From the starting line at Shoshone Falls Park, whose stunning namesake waterfalls stand at 212 feet tall (about 45 higher than Niagara Falls), you’ll head onto the park roads that wind westward through its grounds, and then onto the trails just outside the park.
You’ll pass a piece of history in the early going — and then again a second time on the return route back — when you run past the site where the 70s and 80s-era daredevil Evel Knievel attempted to jump the Snake River Canyon on a rocket-propelled motorcycle back in September 1974.
After that, you’ll keep heading westward along long stretches of the 10-mile-long Snake River Canyon Rim Trails, a series of walking, hiking, biking and running trails that wind through the nearby city of Twin Falls and along the canyon rim for which they’re named, and where you might get to see base jumpers trying to fly off in the distance.
You’ll run all the way to the half-way turnaround point at Washington Street, and then retrace your steps all the way back to Shoshone Falls Park for the race finish.
