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Above The Clouds Ultra

Woodland Park, United States • 4 Oct 2025

Event overview

The Above the Clouds Ultra takes place in Woodland Park, Colorado on October 4, 2025. The event offers the following distances:

  • 50k
  • 10k

Registration closes on October 1, 2025. Registrations include a gender-specific race shirt, personalized bib and finishers’ award, access to aid stations, and a post-race meal. Packet pickup is scheduled the day before at Colorado GearLab and on race morning at the start/finish location.

Course, aid and logistics

The course starts and finishes at Merit Academy in Woodland Park, with the route ascending Lovell Gulch to Rampart Range Road, then continuing south and counterclockwise around Rampart Reservoir singletrack. The route connects to the 700.A National Forest trail, follows quiet National Forest roads north, and returns via the Lovell Gulch Loop to the finish on the school track. Elevation gain is listed as 4,137' for the 50k and 1,126' for the 10k.

Aid stations are positioned along the course; they will be stocked with Tailwind, Muir Energy Gels, snacks, fruit and soda. Rainbow Gulch and Rampart Ridge aid stations will also offer hot options such as bacon and quesadillas. Pacing is prohibited. Crewing is allowed for 50k runners at designated crew-accessible aid stations only. Parking is managed at Merit Academy with attendants. Travel notes list Colorado Springs Municipal Airport and Denver International Airport as the nearest airports and mention reserved camping at Mueller State Park. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

United States Colorado Woodland Park

Race information

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50 km
4137 m+
50k
10 km
1126 m+
10k
Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
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