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The 50 miler starts at Camp Grier in Old Fort and makes three major climbs and descents: up Snooks Nose and down Green Knob, up Mount Mitchell and the Crest Trail and down Buncombe Horse, and up Bald Knob Ridge and down Heartbreak Ridge. It crosses three 6,000 ft+ peaks, Mount Mitchell among them. Underfoot is a mix of technical singletrack, grassy double track, gravel and a short bit of pavement. The race lists five full aid stations and one fluid-only station.
The Mount Mitchell Heartbreaker is a tour of the other Pisgah in the shadow of Mount Mitchell. It starts at Camp Grier in Old Fort, North Carolina, at the foot of the mountains, and runs up and down some of the most quad-busting trails in western North Carolina. The 50 miler crosses three 6,000 ft+ peaks, Mount Mitchell among them, and the race calls it the highest 50 miler east of the Mississippi. A 55 kilometer runs from the same start.
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