Distance: 11.50 mi
Type: Loop, Trail
Difficulty: 8 / 10
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Address: PO Box 193 Flagstaff, AZ 86002
Phone: 928-600-3685
Filed Under: Running
This is a high-altitude cross-country footrace along forest service road and forest trail with course elevations between 7670 and 8500 feet. The course is composed of two loops laid out in a figure-8. The Start/Finish area and primary water station is located at the intersection of the two loops. Full Loop racers will run a total of 11.5 miles, running both the first loop (5.2 miles on Forest Service Road) and the second loop (6.3 miles on exquisite forest trails)... Half Loop racers will run the second loop only. (Note: an additional water station will be available along the first loop and on the second loop of the course. Therefore, in total, Full Loop racers will have (2) water stations and Short Loop racers will have one. All racers however, need to consider this race primarily unassisted and may need to consider bringing their own portable hydration system.)
First Loop: Rolling fire road and open utility line. Heads out west on Shultz Pass Road to the gas pipeline. Very rolling section composed of the "Seven Sisters". This has short to medium hills with severe vertical gain (very rocky, loose terrain). Pipeline to Old Weatherford Road. Up Weatherford to junction with lower Frielein Priarie Road. Return to Start/Finish area.
Second Loop: Forest trails exclusively. Up Sunset Trail, over summit to Upper Brookbank Trail. Right on Brookbank to Lower Brookbank. Right and ascend to Dry Lakes Hills. Through the Dry Lakes, down Little Gnarly Trail to Shultz Creek Trail. Right on Shultz Creek to Start/Finish area.
Take either I-17 or I-40 to Flagstaff. North from Flagstaff on Hwy 180 towards the Grand Canyon. Go approx. 2-miles north of Flagstaff and 0.25 miles north of the Museum of Northern Arizona, turn right onto Shultz Pass Road. Proceed 4.3 miles up Shultz Pass Road (make sure that you veer to the left and remain on Shultz Pass at the first Y-intersection... if you go straight you have gone onto Elden Lookout Road).... Stay on Shultz Pass Road... road will turn to dirt and go up many switchbacks. 4.3 miles up you will see a sign on your right for the Sunset Trailhead Parking area. Do not Park in the Start/Finish area. Parking will be available for runners along the right hand side only of Shultz Pass road. Please do not park at the Shultz Tank trailhead parking area.
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