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The Broken Arrow Skyrace
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The Broken Arrow Skyrace The Ascent

5.8km·865m+
June 18
Olympic Valley,
United States
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The Broken Arrow Skyrace The Ascent · Race profile

Distance
5.8km
Gain
865m+
Max
2690m
Min
1909m

About The Broken Arrow Skyrace The Ascent

The Broken Arrow Skyrace The Ascent is the 5.8km vertical kilometre at The Broken Arrow Skyrace 2027 (Olympic Valley, United States). The race starts on June 18, 2027.

Race strategy

Short race: go all out.

  • Steep 26% wall. Control your pace and stay focused.
  • High point at 2690m. Control your HR at altitude.
  • Control your HR on the first climb.
  • Start · 0.0km–1.3km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
  • Home · 1.3km–5.8km · Climb of 855m, high point 2690m. Kick for the line: give it everything you've got. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. At altitude your pace drops, and that's fine. Hike the steepest pitches.

Course

The course climbs 865m+. With 149m/km of climbing, the course is exceptionally steep, with long hiking-grade sections. By gradient, 90% of the distance is uphill, 10% downhill and 0% flat. The longest climb runs 5.8km at an average 14.8% grade (855m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 32.7% over 0.4km. Surface: 55% trail and 45% smooth.

Summits

The course also passes close to Washeshu Peak (2706m).

Poles

Trekking poles are strongly recommended: about 3.9km of the course is steep enough for them to pay off.

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 The Broken Arrow Skyrace The Ascent.

Other distances of The Broken Arrow Skyrace 2027The Broken Arrow Skyrace 46K (45.3km)·The Broken Arrow Skyrace 23K (22.9km)·The Broken Arrow Skyrace 18K (17.9km)·The Broken Arrow Skyrace 11K (10.7km)

Other editions of The Broken Arrow Skyrace The Ascent2026·2025

Official websitewww.brokenarrowskyrace.com