IMOGENE PASS RUN COURSE REFERENCES |
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| Distance | Elevation | |
| Starting Line at Ouray | 0.00 mi | 7,810 ft |
| First Curve, Leave Ouray | 0.15 mi | 7,815 ft |
| Leave Highway | 0.32 mi | 7,860 ft |
| Powder Magazine, Base of Jim Brown Hill | 0.50 mi | 7,925 ft |
| Top of Jim Brown Hill | 0.90 mi | 8,200 ft |
| Mile 1 (traffic cone) | 1.00 mi | 8,230 ft |
| Base of Legal Tender Hill | 1.50 mi | 8,370 ft |
| Top of Legal Tender Hill, First View of United States Mountain | 1.80 mi | 8,545 ft |
| Mile 2 (traffic cone) | 2.00 mi | 8,540 ft |
| Canyon Creek Aid Station | 2.30 mi | 8,520 ft |
| Mile 3 (traffic cone), Base of Weehawken Hill | 3.00 mi | 8,750 ft |
| Drinking Cup Curve, Top of Weehawken Hill | 3.40 mi | 8,980 ft |
| Senator Gulch, Base of Unconformity Hill | 3.82 mi | 9,135 ft |
| Mile 4 (traffic cone) | 4.00 mi | 9,180 ft |
| Water Hole Slide, Top of Unconformity Hill | 4.62 mi | 9,600 ft |
| Mile 5 (traffic cone) | 5.00 mi | 9,695 ft |
| Lower Camp Bird Aid Station | 5.10 mi | 9,765 ft |
| Bridge at Lower Camp Bird, Begin Consistent Climb | 5.45 mi | 9,755 ft |
| Mile 6 (traffic cone) | 6.00 mi | 10,115 ft |
| Junction, Imogene/Bypass Roads | 6.15 mi | 10,235 ft |
| U. S. Depository Mine (ruins) | 6.45 mi | 10,470 ft |
| Imogene Creek Crossing (at Yellow Rose Mine Ruins) | 6.85 mi | 10,730 ft |
| Mile 7 (traffic cone) | 7.00 mi | 10,825 ft |
| Junction, Imogene/Richmond Roads, and Richmond Bridge | 7.20 mi | 10,950 ft |
| Upper Camp Bird Aid Station, and Imogene Creek Crossing | 7.60 mi | 11,235 ft |
| Mile 8 (traffic cone) | 8.00 mi | 11,540 ft |
| Last Switchback (right) Below Headwall | 8.25 mi | 11,740 ft |
| Switchback (right) at Base of Headwall | 8.80 mi | 12,060 ft |
| Top of Headwall, First View of Imogene Pass | 8.92 mi | 12,290 ft |
| Dip | 8.95 mi | 12,265 ft |
| Mile 9 (traffic cone) | 9.00 mi | 12,310 ft |
| Top of Major Climb | 9.25 mi | 12,550 ft |
| Dip | 9.30 mi | 12,520 ft |
| Base of Major Climb | 9.60 mi | 12,750 ft |
| Top of Major Climb | 9.77 mi | 12,945 ft |
| Junction, Imogene Road/ Imogene Trail (leave road) | 9.85 mi | 12,990 ft |
| Junction, Imogene Trail/ Imogene Road (regain road) | 9.97 mi | 13,123 ft |
| Mile 10 (traffic cone) | 10.00 mi | 13,122 ft |
| Imogene Pass, Imogene Aid Station, Begin descent of Savage Hill | 10.05 mi | 13,120 ft |
| Major Switchback (right) | 10.29 mi | 12,893 ft |
| Mile 11 (traffic cone) | 11.00 mi | 12,220 ft |
| Dip, Base of Savage Hill at Tomboy (ruins) | 11.93 mi | 11,515 ft |
| Tomboy Aid Station | 11.96 mi | 11,530 ft |
| Mile 12 (traffic cone) | 12.00 mi | 11,495 ft |
| Japan Bridge | 12.30 mi | 11,370 ft |
| Mile 13 (traffic cone) | 13.00 mi | 10,950 ft |
| Bullion Tunnel (ruins) | 13.25 mi | 10,915 ft |
| Mile 14 (traffic cone) | 14.00 mi | 10,615 ft |
| Social Tunnel Aid Station | 14.30 mi | 10,485 ft |
| Mile 15 (traffic cone) | 15.00 mi | 10,020 ft |
| Final Switchback (right) | 15.80 mi | 9,540 ft |
| Mile 16 (traffic cone) | 16.00 mi | 9,410 ft |
| Junction, Imogene/Virginius Roads | 16.70 mi | 9,010 ft |
| Last Curve (left), Enter Telluride | 16.99 mi | 8,865 ft |
| Mile 17 (red paint mark on curb to left, 50 feet down the first town block) | 17.00 mi | 8,855 ft |
| Finish Line at Telluride | 17.10 mi | 8,820 ft |
A difficult race for well prepared athletes