This course is fast. The course starts at Hardware Ranch Elk Refuge, and travels down Blacksmith Fork Canyon and on into downtown Logan. The course drops approximately 1045 ft. over the 26 miles but is only a 1% to 2% grade and won't beat up your legs. It is a perfect downhill running course. You are sure to set a PR on this course.

This course is scenic. Fourteen miles of the course is in Blacksmith Fork Canyon and follows the Blacksmith Fork River into Cache Valley. Run past river banks, marshes, limestone outcroppings and through the canyon's cool canyon vistas. Moose, elk, deer, and many other species of wildlife make the Canyon their home. The fall leaves will be at their most spectacular! The color in Blacksmith Fork Canyon rivals the East Coast ~ the red maples, yellow aspens set against the dark green junipers! The course runs nine miles through Cache Valley. Cache Valley is in the heart of the Wasatch mountains. The Wellsvilles to the west are the steepest mountains in the world from base to base.

Course is USAT&F certifed. The organizers have had the course certified by the USA Track and Field Association (USAT&F). This means people running this course can qualify for the Boston Marathon and the USA Olympic Trials.

Maps.

Check out the new maps for the marathon course. We thank GIS, who is a sponsor for the marathon, for doing these maps. Make sure to visit them at the vendor expo. Click here to see maps of the Top of Utah Marathon .

Course Records

  Click here to see course records.

Sponsored by Cache Valley Tourist Council and Cache Sun 'n Snow Runners