How hilly is the Deadwood Mickelson Trail Marathon?
The Deadwood Mickelson Trail Marathon is described as net downhill. The course listing puts the climb at 353 m.
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Deadwood Mickelson Trail Marathon has known course details for its marathon race. The summary below keeps the focus on what is confirmed for the course.
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The Deadwood Mickelson Trail Marathon is described as net downhill. The course listing puts the climb at 353 m.
The Deadwood Mickelson Trail Marathon route starts at Rochford, SD (approximately 5,600 feet elevation) and finishes at Engine House at the Deadwood Trailhead, Deadwood, SD (just below 4,600 feet elevation). Underfoot, expect hard-packed crushed limestone gravel (Mickelson Trail rail-trail); first 1.5 miles on paved road. It passes Rochford, Mickelson Trail, Dumont Trailhead, Englewood Trailhead and Kirk Trailhead. Point-to-point course on the Mickelson Trail passing over more than 100 converted railroad bridges and through four hardrock tunnels.
Course closes at 3:00 PM; free return bus service runs 10:30 AM to 3:00 PM. 6.