Point Mariah Trail Marathon

Join DPMR for the second running of the Point Mariah Trail Marathon! With immense gratitude to the Truckee Donner Land Trust, the course will primarily run through the protected Royal Gorge land near Soda Springs, CA. Special thanks to our other land use partners at the Soda Springs Ski Resort and the National Forest Service. Point Mariah offers expansive views of the Granite Chief Wilderness, the Pacific Crest Trail between Sugar Bowl and Squaw Valley, and the breathtaking Royal Gorge of the North Fork of the American River (one of the deepest canyons in the western US).

Marathon This is the cool part – we’ve designed a very unique, fun, multi-loop style course with five segments that tours different parts of the Royal Gorge land, and brings everyone together at our Soda Springs Rd. central aid station each time you pass through! Distance: ~26.4 miles Elevation: ~4,300 ft of vertical gain, ranging from 6,800′ at the start/finish to just over 7,600′ on Razorback Ridge. Trails: the course features 85% single track, 15% double track and dirt road.

Partner Marathon In an effort to welcome runners of different ability levels to this new event, we’re also offering a Partner Marathon option! You and a partner can run the full marathon route as a relay team – sharing the fun and the challenge and dividing up the effort. Pick a fabulous team name, then plan your hand-offs at the aid station however you’d like: how you divide up the segments is totally up to you! You can run 1 segment then have your partner run the rest of the race, you can swap each segment, you can run the first 3 segments then have your partner take it home to the finish line, etc. There are no rules on how Partners break up the course, but all hand-offs must take place at our central aid station. Again, you are not allowed to drive to the aid station in personal vehicles, so if you’re on a Partner Marathon team please plan on walking/running/biking or taking the shuttle from the Start/Finish line to the aid station and back. It’s the same exact route as the full marathon, just make it a team effort! We will provide each partner team with some type of “baton” or bracelet to pass from one runner to the next.

5-Person Team Marathon Same deal as the Partner Marathon, but with five of you now! Gather a team of five and each of you take one of the five race course sections. All hand-offs happen at the central aid station.