Leadville Trail 100 Course Maps

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to a collection of information about all of the Leadville Trail 100 courses.  This data has been gathered throughout the last 4 race seasons using a variety of GPS units and validated using National Geographic's TOPO! program. 

The distances are deemed to be between 98% and 100% accurate.  The elevation gain and loss is somewhat less accurate perhaps as low as 90%.   Because GPS data uses many straight lines to approximate a route the distances and elevation totals are universally short.  For example, the consensus after many bicycle measurements by the old MTB100 guard is that the course is within a couple tenths of 102.5 miles long (2006 course).  The GPS data here indicates 101.9

 

As new data becomes available this site will be updated.  Please contact us directly at (mwallace @ nyx.net) or through the Leadville Trail 100 office if you’d like to contribute to the site. Many thanks to those who have already done so.
 

Mark

 

“Go Far, Go Fast, Have Fun!”

 

 

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If you’re starved for even more information like current course conditions try one of these discussion forums, select “Join This Group”, you’ll need a YAHOO ID:

 

Leadville 100 Bike Events

 

Leadville 100 Run Events

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* The Leadville Race Courses *

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marathon and Half Marathon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silver Rush Bike and Run

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100 MTB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10K

 

 

 

 

 

100 RUN

 

 

 

 

 

The 12/24 Hours of Pb

 

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL NOTES ON THE MAPS & DATA

 

The maps and profiles that follow were generated using GPS data imported into National Geographics TOPO! Program.  The elevation profile graphs show the distance and end elevation in the lower left, the elevation gain (+) and loss (-) is shown in the lower right.  For several of the out and back courses the maps, elevation profiles, and data files represent the route to the turn-around point.  If only half of the course is shown the elevation gain and loss numbers can be added together to obtain the total elevation gained for the full course.

 

 

 

 

 

 

All of the data files are in ZIP format.  After downloading they must be UNZIPPED.

 

The gpx file is a GPS Exchange format file that can be read into virtually any GPS device capable of accepting routes.  If your device doesn’t recognize this format there are a variety of tools to convert the file to a format your device recognizes.  One tool that usually does the job is “gpsbabel”.

 

The kml file is a Google Earth file.  Use the free application from earth.google.com to view the course in 3 dimensions!

 

The tpo file is viewed using the National Geographic TOPO! program.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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