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2023 Race Information


Sunday October 29, 2023
25K Starts at 8:30am
Packet Pick Up
Saturday October 28th: Pick up your race packet at Smith's Bike Shop (12pm-5pm).

Race day: Held on-site at the start/finish area beginning at 6:30am.
Course Information
The 25K course will consist of one loop starting and finishing at the La Crosse weather station on County road FA. There will be 4 aid stations during the loop occurring approximately every 3 miles. The course will be lined with pink flags, and all trail intersections will be heavily marked with signs, flags, and arrows.  A course map and elevation profile can be found under the Course map link under the Race Information tab or by clicking HERE.
Course Description
The 25k loop can be divided into 3 key sections:

Upper Hixon: Consists of 6 miles of winding single track with quick turns, tight squeezes between rocks and trees, technical climbs and fast descents. This section is broken up in the middle with a wider prairie loop on top of the bluff leading to and away from Aid Station #1.

Quarry: Leaving Upper Hixon and Aid Station #2, you will find yourself in an old sandstone quarry, which is wide open with the trail meandering through the middle of it. After descending from the top ridge, you will find yourself in a longer, consistent grade climb back to the top of the bluff, slowly working back into the wooded area of the forest. This section ends with a .5 mile ridge crossing on a dead end county asphalt road.

Lower Hixon: In-between the two short road sections, you will hit one of the most scenic lookouts of the entire course, where you will find Aid Station #3. Enjoy the view before wrapping down and around the exposed bluff face, then climbing back out to the road you came in on. Less than .25 mile back out on the asphalt will bring you to the longest downhill of the course to Aid Station #4. Be careful to not overdo the 2.5 mile winding downhill section, because on the other side of it, you will hit rolling single track and eventually a 1 mile climb back to the top of the bluff and eventually to the finish line.
Race Day Schedule
Packet pick up and check in beginning at 6:30 am and concluding at 8:15 am at the start/finish area.
Race starts at 8:30 am. 
Race cut off at 4:00 pm. 
Awards
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All runners will receive a finishers mug designed and made by our friends at Compass Ceramics.
This event qualifies for the 2023 UMTR Race Series! Click the logo to learn more.
Aid Station Break Down
Aid Station
#1. Start

#2. Start/Finish

#3. Quarry 

#4. Miller Bluff

#5. Lower Hixon

#6. Finish
Distance from Race Start
0 miles

3.2 miles

7.2 miles

10.4 miles

13.4 miles

15.5 miles
Distance to Next Aid Station
3.2 miles

4 miles

3.2 miles

3 miles

2.1 miles

0 miles

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