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The course climbs the mesa from the start, then drops to the Mesa Portales aid station, the turnaround.
A high desert trail race near Cuba, New Mexico, on the Continental Divide Trail through the Rio Puerco Valley. Mostly singletrack with some jeep trails, from sand to rocks and slick rock, through rolling terrain with a few hills between 6,350 and 7,400 ft. It passes through pinon forest to hoodoos, with views of badlands, mesas and volcanic plugs like Cabezon Peak. Distances run from a short out and back for newer trail runners up to 53 miles and the Backbone 100.
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Mesa Portales
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