Cirque Series - Grand Targhee, WY

Friday, Aug 29, 2024: 3pm-6pm - early bib pickup:  TBD

Saturday, Aug 30, 2024: 8:00am-9:30am - Bib pickup available at the race venue. Please arrive early enough to pickup your packet and get ready. We will start promptly at 10:00am.  

Race starts at the base of Grand Targhee, (elevation 7860' ft.), start your ascent near the base of Dreamcatcher chair next to Trap Bar patio. Immediately you start gaining elevation as you run up the service road via Teton Vista Traverse. The steep road treats you to views of beautiful Aspen groves and spruce trees. Not much time to rest here as you gain mid mountain, really cool views of Mary's & Peaked peak amphitheatre. Continue up the Teton Traverse Trail with connecting to Many Saddle Hiking trail (amazing views open up into the Caribou Targhee National Forest). Once you get to the base of Mary's Ridge, there will be an aid station here, mile 2.2 approx, now the real fun begins, you'll head straight up Mary's ascent, the trail consists of big boulders, single track, may require use of your hands, yet a very passable path that has seen lots of foot traffic. Incredible views of the Grand Teton come into view once you're about to hit the summit of Mary's Nipple (9,920' ft), you'll catch your breath, run along the ridge towards the saddle between Mary's and Peaked Mountain, this will be amazing high alpine world class mountain running. Please be confident in your stepping.

This area will be a much welcomed ease of severe climbing you experienced pushing for Mary's summit. You'll begin to make a short, but technical ascent to Peaked Mountain summit, incredible views of Grand Teton, Grand Targhee resort & views of the entire valley. The ascent is steep & technical area w potential of snow, again, please be confident in your steps, & mindful of your fellow competitors. You'll summit of Peaked Mountain (elevation 9,830' ft.) truly a breathtaking summit. From here you descend Peaked Mountain, it will be a mix of rock ridge connecting to a brief service road, there will be another Aid Station, approx mile 3.8. Start to descend down to Ain’t Life Grand singletrack to brief service road connecting quickly to Peaked Trail singletrack. Towards lower mountain, you will make one last downhill push on the Yada singletrack, onto Yada Yada trail. You will finish back on lower portion of Andy's singletrack, then finish in the vendor village at Trap Bar plaza where you started. Please stay on marked & established trails at all times, be courteous of your day hikers out enjoying nature on the same trails. Course is 7.1 miles, featuring 2,212' ft vert.

**course subject to change as necessary

**Every competitor is subject to a strict cut-off time, base of Mary’s ascent (Aid station #1), 43 minute cut-off

We will provide hydration for all participants.

Cancellation / Refund Policy:  the race organizers reserve the ability to cancel the event due to unsafe weather, any variety of circumstances, etc. Race organizers will make the best decisions when it comes to protecting the safety of all runners. This means we reserve the right to adjust, cancel, reroute, or reschedule as we see fit.

Because the bulk of our costs come before the event even occurs we will not be able to extend refunds to those who wish to cancel their registration. We will assess things appropriately & fairly, to the best of our abilities. If the race is popular enough to create a waiting list, we will also treat your entry fairly with specifics TBD.

Race registration is non transferable & cannot be rolled over to subsequent races. We will always treat our community fairly but also ask that you be sympathetic about the realities of putting on a great event. Anyone running under a bib assigned to another athlete will be banned from future Cirque Series Races, we take this very seriously because it creates a safety issue.

Cateories:
*SPORT: This category is for people that don't have a ton of mountain experience, and wouldn't call themselves strong runners. But are ready to test themselves.

*EXPERT: This category is for people with a lot of mountain experience, consider themselves strong hikers with competent running skills.

*PRO: This category is for professional runners.

Results
Results will be posted here 48 hours after the event.

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Contact Us
julian@cirqueseries.com