Cascadia Trail Series Course Info
Timp Shadow 5k: The race will begin near "The Stairway" Bonneville Shoreline trailhead above North Orem by the white water tank and proceed up the stairway and continue on the Grizzly Road into Provo Canyon for about a half mile before turning up a connector trail to "The Rock Pile" before heading down the "Hall of Oaks" trail and back down to the finish.
Course map available in USATF Routes or by downloading a Google Earth file (Right click and save to computer only). Getting there: Use 1600 North Orem Exit 276: From the junction of 1600 North and 800 East in Orem (just above the city cemetery), take Cascade Drive up to the parking area.
Battle @ Big Springs 8k: The race begins at Big Springs State Park which is on the right about 3 miles up the South Fork (Turn up at Vivan Park) of Provo Canyon. The race starts on the dirt road a couple of hundred meters above the highest pavilion. It proceeds down the dirt road and up the dirt road towards a huge open field which it proceeds up the middle of and hits a connecting trail that breaks off to the right and goes by the Pole Haven trail intersection before dropping in to a large meadow and proceeding to the actual "Big Springs" area before dropping down a series singletrack back to the finish area in a grass field near one of the lower pavilions. Course map is available as a Google Earth File (Must right click and save to computer), Aerial Image, and Elevation Profile.
Gruesome Grizzly 8k: The race will begin at Canyon Glen Park (3 miles up Provo Canyon on the north side). After going through the park, the course goes up the singletrack from the drinking fountain up the Pipeline Trail. Take a right (east) and follow the pipeline trail a little over a mile until you turn left up "The GRIZZLY" which will haunt your ascent for about 3/4 mile before you top off and turn left (west) and follow the road until taking a left at the gate where you turn down the Great Western Trail just past 4 miles into the race. Follow the trail down next to the Great Valley and follow the loop trail in and out of the Great Valley and back down the pipeline trail to Canyon Glen Park for the finish.
Course map available in USATF Routes or by downloading the Google Earth File (Right Click and save to computer only).
TRIAL @ TRAIL 51 15k: From the North Orem Bonneville Shoreline Trailhead, you will head Northwest towards Dry Canyon, then up the canyon to the Trail 51 crosstrail, taking a right and following Trail 51 all the way until the Little Baldy trail crosses. Turn right again and head down to the rockpile, taking the southern left at the rockpile which will head down to the Timp Shadow trail junction. Turning right and then a quick left, making your way down along the ridges and valleys to the West of the Timp Shadow trail until you hit the Stairway, turning right and down to the finish/start area.
Getting there: Use 1600 North Orem Exit 276: From the junction of 1600 North and 800 East in Orem (just above the city cemetery), take Cascade Drive up to the parking area.
For more info about any of these races, click here
or contact Tyson at
801-735-2640 .
For pictures from the Grizzly race, including nearly every participant click here.