Frozen Devil's Head

21.6 miles, out and back, from the gate at Highway 67 to Devil's Head and back down.

2,627 feet of climbing. 7,640 feet at the start, 9,662 feet at the turnaround. All of the climbing is on the way out. The turnaround is at the top of Devil's Head, just below the lookout.

Rampart Range Road is closed to vehicles from December 1 through spring. The race runs the closed road. Conditions will be packed snow, ice in the shade, and refrozen ruts, or dry dirt, or both, depending on the week.

FIRST YEAR

This is the first Frozen Devil's Head. It runs at full strength whether the field is 50 or 200: aid out on the road by snowmobile, hot fluids and shelter at both ends and the turn, gear checks, a timing crew as cold as you are. We built it because it is a day we would want ourselves, and the plan is to be at that gate every January for the next thirty years.

AID

Start and finish, mile 5.4, the turnaround at 10.8, and the same station again at mile 16.2 on the way back. Hot fluids and shelter at the start, finish, and turnaround. Aid on course is supplied by either snowmobile or atv.

GEAR

There is a mandatory gear list and it can be checked at packet pickup, the start, and the turnaround. Traction will be decided race week based on road conditions and announced by email at least 48 hours out.

DETAILS

9:00 AM start. 4:00 PM cutoff. There is a cutoff at the turnaround as well.
200 runners.
$92.
Cupless. Bring your own bottle or flask.
No crew or spectators past the gate.
Weather can shorten, delay, or cancel this race. That call is made with the Forest Service.

PARKING

Public lot on the south side of Highway 67 at Rampart Range Road, before the gate. 1141 Rampart Range Rd, Sedalia. About 8 miles west of Sedalia and 26 miles from Denver. Carpool. No parking on the highway or the shoulder.

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Event's current local time: 7:20 PM MT