Trail Runs
11th Annual Half-Marathon and
Inaugural 10k Trail Run
Saturday, July 29, 2023, at Crested Butte Mountain Resort
Come run Mt Crested Butte to support community members fighting cancer and honor the friends and families we’ve lost! Both the Half Marathon and the 10k offer amazing views, beautiful wildflowers, and are great summer races for runners looking for fun, challenging mountain trail runs.
Lunch, beverages, and a goodie bag are included with registration. Coffee and light refreshments will also be available in the morning.
Trail Runs
Half Marathon
This unique, home-grown half marathon features a spectacular trail run on Mount Crested Butte in southwestern Colorado's heart of the West Elk Mountains.
Runners follow a single track after starting at the base area and wind their way up the mountain to the top of the Silver Queen chairlift (almost 2000 feet of elevation gain). Then runners follow a single track back down via Painter Boy and to the base area, where we will be waiting with a post-race lunch celebration.
10k
The Living Journeys 10k is a scenic, single-track trail run that is a bit more approachable than the Living Journey's Half Marathon with only ~900 ft of elevation gain.
This course follows the same single-track climb as our Half Marathon but doesn't climb to the Silver Queens lift. You will start heading downhill at the first aid station at the yellow brick road intersection and meander down trails back to the base area for a post-race lunch celebration.
Mt Crested Butte is situated in the heart of the West Elk Mountains in southwestern Colorado. Runners will get views of the West Elk Mountains, the Raggeds, the Snowmass/Maroon Bells Wilderness, and the Gunnison National Forest.
Registration Pick Up
Registration packets will be available for pick up the day before. Please stay tuned for details.
Day-of registration will open at 7 am, the Half Marathon will start at 8 am, and the Heavy 10k will begin at 8:20 am.
Lunch will be served at the base area starting at 11 am, so hang out with us after your run!
Registration is open!
Early Registration (Through 4/15): Half Marathon $75, 10K $60
Standard Registration: Half Marathon $85, 10K $70
Sign up as a FUNdraiser, and your registration is free!
Donate
“I know how many people have been touched by cancer (including myself losing my Dad and many others) and find working with Living Journeys a worthy fundraiser and a great cause.
I have done the Living Journeys Half Marathon for the past several years, and when I race I think of all those I have lost, others who have suffered loss, and all those battling this dreadful disease. My vision in life is to inspire and educate those around me with whatever their unique journey in life is.”
-Tim Skafidas (2018 winner & lead fundraiser Living Journeys Half Marathon)
Can’t attend but would still like to donate?