Start: Main Street, Silverton, Colorado (elevation 9,300 feet)
Finish: Near Kendall Mountain (elevation 12,200 feet)
Length: 7 miles

Total Altitude Gained: 4,125 feet
Terrain: Narrow singletrack, endless switchbacks, craggy mining roads, snow packed fields, and rocky ascents.

Highlight: Passes historic silver mines, high alpine lakes

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RUNNERS will kickoff the race carrying their team's chunk of silver through downtown Silverton. The marked course will take the runners across the bridge on the county road that leads to Kendall Gulch. They will connect up with a trail that heads up the Animas River, past the airstrip and into Arrastra Basin. Once in Arrastra Basin, they will follow the high road up to and past the Mayflower Mine where they will connect with the Silver Lake pack trail. The runners then go by the historic Silver Lake and Buckeye Mines and up to the saddle at the head of Arrastra Basin. At the saddle, they will head NW (292.2) up the ridge following a marked route to the gully at the south of Kendall Peak. They will descend to the road in Kendall Gulch and finish at the junction where the road heads up to Kendall Mountain.

Fastest individual split time in Trail Running, regardless of team finish,wins a $500 award and a special trophy presented by Red Bull Divide & Conquer and Adventure Sports Magazine.

2004 FASTEST TIME: Internet BillBoard/ OpavaNet - Robert Krupicka - 1:32:41.02

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