Continental Divide Trail Run
16 Miler · 16.67 miles
On the calendar
The date is set. Entry has not opened. Registration opens January 1, 2027.
Race dateAugust 21, 2027
Start8:00am
Whenin 301 days
Who's going to Continental Divide Trail Run?
Free. You can start with nothing.
Free, and always will be. NavRun makes money from race-day planning for runners who want it, never from this.
Ultras change constantly, sometimes the morning of. Always confirm with the race director and the official website before you rely on anything here.
High point
The race
10,420 ft
Time limit
The race
7:00:00
Finish rate
not checked yet
The course
Where it goes
· 4 aid stations
Course line from the race's own GPX.
Source file.
Recorded 2026.
The 16 miler starts at the base of Steamboat Ski Area and climbs to the top of the ski area. Most of the climbing comes in the first 7.5 miles.
The race
What this one is
A trail run from the base of Steamboat Ski Area in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, with a 50K, a 16 miler and a 5 miler. The 50K and 16 miler climb to the top of the ski area, and the 50K carries on to Long Lake. Most of the climbing comes in the first 7.5 miles. Proceeds go to the Trail Maintenance Endowment Fund.
Getting in
Getting in
Entry, lottery and what the race asks of you before race day.
- Lottery
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not checked yet
- Lottery opens
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not checked yet
- Lottery draw
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not checked yet
- Field cap
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200
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- Registration
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UltraSignup
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- Qualifying
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not checked yet
- Minimum age
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not checked yet
- Transfers
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not checked yet
- Deferrals
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not checked yet
Running, crewing, pacing or still deciding
How NavRun helps with Continental Divide Trail Run
Seven hours.
You are running it
You reach Rainbow Saddle, mile 6, and you already knew this morning what time that would be.
An arrival time for all 3 stations, worked out from your own training.
Start free →
You are deciding
You find out Continental Divide Trail Run is months of work away, not years, and you enter.
Put in a race you have already run. NavRun shows you where this one sits from where you are.
No account needed →
Crew access, pacers and drop bags
The rules that shape your day
Anything marked "not checked yet" is a gap in what we hold, never a no from the race.
- Crew allowed
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Yes
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- Vehicles per runner
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not checked yet
- Pacers
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not checked yet
- Muling
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not checked yet
- Drop bags
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not checked yet
- Cupless
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Yes
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- Course marking
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not checked yet
- Night running
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not checked yet
- Dogs
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Not allowed
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- Headphones
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not checked yet
- Crew rules
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Crew and runner support is at the Rainbow Saddle aid station only. It can be reached on foot, by bike or by gondola. There is no vehicle access to any part of the course.
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- Pacer rules
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not checked yet
- Drop bag rules
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not checked yet
- Cutoff philosophy
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The race enforces strict cutoff times because of the remoteness of parts of the trail system. It is run by an all volunteer staff, and the cutoff at the Mt. Werner aid station is 5 hours (1:00 PM).
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Aid stations
Every stop, and what you get there
● yes ○ no ? nobody has checked – does not apply to this race
| Mile |
Station |
Cutoff |
Crew access |
Bag |
Pacer |
Med |
To next |
| 6.00 |
Rainbow Saddle
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? |
● |
? |
? |
? |
2.00 |
| 8.00 |
Mt. Werner Summit
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? |
○ |
? |
? |
? |
3.00 |
| 11.00 |
Rainbow Saddle
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? |
● |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| ? |
Finish Line
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3:00pm |
? |
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Other distances and other years
What it looks like out there
Somebody has been out there with a camera
the tables say the climb is long. these say what long feels like.
One person has been out there with a camera or a microphone.
These are other people's work and we link straight to them. Watching costs nothing and needs no account.
More of them: every race we hold, on film.
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What you know
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Nobody sees it until we have read it. No account, no sign-in.
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Somebody watches it before it goes anywhere near this page. What we are after is footage of this course, on the ground. If it would be just as true of any other race, it is not this.
Have the GPX? Send us the link.
We want the address of the file the race publishes, not the file. We download it from there so the page can say where the line came from.
Are you the race director? Get in touch and we'll make it right.
We read every one of these and we write back. Every fact here carries the source it came from, and the way a wrong one gets fixed is a person checking it against what you tell us.
Where this came from.
Every fact on this page records its source and when we last checked it: 50 sources for this race. Hover a source link to read the sentence it came from.
27% of what we track for a course is filled in. The rest says "not checked yet" rather than guessing.
Ultras change. We will tell you when this one does.
Cutoffs move, races get postponed, lotteries open and close. We read the race's own sources and record where every fact came from. Put your email in and we will send you what changed, and where we read it.
No account, and nothing to cancel.
What happens to your email. Nothing else. I do not sell it, and I will not send you anything except this race changing. One click gets you out.
I keep this catalog because the information is scattered and hard to trust. Telling you when it moves is the same job.
