Discover Arizona Mining CountryThe Copper Corridor Trail Runs depart from the old mining town of Superior, Arizona which serves as the start & finish line. Runners will head West of town towards Arnette Canyon where they will enter a riparian wonderland of flowing creeks, towering rock formations and dense sycamore …
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Discover Arizona Mining Country
The Copper Corridor Trail Runs depart from the old mining town of Superior, Arizona which serves as the start & finish line. Runners will head West of town towards Arnette Canyon where they will enter a riparian wonderland of flowing creeks, towering rock formations and dense sycamore trees.
31 km entrants will traverse the length of Arnette to Picketpost Trailhead and get a taste of the Arizona Trail for two miles before returning back to town. 50 km runners will continue South bound on the Arizona Trail for a circumnavigation of the mighty Picketpost Mountain before making their way back to Superior to finish on Main Street!
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This soon to be well known area is currently a hidden gem in Arizona. Be one of the first to discover this amazing area of Arizona which is not too far from Phoenix geographically, but a world away in so many ways. Discover the beauty and history of this land rich in resources and views.
With a race start & finish right in downtown Superior this is an Aravaipa race you won’t soon forget. You’ll soon leave the quite town behind as you venture into rugged and awesome desert country complete with Saguaro cactus forests, flowing creeks and rock formations reminiscent of the Superstition Wilderness or Bryce Canyon.
For those looking for a full day’s worth of adventure, sign up for the 50K which features many miles of the Arizona Trail and a loop around the iconic Picketpost Mountain!
Be sure to stick around for and afternoon of exploring Main Street, taking in the sights and sharing some well earned post race refreshments around town. Several bars will have live music Saturday evening.
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Great place to run
This is a very nice small community. Low traffic, lots of parking, no issues at all. 4 races, single track but very skinny track. Some hills but lots of rocks. … MORE
This is a very nice small community. Low traffic, lots of parking, no issues at all. 4 races, single track but very skinny track. Some hills but lots of rocks. 6 miles trail, 4 miles of dirt road. Close to Tucson, Close to Phoenix. Longer races are more of the same. Good Aid stations. One gal was way to serious, fun race but lets have fun.
SOOOO pretty!
The race website describes it as "soon to be famous," or something like that. The area is really pretty, but I don't think it's going to be a national park … MORE
The race website describes it as “soon to be famous,” or something like that. The area is really pretty, but I don’t think it’s going to be a national park anytime soon, or maybe even a state park (If you do go to this race, visiting the Lost Dutchman State Park is worth it). It’s a lot like so much of the terrain in that area. I’m from Tennessee and we don’t have this sort of terrain back east, and I found it hard to not keep stopping to take pictures every two minutes for the first several miles. It’s just a really pretty place. I flew to Arizona specifically for this run, stayed the weekend, and then flew home. And it was worth it. It may not be worth it for someone who sees that sort of trails all the time, but for an Appalachian Mountain boy who sees a lot of green tunnels when I run, it was worth the trip.
There were port-a-potties, and the aid stations were stocked well, and frequent enough to meet my needs, and the volunteers were great, as they always are. If I was local I would do this race again.
There is a hotel in town, right at the start line. But it turns out that my wife had family in Phoenix, not too far away, and didn’t want to pay two hundred bucks a night to stay in the hotel at the start line, so I stayed for free with my wife’s aunt. Other than this one hotel in Superior, I don’t know if there are other local’ish hotels. But if you do stay in Superior, there looked to be a few decent coffee shops and Mexican restaurants right there on main street.
Highly recommend.
My first ultra 50K in beautiful Superior
A friend recommended this as my first 50K when I started looking for one I think back in December. I didn't want to wait another year and April-September is just … MORE
A friend recommended this as my first 50K when I started looking for one I think back in December. I didn’t want to wait another year and April-September is just too hot here in the Valley. This was a beautiful course, with a lot of water crossings due to the amount of rain we got, which worried me at first but I seemed to not mind it as much as I thought. Aravaipa’s races are amazing and this was no exception!
Amazing Hidden Hide-a-way
There are some great views in this race, recent storms put lots of water in the creeks, several creek crossing. Nice running area. Good aid stations, mostly OK marked trails … MORE
There are some great views in this race, recent storms put lots of water in the creeks, several creek crossing. Nice running area. Good aid stations, mostly OK marked trails but needed more markers out, at one fork in the trail, no markings, that caused a delay. Award pick up is still up in the air, or lacking information. This organization gives out very cheap glasses or wine glasses, so cheap they break easily. If they are going to do that, spend some money and get good ones we can use. I have spoke up on this but no one wants to hear that.