Race Information

The Blue Sky Marathon and Half Marathon races will be held on Sunday October 2nd, 2011. The start and finish will be at the Blue Sky Trailhead in the Horsetooth Mountain Open Space near Fort Collins, CO.

The Marathon will start at 7am and the Half Marathon will start at 9am.

The route will run between Horsetooth Mountain Park and the Devil’s Backbone Open Space. The majority of the trail is single track with a variety of terrain ranging from smooth dirt paths to very technical rocky sections. A small portion of the route will be on smooth dirt road and gravel bike path.

Course Photos


View of Horsetooth Rock heading north on the Blue Sky Trail

View of the Blue Sky Trail heading south towards Coyote Ridge

View of the Blue Sky Trail heading south from the Coyote Ridge trail junction.

View to the west from the top of the Indian Summer Loop

View of Devil’s Backbone from the south end of the Hunter Loop.

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