Colorado Mountain College (CMC) Leadville will host the tenth annual Colorado Cup Snowshoe Races on Saturday, January 25 on the campus’s groomed Nordic trails located at CMC Leadville at 901 S Highway 24.
This year is particularly significant because the Colorado Cup, which also serves as the Colorado High School Snowshoe State Championship 5K, is a qualifier for racers competing in the upcoming 2020 Dion Snowshoes U.S. National Snowshoe Championships. The national races will take place in Leadville from February 28 through March 1 this year. Race fees range from $10 to $30, with all profits going to the CMC cross-country running team.
The Colorado Cup Snowshoe Races on the Nordic trails surrounding CMC Leadville provide fun for all types and ages of competitors, such as here in 2018. This year’s event on Jan. 25 will serve as a qualifier for the upcoming 2020 Dion Snowshoes U.S. National Snowshoe Championships taking place Feb. 28-March 1, also at the campus. (Photo Courtesy of Colorado Mountain College)
The schedule of events includes:
- 10 a.m.- Fat bike individual time trial
- Noon- Race packet pickup
- 1:30 p.m.- Unlimited snowshoe sprints
- 2 p.m.- 5K adult snowshoe, 5K middle and high school student snowshoe, 10K snowshoe, 10K college student snowshoe and 1-mile kids’ “funshoe”
- After race- Post-race treats
The Colorado Cup has taken place since 2009 under various names and in different locations and has been the state high school snowshoe championship since 2010. Since 2016 it’s been held in Leadville, where CMC students are active participants. Ski area operations students work on prepping the course, and CMC cross-country running team members, along with other students, enjoy competing and hosting a day at the races.
Registration is taking place online. Those who have registered can pick up their packets the day of the event at noon, in the campus’s Coronado Cafe. Those looking for more information about the race have been encouraged by CMC to contact Darren Brungardt by calling (719) 486-4296 or by emailing dbrungardt@coloradomtn.edu.
Those looking to register can go to https://bit.ly/2uGJfCV.
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