Copper Canyons 50K, Marathon & Half Marathon
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All of our running events (50K, Marathon, Half Marathon) will take you on ancient trails and pathways revealing some of the most beautiful and challenging landscapes on the planet. You will run along ridge lines with never ending views, up steep mountains, down technical descents into deep canyons, over fertile valleys, across rivers and next to waterfalls. You will experience a day which will be etched in your mind for life.
In the Sierra Tarahumara: We Run Free, We Run Together, and We Run Forever!
UlTRAMARATHON Course Description
Some 50K’s are basically a Marathon plus a few miles - this isn’t one of them. This course earns the ‘Ultramarathon’ label. It’s going to be super challenging, but it’s also going to be easy. Easy because you will be running free, running because you want to run, running with friends new and old. and running among the Oaks and Pines on amazingly scenic trails that have been ran by local Raramuri runners for generations. Yes, you can race this event but you likely will find yourself just running free and taking in all the blessings that running offers us - this event has a way of doing that.
Starting in the beautiful Cerocahui Valley during the Cultural Festival weekend you will head up out of town and follow a river up-up-up! After just a few short miles you will come to best mid race selfie location ever - the Cascadas de Cerocahui (a spectacular waterfall). Keep climbing up a gorgeous trail to the top of the Sierra and you find yourself among the Oaks and Pines. A couple “easier miles” of mostly rolling, some more up and up and soon you will pop out and have the view you have been waiting for as the whole of the Urique Canyon is below you. Next is an out-n-back that you will be telling the stories about forever (we will leave it at that for now). Now on the second half of the course turning back toward the finish you run through the Tarahumara community of Porochi and back down another river valley with scenery that only the Copper Canyons can provide - including a a spectacular Box Canyon and ancient inhabited caves. A left turn for a couple miles and back to finish among the cheers and all the energy of the Festival!
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Marathon Course Description
This will be one of the most challenging marathons you’ll ever run, but it will also perhaps be the most rewarding and scenic one. Starting in the beautiful Cerocahui Valley during the Cultural Festival weekend you will head up out of town and follow a river up-up-up! After just a few short miles you will come to best mid race selfie location ever - the Cascadas de Cerocahui (a spectacular waterfall). Keep climbing up to the top of the Sierra and you find yourself among the Oaks and Pines and running on trails that have been ran by local Raramuri runners for generations. Soon you will pop out and have the view you have been waiting for as the whole of the Urique Canyon is below you. Head on down to the lookout to one of the world’s most scenic aid stations Turning back toward the finish you’ll run through the Raramuri community of Porochi and back down another river valley with scenery that you will recall forever and only the Sierra Tarahumara can provide - including a a spectacular Box Canyon and ancient inhabited caves. A left turn for a couple miles and back to finish among the cheers and all the energy of the Festival! Time to celebrate and enjoy the festival and maybe some tesguino!
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Half Marathon Course Description
Perhaps the most beautiful half marathon (21K) course in North America! Also one of the most challenging. While the course profile seems to have much descent, there are many climbs and enough technical terrain to ensure every step of the journey will be a true adventure. Starting at the famous Mirador Cerro del Gallego overlooking the deepest Canyon in North America you begin the unforgetable run that first takes you up up to the top of lookout over the vast Sierra of the Urique Municipal. You then begin a drop down a large Arroyo gorge to the Raramuri village of Perrochi via trails that have been ran for generations. Leaving the add station you will again climb up to the Sierra overlooking the majestic Cerocahui valley and even get a glimpse of the finish some 4,000 feet and 6 miles below. After just a few short miles you will come to best mid race selfie location ever - the Cascadas de Cerocahui (a spectacular waterfall). Keep following the river down through Pine and Oak and the sounds of nature until you come into town. Then just a left turn and a mile or so to finish among the cheers and all the energy of the Festival Cerocahui!
