New trail race will raise funds for Dixon Trail to Cheyenne Mountain summit
CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN STATE PARK – Construction of the new Dixon Trail to the summit of Cheyenne Mountain is underway and this fall runners and walkers will have an opportunity to help with the project.
The Dixon Trail, which begins in Cheyenne Mountain State Park, will weave its way up the southeastern flanks of Cheyenne Mountain. Volunteer crews have completed about .75 miles of the trail, with more work scheduled.
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New trail race will raise funds for Dixon Trail to Cheyenne Mountain summit
CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN STATE PARK – Construction of the new Dixon Trail to the summit of Cheyenne Mountain is underway and this fall runners and walkers will have an opportunity to help with the project.
The Dixon Trail, which begins in Cheyenne Mountain State Park, will weave its way up the southeastern flanks of Cheyenne Mountain. Volunteer crews have completed about .75 miles of the trail, with more work scheduled.
To help fund the trail-building efforts, the nonprofit organization Friends of Cheyenne Mountain State Park is inviting runners and hikers to the first Cheyenne Mountain Run set for 10 a.m., Oct. 24. Participants will have the option to take on a challenging out-and-back 8-mile trail run that will include the completed portion of the Dixon Trail, or tackle a rolling 5K.
“The more runners and walkers that participate, the more money we can contribute to help complete the trail,” said Pat Cooper, president of Friends of Cheyenne Mountain State Park
Registration is available at friendsofcmsp.org. Or, register in person at Cheyenne Mountain State Park. All participants will receive a race Tech-shirt and there will be overall and age-group awards.
“Not only is it exciting to see a new trail to the top of an iconic Front Range Mountain, this new trail race will be a popular edition to the fall racing schedule,” said Tim Bergsten, a runner and race director from Colorado Springs. “I think the running community will be eager to support the construction of the Dixon Trail.”
The Dixon Trail is currently closed to the public. When it is finished, the new 3-mile-long trail will ascend about 3,000 feet connect with the Top of the Mountain Trail, a 3.6-mile loop, at 9,000 feet atop Cheyenne Mountain. The distance from the Limekiln Trailhead in Cheyenne Mountain State Park to the top of the Dixon Trail will be slightly over 6 miles, giving hikers and runners a roundtrip of nearly 12.5 miles.
Dick Standaert, race director, said “While the race this year won’t go to the top and back, it will be at least 8 miles long and a portion of it will be on the Dixon trail. If the trail building program progresses as planned we hope to be able to tell the competitors that the race will be longer than 8 miles!”
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