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Golden Leaf Half Marathon
Index card: facts and a plan, no score. RaceWorth scores only the fly-for-this catalog.
Snowmass Village to Aspen, Colorado, United States
Index card · facts and a plan
The card
Golden Leaf Half starts 8:00am on September 26, 2026 from Fanny Hill in Snowmass Village to Koch Park in Aspen, covering about 13 miles with 539 m of gain to a 2,892 m high on ski-area roads and singletrack. Ute Mountaineer publishes cutoffs at about mile 4 (1:10) and Tiehack Road near mile 11 (3:10), with a 750-runner cap that sells out. Course PDF and GPX linked from the event page. 2026 fees are listed at $80 to $105.
Weekend
Official handbook facts
- Start
- 08:00
- Crew
- Not yet sourced.
- Pacer
- Unpublished, checked 2026-09-06
Golden Leaf Half Marathon race page · retrieved 2026-09-06 (repo record)
Aid and cutoffs
2026 edition
- Aid Station 1 (Government Trail leaves Elk Camp Ski Area Rd)4 mi · 1.167h cutoff
- Aid Station 2 (Government Trail crosses West Buttermilk)8 mi
- Tiehack Road cutoff (trail leaves Buttermilk Ski Area)11 mi · 3.167h cutoff
utemountaineer.comretrieved 2026-09-06 (repo record)
Climate
Typical September at the start area · historical race-week weather
- Typical high
- 67°F (20°C)
- Typical low
- 38°F (4°C)
- Typical precip
- 1.3 in (32 mm) / September
- Days with rain
- 28% of days
- High point
- 9,488 ft (2,892 m)
2015–2024 September means at the start / massif. · Open-Meteo ERA5 / climate · retrieved 2026-09-06