Crystal Mountain Sky Marathon
whiteriver50llc.com/CrystalMountainSkyMarathon
Saturday, September 20, 2014.
Race starts 8am, 10 hour cutoff
Course
26 miles (42km) and 9401' (2865m) of climbing. Low point 2741' (835m). High point 6802' (2073m). Average elevation 5117' (1560m). The course includes approximately 24 miles (38.6km) of technical, mountainous single track trail and 2 miles (3.2km) of barely drivable dirt road. Max slope 44.1%, -49.4%. Ave slope 12.7%, -12.3% (650'/mile or 198m/mile). Trails are in the Silver Creek drainage, on US Forest Service Land, around the Crystal Mountain Ski Resort. There will be 4 aid stations featuring water, energy gel, electrolyte drink, fruit, and other snacks.
Registration
Online: 4/1-8/31: $75. 9/1-9/17: $85. Online closes 5pm 9/17.
Offline: 4/1-8/31: $75. 9/1-9/17: $85. 9/18-9/20: $100 bring cash/check to race.
Pasta Dinner (Friday night): $20
Where
Crystal Mountain, Washington. Start and Finish at Crystal Mountain Resort.
Itinerary
Friday, September 19, 2014
Alpine Inn
3pm-8pm Pre Race Check-in
5pm-6:30pm Pasta Dinner
6:30pm-8pm Course Prelude and pre-race festivities
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Crystal Mountain Gondola
6:45-7:45am Race Day Check-in
8:00am Race Start
4:00pm Awards
6:00pm Course Closes
Directions
From Seattle-
Take I-5 South. Take the I-405 North exit, exit 154A, towards Renton. Merge onto I-405 North. Take exit 4 onto WA-169 and go to Enumclaw. In Enumclaw, take a left onto WA-164 (Griffin Avenue) and then a left onto WA-410 East (Roosevelt Avenue). Drive 30+ miles on WA-410 East, continuing for about 2.5 miles after you see Forest Service Road #7160 (Buck Creek Road), which will be on your right. Go left onto Crystal Mountain Boulevard and take the 6-mile road all the way to the end at the top of the hill. The Alpine Inn, which is part of the Crystal Mountain Resort, will be on the right side of the main parking lot.