if you are in the area. Find out more information by clicking here

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