The Cedar Creek Marathon begins at Big Creek Campground and finishes along Nucleus in Columbia Falls, Montana. The marathon borders Glacier National Park, Flathead river and Cedar Creek with incredible views as you run. The course is a mix of gravel and pavement to ease the knees with some rolling …
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The Cedar Creek Marathon begins at Big Creek Campground and finishes along Nucleus in Columbia Falls, Montana. The marathon borders Glacier National Park, Flathead river and Cedar Creek with incredible views as you run. The course is a mix of gravel and pavement to ease the knees with some rolling hills to keep your legs awake and rocking the entire route. The marathon course is a Boston Qualifying event and will guarantee to make you fall in love with northwest Montana and all its beauty as you race to cross the finish line in quaint Columbia Falls, Montana.
The Cedar Creek Half Marathon course comes in halfway through the marathon route and continues through the beautiful views and fall colors along a 100% paved course finishing in Columbia Falls, Montana. The 10K will begin just outside of Columbia Falls at the Cedar Flats Trail. Runners will enjoy a trail run to begin the race and finish on the roads of Columbia Falls with a final finish at The Coop in Columbia Falls. The 5K begins on Aluminum Drive and runs along the North Fork Road to finish at The Coop in Columbia Falls.
Race offers each participant a shirt and finishers medal along with other great food and swag at the finish line. The Cedar Creek Marathon is put on by Logan Health Fitness.
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Small, Beautiful, and Challenging!
I loved this race, and you will too if you like scenery, challenging, and small races. It is a point to point, with the first 7 miles gravel (and chatter … MORE
I loved this race, and you will too if you like scenery, challenging, and small races. It is a point to point, with the first 7 miles gravel (and chatter bumps). The views were well worth it.
The race starts at a campground and a fire was going to warm up when we arrived. There were only about 50 runners, so we used the vault toilets at the campground. A short stroll to the road and we were on our way.
Aid stations were exactly as described, volunteers were great. I carried the bear spray until Mike 12, and didn’t feel concerned at any time.
Being a sea level flatlander I knew the course with the long ascents and descents would be tough and looking at splits from last year many appeared to blow up. So I went out very conservative and I’m glad I did!
The swag included a mug which was really nice. The finish had all the necessities. We stayed at the Glacier Inn motel and it was a great location.
The only scary part was at the end coming into town when vehicles were passing at 70 mph. About half moved over, the others almost blew me off the road at times.
Overall, low key and I would do it again!