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RaceIndex has a GPS course file for Whiskey Row Marathon, so runners can inspect the route line on the map. Elevation charts and ascent figures appear only when that file includes usable elevation data.
The Whiskey Row Marathon is described as mountainous. The course listing puts the climb at 524 m.
The Whiskey Row Marathon route starts at Courthouse Square and surrounding streets in historic downtown Prescott, near the corner of Montezuma & Gurley St, Prescott, AZ 86301 and finishes at Historic downtown Prescott at Courthouse Square (Whiskey Row), the same area as the start. Underfoot, expect mixed: paved road for the first and last 5 miles, with the remainder run on a dirt forest service road maintained by the US Forest Service. It passes Whiskey Row, Yavapai County Courthouse Square, historic downtown Prescott, Thumb Butte and Prescott National Forest. Billed as one of the toughest and most difficult marathons in the United States, owing to its altitude (entirely above one mile high), rugged dirt-road terrain, steep early climb to about 7,000 ft, and the chance of snow and severe mountain weather in October.