The Cheyenne Mountain Run 25K will start at 9 a.m. at the Limekiln Trailhead at an elevation of 6,000 feet and follows the Talon and North Talon Trails to the start of the Dixon Trail. Runners will follow the Dixon Tail to the top meadow and will turn left and continue to the top of the Dixon Trail. At that point the course continues on Mountain Loop Trail and runners will reach an elevation of about 9,335 feet and complete a clockwise loop that returns to the lower junction of the Dixon Trail and the Mountain Loop Trail. Runners will continue down the Dixon Trail and return to the Limekiln Trailhead finish line on North Talon and Talon Trails. Total elevation gain and loss will be about 3,350 feet over the 25K distance. Because this is a mostly out an back course and the Dixon Trail is mostly single track, hiking poles will not be allowed.

In addition to the water stop at the top of the Dixon Trail there will be water stops at the Talon/Sundance and Talon/North Talon junctures and one just up the lower section of the Dixon Trail. From the lower Dixon Trail water stop to the top of the Dixon Trail aid station runners will need to carry their own hydration and be prepared for weather changes. We will have course marshals and communication methods but there won't be a way off the top other than coming back down the race course to the Limekiln Trailhead. The finish line timing station will close at 3:30 p.m.