Black Canyon Trail 100K Training Run #3 (Jan 19

Jamil CouryUncategorized

This Sunday, January 19 will the the third and final preview run for the upcoming Black Canyon Trail 100K which will take place February 15. This section will resume from the Black Canyon City Trailhead and continue to head south towards New River & Phoenix. We’ll head back into the canyons and across several more creeks before the trail generally becomes flatter towards the finish at Emery Henderson Trailhead.

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The course will be minimally marked with orange ribbon and some flour arrows at key junctions, but we make no guarantees. Be alert and carry a map.

Maps | Black Canyon City TH to Table Mesa Road | Table Mesa Road to Emery Henderson TH

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We’ll be carpooling from the finish line of the run at Emery Henderson Traihead to the start of the run at Black Canyon City Trailhead.

Schedule: Please meet at the Emery Henderson Trailhead at 7:00am to carpool together up to the Black Canyon City Trailhead.

Cost: This is a completely free run and anyone who can run the distance is welcome to attend.

Aid: We may have aid along the route if we get someone to host an aid station. Aravaipa will supply the water and food, we just need someone to staff it. Aid if it happens will be at Table Mesa Road ~13 miles in.

Directions to Emery Henderson Trailhead (where we meet at 7am)
1. From Phoenix, head north on the I-17
2. Exit #232 towards New River
3. Head West (left) for 3.1 miles and turn right into Emery Henderson Trailhead

Directions from Emery Henderson to Black Canyon City Trailhead
1. Head back to I-17 and turn North
2. Go 10 miles and take exit #242 towards Black Canyon City
3. Turn left onto Velda Rose Road and go 0.2 miles
4. Turn right onto Old Black Canyon Hwy and immediately turn left onto Warner Road.
5. Follow Warner Road for 0.2 miles to the trailhead

Elevation profile:

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Contact: Questions? Email Jamil at jamil@aravaiparunning.com or call/text 602-361-7440

RSVP on Facebook group or directly with Jamil

See you there!

Facebook event to carpool and talk about the run: https://www.facebook.com/events/227692927397011/