The Nitty Gritty

August 17th

  • When & Where

    7:30am Marathon

    9am Relay Marathon

    11am Half Marathon

    1pm Hot Lap

    Saturday, August 17, 2024

    Red Lodge Mountain

    305 Ski Run Rd, Red Lodge, MT 59068

  • What

    A throwback to how running used to be and we don’t mean uphill both ways (although the course might feel like that!). This casual race goes back to the roots of trail running: good company, good terrain, and good beer. Make yourself at home at the start/finish basecamp and get ready for the race of your life.

    Grab your friends and take on the 6-lap marathon course or go solo for 26.2, 13.1 or a 4.31 mile Hot Lap! The course features access road, singletrack trails, and a health dose of bushwhacking around Red Lodge Mountain.

    Sure to be your dog’s favorite race of the year!

  • Cost

    $25 kids 17 and under

    $25 Hot Lap

    $40 Half Marathon

    $40 Marathon

    $70-$200 teams of 2 to 6

    *adult prices go up May 28th.

  • Who

    All ages and abilities are welcome. We say it’s a running race everyone can plan on doing plenty of ‘power hiking.’

    Four-legged training partners are welcome to join on or off leash. Off leash dogs must have good recall and be kept away from the snack table.

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Course Maps

To keep things interesting, we change the course every year. Each lap is approximately 4.3 miles and will features about 900-1200ft of eleavation gain per lap. 3 laps make the Half Marathon and 6 laps make the Full Marathon and Marathon Relay.

The course runs on a mix of single track, access road and a little bushwaching sprinkled in. We recycle some sections of the course, but it will never be the same as it was the year before!

Course maps are released 2 weeks prior to race day. For an example of the course, check out the 2023 course map (please note, there was a re-route that corrected the distance).