Top three Men and Women overall and top Male and Female age grouper in the following categories:
0 - 29
30 - 39
40 - 49
50 - 59
60 +

1. Take I-25 north to the Harmony Road/Timnath exit (#265).
2. Turn left (west) continuing on Harmony Road for 6.7 miles where it becomes County Road 38E at the Taft Hill Road intersection.
3. Continue west on County Road 38E approximately 6.3 more miles (you will pass the south end of Horsetooth Reservoir and Shoreline Dr) to the entrance (and sign) for Horsetooth Mountain Park.

From Loveland:

1. From Highway 34 (Eisenhower) go north on Wilson. Wilson becomes Taft Hill Road in Fort Collins. Turn left (west) onto County Road 38E.
2. Continue west on County Road 38E approximately 6.3 more miles (you will pass the south end of Horsetooth Reservoir and Shoreline Dr) to the entrance (and sign) for Horsetooth Mountain Park.

From Fort Collins:

1. From Harmony and Taft Hill Road turn west onto County Road 38E.
2. Continue west on County Road 38E approximately 6.3 more miles (you will pass the south end of Horsetooth Reservoir and Shoreline Dr) to the entrance (and sign) for Horsetooth Mountain Park.

Parking: NEW INSTRUCTIONS

If you have a Larimer County Park Pass, you are welcome to park inside the Park. If you do not have a Park Pass and you want to park inside the park, you are responsible for the entrance fee. Or, you can park in the NEW Blue Sky Trail head which will be open for trail racers to park in this Sunday. It is located on the east side of CR 38E across from the Horsetooth Hideaway and is just before the turnoff to Shoreline Drive. There is a brown and white sign identifying the new Blue Sky Trail head parking area. We will be running a shuttle from the parking lot to the start.

Limited to 200 runners. Online registration open till noon Friday June 25th. There will be race day registration.

7.3 mile race - $37.50 / Race Day $42.50 (Race day cash or check only)
Half Marathon - $45 / Race Day $50 (Race day cash or check only)

Pre-race day registration forms available at the Runners Roost in Fort Collins only - registration rate is 7.3 mile - $40.00, Half Marathon - $47.50

A loop around Horsetooth Mountain Open Space; Half Marathoners do the loop twice. There will be two aid stations - no cups provided; runners must bring their own water bottles. You can find a great description of the route on Thoos. The course is the same as it has been in the past; the map has been updated to show this.

Runner Course Description:

Runners start on the Soderberg service drive by the upper Horsetooth parking lot and take the service drive to the Horsetooth Rock hiking trail at just under a mile. Take the Horsetooth hiking trail (left) to the intersection with the Wathan trail (2 miles), and run a very short distance to the intersection with the Westridge trail. Take the Westridge trail across the ridge under Horsetooth Rock to Towers Road where you make a right and descend for close to a mile to the intersection with Herrington. Take Herrington (right) to the Spring Creek trail and make a left on Spring Creek to the Soderberg intersection. Take Soderberg (right/straight) all the way to the finish by the parking lot if you are running the short course. If you are running the long course, take Soderberg back to the Horsetooth Rock hiking trail and repeat the loop by making a right back onto the trail and running Horsetooth - Wathan - Westridge - Towers - Herrington - Spring Creek - Soderberg again. After finishing the second loop, continue past the Horsetooth Rock intersection back to the finish by the parking lot.  

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