Course
Roughly 7.5 miles starting at Missouri Headwaters State Park near Three Forks. The first mile and a half runs on paved and gravel country road; the remaining 5.5 miles are rugged trail, with two railroad crossings, knee-deep mud and waist-deep river crossings. The field is capped at 300 and there is no race-day entry.
Key dates
- ★Race daySeptember 2027 · date to be announced
About
The John Colter Run commemorates mountain man John Colter's legendary run for his life near Three Forks, Montana, where the Missouri River's headwaters form. The trail race retraces the landscape Colter crossed evading pursuit in 1808.
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Whitefish Trail Blazer
Singletrack through the forested Whitefish Trail
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