John Bowers
John Bowers
 on 06/27/2021

Updated 6/28/21- Day 2 of the Teton Mountain Runs Trail Races kicked off with perfect weather and a buzz from the previous day of competition. On deck for Sunday was the Wild 15K Race and the daunting Cody Peak 50K Race. Runners of the 50K race met early in Teton Village while temperatures were still cool for the 6:00am start. With over 8,500 vertical feet of elevation gain on one of the hardest running routes to ever be created on Rendezvous Mountain, these runners were both excited and anxious for the race ahead of them. Check out the course map and description to really get the scope of what running 50K on Rendezvous Mountain is like.

It only took a couple of hours for the 50K runners to clear the lower mountain trails and the race staff to reset the starting area in preparation for the 15K race to start. At 8:00am the gun went off to begin the last race of the weekend. While this race was the shortest of the three this weekend it still boasted over 1,200 vertical feet of running on a course that took competitors from the Southern boundary to the Northern boundary of the resort. Full race results from day two are below. A big congratulations to all of the weekend runners for taking on Rendezvous Mountian in the first-ever Teton Mountain Runs Trail Races. 

Day 2 RACE RESULTS

Posted 2/26/21- Day 1 of the first-ever Teton Mountain Runs Trail Race just came to a close as the last competitors crossed the finish line in Teton Village after 30K of grueling trail running. Today’s race took runners from the base of the village at 6’300 feet to the summit of Rendezvous Mountain at 10,450 feet and back down again (see map below for the Cirque 30k course details). A true coast-to-coast and sea to summit course that hosted breathless views of the valley and surrounding mountains tested every competitor as they zig-zagged up switchbacks and ski runs to complete the stout 30K distance. A big congratulations to all runners today, Rendezvous Mountain is big and it takes serious grit to take it on by foot. Check out the full race results from day 1 below. 

DAY 1 RACE RESULTS

 

15K Race Course Details: Race Start/Finish is in the Bridger lawn next to the Bridger Gondola. The 15K starts with running Seven Bridges across to Saratoga Trail, continues up Saratoga Trail until it connects with the Wildflower Trail at Casper Lift, from there runners descend the Wildflower Trail back to the base crossing the finish line at the Bridger lawn.

 

30K Race Course Details: Race Start/Finish is in the Bridger lawn next to the Bridger Gondola uphill to Seven Bridges, continues up Saratoga Trail until it connects with the Wildflower Trail, from there runners will go North on an access road until they reach the bottom of Crags Run where they will ascend the ski run and continue back South until they reconnect with the Wildflower Trail. Runners then continue up the Cirque Trail to the Top of the World.  After peaking at Rendezvous Mountain, work your way back down the Upper Rock Springs Trail until reaching a maintenance road which then guides you back to the Wildflower Flower Trail. Runners continue onto the Wildflower Trail until reaching the base area finishing in the Bridger lawn.

50K Race Course Details: Race Start/Finish is in the Bridger lawn next to the Bridger Gondola uphill to Seven Bridges, continues up Saratoga Trail until it connects with the Wildflower Trail, from there runners will go North on an access road until they reach the bottom of Crags Run where they will ascend the ski run and continue back South until they reconnect with the Wildflower Trail. Runners then continue up the Cirque Trail to the Top of the World where they work up towards Cody Peak until the trail splits. After reaching Cody Peak (10,758 ft), they make their way back down to the Upper Rock Springs trail, out to a service road that winds down to the Rock Springs drainage. Follow the “climbers trail” down for ~4.5 miles until reaching Yurt Trail, connecting back into the Hoback Trail to run back toward the top of Sweetwater Gondola taking the access road next to Saratoga Trail back down to the base area.