Sunday, December 14, 2008

Sun Mountain 25k Course Description

25k course description

Start at chickadee trailhead
Head down thompson ridge rd
Turn Left onto rodeo
Right onto homestead
Right onto black bear
Pass the grizzly hill junctions (don't follow the 50k course up the hill)
Turn right and uphill on the Winthrop trail
Left onto patterson lake rd (aid #1 and #2--mile 5.0)
Left onto patterson mountain north connector trail
Left onto patterson mountain loop and follow clockwise to summit trail
Left onto summit trail
Stay on summit trail after summiting and drop down the far side on a dirt road
Turn Right at the junction with another dirt road and follow back to patterson loop trail.
Turn Left onto the patterson loop trail
Turn Left onto the south connector trail towards the boat ramp
Turn Right onto patterson lake rd
Turn Left onto cabin trail (aid station #2 and #3--mile 11.0)
Turn Left onto paterson lake trail (don't follow 10k course which goes straight)
Turn Right onto rader creek trail
Tutn Right onto Magpie (the 50k continues uphill here)
Turn Left onto chickadee trail
Finish at Chickadee trailhead (mile 15.5)