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Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon
42.2km42.221.4km21.4

Pikes Peak Ascent

21.4km·2377m+
September 18, 07:00 AM
Manitou Springs,
United States
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Pikes Peak Ascent · Race profile

Distance
21.4km
Gain
2377m+
Max
4281m
Min
1920m

About Pikes Peak Ascent

Pikes Peak Ascent is the 21.4km trail race at Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon 2027 (Manitou Springs, United States). The race starts on September 18, 2027 at 07:00 AM. It starts in Manitou Springs and finishes in Pikes Peak summit. The time limit is 6 h 30 min.

Race strategy

Start easy, build your effort, and go all out at the finish.

  • High point at 4281m. Control your HR at altitude.
  • Control your HR on the first climb.
  • Start · 0.0km–1.7km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
  • Home · 1.7km–21.3km · Climb of 2366m, high point 4281m. Build to the finish: leave whatever you have left out on the course. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. At altitude your pace drops, and that's fine.

Course

The course climbs 2377m+. With 111m/km of climbing, the course is exceptionally steep, with long hiking-grade sections. By gradient, 93% of the distance is uphill, 0% downhill and 7% flat. The longest climb runs 21.3km at an average 11.1% grade (2366m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 19.2% over 0.4km. Surface: 90% trail and 7% road.

Poles

Poles bring little benefit here: only about 13.2km of pole-friendly terrain.

Quad damage

There is too little runnable descent to damage the quads: plan the race around climbing and fuelling.

This page has a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for Pikes Peak Ascent.

Other distances of Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon 2027Pikes Peak Marathon (42.2km)

Other editions of Pikes Peak Ascent2026

Official websitewww.pikespeakmarathon.org