Black Squirrel Half Marathon

The Black Squirrel Trail Half Marathon will start and finish at the Soldier Canyon Picnic Area in Lory State Park to the northwest of Fort Collins, Colorado. Runners will head south on the Lodgepole Drive Spur Road for a little less than a half mile before looping back north on the main Lory Service Road to the Timber Trailhead where they will access the Timber Trail and ascend all the way to the Westridge Trail.

The course takes a right on Westridge, looping around to connect with the Howard Trail (right turn), which runners will take down to the Arthur’s Rock Link Trail (hard left) and Arthur’s Rock Trail (right) to the Arthur’s Rock Trailhead. From the trailhead/aid station, the course will run south on the west side of the South Valley Trail until it turns back north on the east side of the loop at the Horsetooth Mountain Park border. Runners will then pass through the Arthur’s Rock Trailhead again to connect with the East Valley Trail which will take them back to the finish.

You will climb ~1,500 feet between mile two and mile six, descend an equal distance over the next two and a half miles and then run on gently rolling terrain for the last 4.5 miles.