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Grand Mesa Ultras Grand Mesa, Colorado, United States

Name: Grand Mesa Ultras
Start: 2017-07-29
End: 2017-07-29

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55k
50 Miler
100 Miler

Foot race | 29 Jul 2017 | 6:00 am

46.8 mi

Distance

Elevation gain

11,188 ft

Elevation high

10,427 ft

Elevation avg

Trail/Dirt

Elevation loss

9,941 ft

Elevation low

12%

Climb factor

What is climb factor?

The climb factor for a course is the percentage of your energy used in hill-climbing compared to the energy expended running the flats.

This course has a climb factor of 12% over 46.8 mi, which means that the energy expenditure for the run is equivalent to running a flat 52.5 mi.

Climb factor is provided courtesy of Ben Crowell, who both authored climb factor's scientific paper and wrote the open source software for it. You can read more about it here .

Course last updated 30 Jan 2017

All values approximate

Distance & elevation data

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Data from a GPS device can be rough, especially in areas where the terrain (trees, canyons) interfere with GPS signals. And routes drawn on our maps are reliant on people marking trails from satellite images -- the details of which can be hidden by trees.

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We mitigate this by calculating distance in 3-D (think Pythagorean theorem) and using mathematical techiniques to smooth the elevation data. We come close, but no one can be perfect with imperfect data, even in 2024.

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Stats summary

Race distance	Distance	Ele gain	Ele loss	Ele avg	Paved	Gravel	Dirt	Narrow
55k	32.1 mi	3,734 ft	3,734 ft	10,581 ft	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
50 Miler	46.8 mi	6,234 ft	4,596 ft	10,427 ft	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
100 Miler	93.8 mi	11,673 ft	11,673 ft	9,954 ft	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A