The John Cappis 50k Course Details
Slight, but significant, course changes for 2019 planned, stay tuned!
In both 2018 and 2017 we had some close calls with falling rocks high above tree line on the first climb of the race so for 2019 we're making a minor but significantly more safe change to the route up Kendall Mountain. This will make the first climb slightly longer so we're going to make another small but significant change to the route up Anvil Mountain to make that section shorter to keep the distance at 50k. On Kendall we will not use the "avalanche chute" instead we'll now go a little further up Kendall Mountain rd and ascend to treeline through the forest and then above treeline we've found a more stable route that should result in way less rockfall making the route a lot safer. And at Anvil we will not use the trail up the mountain, instead we'll go "straight up" a spine to the south of the trail. Both of these re-routes have not been 100% finalized but here's the current rough draft map
The information below is from the 2018 race, we'll update for 2019 soon!
This course is likely to be unlike any you have ever ran. 66% of the route is off trail. The course has a total elevation gain of about 19,000ft, 7 major climbs with all but one topping out at 13,000 feet above sea level or higher, the average elevation of the course is over 11,000ft and the none of the course is marked.
Below is an interactive map and couple of elevation profiles. Here is the written course description. And a link to download the GPX file
And at the bottom are downloadable printer friendly maps of the course broken into sections
In both 2018 and 2017 we had some close calls with falling rocks high above tree line on the first climb of the race so for 2019 we're making a minor but significantly more safe change to the route up Kendall Mountain. This will make the first climb slightly longer so we're going to make another small but significant change to the route up Anvil Mountain to make that section shorter to keep the distance at 50k. On Kendall we will not use the "avalanche chute" instead we'll now go a little further up Kendall Mountain rd and ascend to treeline through the forest and then above treeline we've found a more stable route that should result in way less rockfall making the route a lot safer. And at Anvil we will not use the trail up the mountain, instead we'll go "straight up" a spine to the south of the trail. Both of these re-routes have not been 100% finalized but here's the current rough draft map
The information below is from the 2018 race, we'll update for 2019 soon!
This course is likely to be unlike any you have ever ran. 66% of the route is off trail. The course has a total elevation gain of about 19,000ft, 7 major climbs with all but one topping out at 13,000 feet above sea level or higher, the average elevation of the course is over 11,000ft and the none of the course is marked.
Below is an interactive map and couple of elevation profiles. Here is the written course description. And a link to download the GPX file
And at the bottom are downloadable printer friendly maps of the course broken into sections
