Marathon: Starting at the Pritchett Canyon entrance, proceed up Pritchett Canyon Trail (5.7 miles of rugged jeep track) connecting to Hunter Canyon Rim Trail (1.8 miles), proceeding along the Hunter Canyon Rim single-track trail and down to Kane Creek Road (2.2 miles). Turn left and head south on Kane Creek Dirt Road to the Hunter Canyon singletrack trail (1.3 miles). Continue 1 mile up the canyon and turn around and come back out. Then continue south on Kane Creek Road (1 mile). Turn right and head up the “Scorched Earth Wall”. Once atop the rim, continue generally north on the faint jeep trail, which turns to singletrack, then slickrock, then off-track canyon bottom. Then turn left on the ‘Captain Ahab’ singletrack for 2.3 miles to Amasa Back jeep trail, continuing for about 1.5 miles where the jeep trail will turn into the ‘Rockstacker’ singletrack/slickrock and loop back for about a mile along the canyon rim. Rockstacker turns into the Jackson Trail singletrack, which descends down the canyon wall alongside the Colorado River and into the Kane Creek drainage (1.8 miles). Continue across Kane Creek to the finish line which is just one short steep hill, less than 1/4 mile away.
Marathon: Starting at the Pritchett Canyon entrance, proceed up Pritchett Canyon Trail (5.7 miles of rugged jeep track) connecting to Hunter Canyon Rim Trail (1.8 miles), proceeding along the Hunter Canyon Rim single-track trail and down to Kane Creek Road (2.2 miles). Turn left and head south on Kane Creek Dirt Road to the Hunter Canyon singletrack trail (1.3 miles). Continue 1 mile up the canyon and turn around and come back out. Then continue south on Kane Creek Road (1 mile). Turn right and head up the “Scorched Earth Wall”. Once atop the rim, continue generally north on the faint jeep trail, which turns to singletrack, then slickrock, then off-track canyon bottom. Then turn left on the ‘Captain Ahab’ singletrack for 2.3 miles to Amasa Back jeep trail, continuing for about 1.5 miles where the jeep trail will turn into the ‘Rockstacker’ singletrack/slickrock and loop back for about a mile along the canyon rim. Rockstacker turns into the Jackson Trail singletrack, which descends down the canyon wall alongside the Colorado River and into the Kane Creek drainage (1.8 miles). Continue across Kane Creek to the finish line which is just one short steep hill, less than 1/4 mile away.
This race is so fun! The canyon views and trail are worthy of a bucket list run. The participants and race organizers are wonderful. The trail is mostly single track, some sand, mostly dirt and rock, and a ladder! Half-Marathon is a USATF course.
