DC Peaks 25K is the 24.2km trail race at DC Peaks 2026 (Bountiful, United States). The race starts on October 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM. It starts in Bountiful and finishes in North Salt Lake.
Run the climb at race pace, build your speed on the downhill, and go all out at the finish.
The course climbs 610m+. With 25m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 38% of the distance is uphill, 30% downhill and 32% flat. The longest climb runs 7.9km at an average 5.5% grade (434m of vertical). The longest descent runs 3.2km at an average 6.8% grade (214m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 22.8% over 0.2km. The steepest descent drops at 18.0% over 0.3km. Surface: 94% trail and 6% road. Flat-equivalent effort: 28.5 FlatKM.
The course is runnable enough that trekking poles are not needed.
There is too little runnable descent to damage the quads: plan the race around climbing and fuelling.
On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 8°C to 22°C, with around 16°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 28%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 5% of days around this date.
64 finishers completed the 2026 edition. Men's winner: Josh Perkins (United States) in 1:49:05. Women's winner: Danielle Pavliv (United States) in 2:39:55.
This page has the full results and splits, a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for DC Peaks 25K.
Other distances of DC Peaks 2026DC Peaks 100 (161km)·DC Peaks 50 (80.4km)·DC Peaks 55K (56.4km)
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