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A 99.7-mile out-and-back trail ultramarathon starting and finishing at the corner of 6th Street and Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado, out to a turnaround at Winfield and back, crossing Hope Pass (12,500 ft) twice. Starts at 4:00 a.m. with a 30-hour limit; sub-25-hour finishers earn the big belt buckle, sub-30-hour finishers the small buckle.
First held in 1983 as the 'Race Across the Sky,' created by local miner Ken Chlouber with Merilee Maupin to bring tourism and economic revival to Leadville after the closure of the Climax Mine. 45 runners started the first race. It grew into the Leadville Race Series, which now also includes the Leadville Trail 100 MTB, Silver Rush 50, Leadville Trail Marathon & Heavy Half, Leadville 10K and the Leadville Stage Race. The Leadville Trail 100 Legacy Foundation, a nonprofit created by Chlouber and Maupin in 2002, funds community needs and an annual $2,000 scholarship to graduating Lake County High School seniors.
31 people have been out there with a camera or a microphone.
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I keep this catalog because the information is scattered and hard to trust. Telling you when it moves is the same job.
