Set in the Rocky Mountains just outside Denver, Colorado, the Georgetown to Idaho Springs Half Marathon takes runners through what is certainly some of the most scenic road race terrain anywhere in the United States.
It’s also challenging for runners thanks to its high altitude course, which begins at Georgetown Lake (on the frontage road just off Interstate 70) at an elevation of 8,500 feet above sea level, and then descends by the end of the race to 7,500 feet at Idaho Springs.
Participants run a two-mile loop through Georgetown and then make their way along the frontage road to Idaho Springs, down nearby Clear Creek Canyon, and encounter several uphills and downhills along the way.
While much of the course is paved surfaces, one two-mile stretch is run across rocky dirt roads on the way to the finish near Clear Creek Football Field in Clear Creek Valley, in nearby Idaho Springs.
Along the race route, runners will get ample views of some of Colorado’s most scenic mountain peaks and valleys.
Located about 50 miles west of Denver by car, the stretch between Georgetown and Idaho Springs is home to plentiful skiing resorts, streams, hiking and biking trails as well as the Royal Gorge Route Railroad, a popular tourist attraction that draws more than 100,000 riders every year for its two-hour tour of Colorado’s Royal Gorge.
Georgetown to Idaho Springs Half Marathon
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Set in the Rocky Mountains just outside Denver, Colorado, the Georgetown to Idaho Springs Half Marathon takes runners through what is certainly some of the most scenic road race terrain anywhere in the United States.
It’s also challenging for runners thanks to its high altitude course, which begins at Georgetown Lake (on the frontage road just off Interstate 70) at an elevation of 8,500 feet above sea level, and then descends by the end of the race to 7,500 feet at Idaho Springs.
Participants run a two-mile loop through Georgetown and then make their way along the frontage road to Idaho Springs, down nearby Clear Creek Canyon, and encounter several uphills and downhills along the way.
While much of the course is paved surfaces, one two-mile stretch is run across rocky dirt roads on the way to the finish near Clear Creek Football Field in Clear Creek Valley, in nearby Idaho Springs.
Along the race route, runners will get ample views of some of Colorado’s most scenic mountain peaks and valleys.
Located about 50 miles west of Denver by car, the stretch between Georgetown and Idaho Springs is home to plentiful skiing resorts, streams, hiking and biking trails as well as the Royal Gorge Route Railroad, a popular tourist attraction that draws more than 100,000 riders every year for its two-hour tour of Colorado’s Royal Gorge.
