Experience a training camp like no other!
Steep Camp, at its core, is a fixed time mountain trail run held on a hand built 1 mile loop at Kendall Mountain Recreation Area in beautiful Silverton, Colorado in the heart of the San Juan Mountains! This high altitude scenic run is the perfect destination trail run to do with friends. Camp out or stay in a local hotel and run, walk or hike laps when you want to. Experience the beauty of the mountains while still having access to your camp and supplies every mile!
Presented by Jamil Coury and Run Steep Get High, Steep Camp will offer daily activities beyond running and gaining fitness at altitude. There will be challenges, workshops, happy hours, campfires and so much more! Come hang out with Jamil Coury in the San Juans and experience the Steep Life first-hand!
Course Summary
All runs take place on a 1 mile trail loop around the Kendall Mountain Recreation Area in beautiful Silverton, Colorado at elevation 9318. Each 1 mile loop of the course features a challenging 250 feet of elevation gain and subsequent loss. The runs are all “go as you please” format, meaning you may run or rest when you choose.
Not Just a Camp
While we’ll be camping and hanging all week, we’ll also be participating in a mountain race one mile at a time. How much vert will you do? 10,000 feet? 20,000 feet?
Join us for 1, 2, 3 or 5 days of training (6-hour and 12-hour options available also) on the 1-mile hand-build trail loop at Kendall Mountain Recreation Area. The loop gains and descends ~250 feet over the course of the mile and is a perfect way to get the lungs burning, the quads screaming and build fitness for a summer event.
Join the Steep Life Community
This is the first time we’ve had an opportunity to bring together the Run Steep Get High world wide community. Meet others that embrace the steep life of mountain running.
Free camping, incredible scenery, challenging training at altitude, workshops to hone your skills, and the camaraderie of a campfire.
Live the Steep Life with Jamil Coury
Silverton, Colorado is the heart and soul of Run Steep Get High. It is where the idea was born, where the lifestyle is best lived, and where Jamil spends most of his summers.
Jamil will be leading the festivities surrounding steep camp: trying to gain vert, imparting his knowledge of endurance event filming and lifestyle vlogging, along with participating in challenges and hanging around town each night.
100-Mile Buckle Challenge – Run Steep!
Amass 100 miles in any of the races and earn your very own Steep Camp belt buckle! No matter if it is in 24 hours or 5 days you have a chance to earn this one of a kind belt buckle.
If you are the first runner to go sub 24 hours for 100 miles on this course (which has never been done – current course record is 91 by Cody Braford) and earn $1000 in Aravaipa Race Credits!
Explore More
Don’t just stick around base camp. Silverton, Colorado offers a myriad of day hikes, mountains to summit, and so much more.
Discover the beauty of the San Juan mountains while getting a “home cooked’ meal by Pati Coury and place to crash each night.
Speaking of that place to crash…
Camping is free and tent rentals are available on site at the Kendall Mountain Recreation Area. RVs are allowed to park right at base camp (no hookups) and the town of Silverton offers hotels and Airbnb rentals – but book soon because July is the month to be in Silverton!
Photography by Jubilee Paige
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Awards
There will be different buckle awards for 100 through 300 miles achieved. If you are the overall winner in your event, you will also receive a unique award. You may enter any race to qualify for any one buckle that represents your total distance. There will also be a $1000 in Aravaipa Running race credits for the first person who can do 100 miles within 24-hours!
We will present progressive achievement awards to runners who have accumulated 1000 miles, 2000 miles and onward, over the years in the Silverton Challenge (This dates back to the event being known as Silverton 1000, and the Silverton 6/12/24). These awards are given regardless of which event you have competed in, over the accumulated years.
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