Mt. Ashland HillClimb
Vertical, not virtual!
The 2021 Mt. Ashland HillClimb is officially on. That’s right, we have opened registration for this year’s event that will be taking place on August 14th. We wanted to take this opportunity to welcome you to a tough, rewarding, little half marathon here in Southern Oregon that climbs a full vertical mile. Vertical K’s are so pre-pandemic, right? Why just do a K, when you can climb a full vertical mile. That's 60% more!! Just ask: Stephanie Howe, Hal Koerner, Erik Skaggs, Camelia Mayfield (current course record holder in 2:07:00), Timothy Olsen, Max King (current course record holder in 1:41:50), Karl Meltzer, Ian Torrence, Jenn Shelton or Cole Watson just to name a few past participants you may have heard of.
But, wait, there's more!
This year we want to sweeten the drive a bit – anyone that beats a standing course record will receive $500 in prize money. Yup, $500 if you can run this half marathon in under the times listed above, assuming we get to use the official course (we’ve had to reroute once before, so the disclaimer is just that…a disclaimer).
Money back if race not held!
if we cancel the race for any reason, you will receive a 100% refund. Therefore you can register with peace of mind knowing that we are committed to putting an event on, but if we cannot for any reason, you will be fully refunded (less UltraSign Up fees, we can’t refund those, sorry). Our existing policy around refunds still stands – we don’t offer them if someone wants to back out for any reason (this is a fundraiser, after all), but if we pull the plug, you get your money back.
What are you waiting for? Come run one of the most challenging half marathons in the country, get in your vertical mile, and enjoy getting back to trail running in 2021.
https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=83858
General Info:
The Mt Ashland Hill Climb is among the races with most elevation gain of any continuous hill climb in the continental United States. The race begins at 7:30 am, and the following cut-off times will be enforced on race day: 10:15 am to Four Corners (~7 miles), 11:30am to Bull Gap (~11.3 miles) and 12:15am to the Lodge (~13 miles)
Start is on Winburn Way near Sesame Asian Kitchen right at Lithia Park. There are no early starts, everyone begins at 7:30 am. Race packet pickup is the day before, between 3pm and 6pm, at Rogue Valley Runners, 161 E. Main St, downtown Ashland or at least 20-minutes before race start. Participants are responsible for getting themselves back to Ashland. We will be offering bus rides, for free, however you must sign up for this service in advance (upon registration). There will be limited "day of" seats available, however preregistered runners obviously are given preference. The buses drop off near Rogue Valley Runners downtown.
All runners MUST check in the morning of the race with our volunteers, 1. to get your raffle ticket (for our amazing prizes) and 2. so that you can be counted as "on course." Failure to check in will mean you will not have an official finish time. We offer no refunds, bib transfers or roll overs to the next year. No exceptions. This is a pretty affordable race, really, so if you are unable to participate please consider your registration fee a donation to AWTA's.
This year we will have shirts available for purchase at registration, but please note they are not included in the registration price. This is by design. We don't want to force shirts on people, and we want to keep the price of this event low, so shirts are purchase if you want them, don't if ya don't. That said, we are offering a pretty sweet deal to those that DO want them. Shirts only cost $22. Yup, only $22. True story. During the registration process, you can order a t-shirt with our amazing, unique logo. We will NOT be able to accommodate many orders day of or at packet pick up. Last year we were asked by quite a few people if we had extras for sale, but we ran out of popular/common sizes. There are no t-shirt orders after JUNE 1st, however if we have any extras they will be for sale at packet pick up. We will be closing t-shirt sales at the end of June, to insure we get them ordered and printed in time. Therefore, if you want one, don't delay registering and purchasing one. We mean it.
The 2021 Mt. Ashland HillClimb is officially on. That’s right, we have opened registration for this year’s event that will be taking place on August 14th. We wanted to take this opportunity to welcome you to a tough, rewarding, little half marathon here in Southern Oregon that climbs a full vertical mile. Vertical K’s are so pre-pandemic, right? Why just do a K, when you can climb a full vertical mile. That's 60% more!! Just ask: Stephanie Howe, Hal Koerner, Erik Skaggs, Camelia Mayfield (current course record holder in 2:07:00), Timothy Olsen, Max King (current course record holder in 1:41:50), Karl Meltzer, Ian Torrence, Jenn Shelton or Cole Watson just to name a few past participants you may have heard of.
But, wait, there's more!
This year we want to sweeten the drive a bit – anyone that beats a standing course record will receive $500 in prize money. Yup, $500 if you can run this half marathon in under the times listed above, assuming we get to use the official course (we’ve had to reroute once before, so the disclaimer is just that…a disclaimer).
Money back if race not held!
if we cancel the race for any reason, you will receive a 100% refund. Therefore you can register with peace of mind knowing that we are committed to putting an event on, but if we cannot for any reason, you will be fully refunded (less UltraSign Up fees, we can’t refund those, sorry). Our existing policy around refunds still stands – we don’t offer them if someone wants to back out for any reason (this is a fundraiser, after all), but if we pull the plug, you get your money back.
What are you waiting for? Come run one of the most challenging half marathons in the country, get in your vertical mile, and enjoy getting back to trail running in 2021.
https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=83858
General Info:
The Mt Ashland Hill Climb is among the races with most elevation gain of any continuous hill climb in the continental United States. The race begins at 7:30 am, and the following cut-off times will be enforced on race day: 10:15 am to Four Corners (~7 miles), 11:30am to Bull Gap (~11.3 miles) and 12:15am to the Lodge (~13 miles)
Start is on Winburn Way near Sesame Asian Kitchen right at Lithia Park. There are no early starts, everyone begins at 7:30 am. Race packet pickup is the day before, between 3pm and 6pm, at Rogue Valley Runners, 161 E. Main St, downtown Ashland or at least 20-minutes before race start. Participants are responsible for getting themselves back to Ashland. We will be offering bus rides, for free, however you must sign up for this service in advance (upon registration). There will be limited "day of" seats available, however preregistered runners obviously are given preference. The buses drop off near Rogue Valley Runners downtown.
All runners MUST check in the morning of the race with our volunteers, 1. to get your raffle ticket (for our amazing prizes) and 2. so that you can be counted as "on course." Failure to check in will mean you will not have an official finish time. We offer no refunds, bib transfers or roll overs to the next year. No exceptions. This is a pretty affordable race, really, so if you are unable to participate please consider your registration fee a donation to AWTA's.
This year we will have shirts available for purchase at registration, but please note they are not included in the registration price. This is by design. We don't want to force shirts on people, and we want to keep the price of this event low, so shirts are purchase if you want them, don't if ya don't. That said, we are offering a pretty sweet deal to those that DO want them. Shirts only cost $22. Yup, only $22. True story. During the registration process, you can order a t-shirt with our amazing, unique logo. We will NOT be able to accommodate many orders day of or at packet pick up. Last year we were asked by quite a few people if we had extras for sale, but we ran out of popular/common sizes. There are no t-shirt orders after JUNE 1st, however if we have any extras they will be for sale at packet pick up. We will be closing t-shirt sales at the end of June, to insure we get them ordered and printed in time. Therefore, if you want one, don't delay registering and purchasing one. We mean it.
Due to the unknown nature of this year's registration, we are not doing "tiered" pricing this year, all registrations will be $35, on the opening day of registration as well as a few days before the event - assuming we have capacity of course...
The race begins near the entrance to Lithia Park (see map below), parking near the start can be a challenge and many of the spots near the start are time limited (and enforced) so it's in your best interest to get there early or be dropped off.
Below is the elevation profile. As you can see, around mile 9 is a semi-flat section, you're welcome.
