LLTH 15m
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Link to Garmin data: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/7176361975
15m gpx file for download: 2023 LLTH 15m.gpx
Brief Course Description:
The course consists of 3 sections each consisting of a loop and interconnecting trails. Each section is run once only.
Starting at the gravel parking area, the course follows the Red & Orange Trails that loop back to the Start area. The 2nd section is on new trail in the Yost section of the Forest and includes a small loop. The 3rd section includes a loop around Tom Wallace Lake and the Purple Heart Trail. The Finish is at the Horine Center across the meadow from the Start.
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More Detailed Descriptions:
Section 1 - Red & Orange Trails (5.7 miles includes 5.3 mile loop):
From the parking lot, follow the gravel road (to the south) 0.6 mile and enter the Red Trail on the right. In about 3 miles, the course turns left onto the Orange Trail. The Orange Trail loops back onto the gravel road that the race started on. It's about 0.2 miles on the gravel road back to the Start area.
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Section 2 - Yost (2.5 miles includes 1.15 mile loop):
Leaving the Start area on a short segment of another gravel road (to the west) of the parking area, take the Blue Trail down the hill, across the dam and back up another hill to the wide Yost Ridge Trail that angles in sharply from the left. Follow this wide trail keeping right at the next 3 way trail junction (you will return to this junction in a couple miles). Go downhill & across the paved road (Holsclaw Hill Rd) & into the Yost section of the Forest. About 1/2 mile into Yost, the loop section begins (keep straight thru here -- the loop is counterclockwise). In about a 1 1/4 miles, the loop ends where it started. Go uphill back to the 3 way trail junction passed earlier & turn right.
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Section 3 - Purple Heart ( 6.5 miles includes 2.5 mile loop):
Leaving the 3 way trail junction, follow the wide trail down to the back of the Welcome Center. Go around the Welcome Center using the walkways to the paved road (Mitchell Hill Rd). Cross the road to the Siltstone trailhead. In the gravel parking lot just past the trailhead will be an aid station. Continue on the Siltstone Trail and keep straight at the next trail junction at the Tom Wallace Lake dam. Keeping to the left of Tom Wallace Lake, proceed about 1/4 mile (including some sidewalk & a paved park road) to the Purple Heart trailhead. Going clockwise on the Purple Heart Trail, the trail loops back into the paved park road east of the 1st trailhead. Cross the road & proceed across the dam. At the end of the dam, the 50k runners will split off straight up the steps. 15 mile runners turn left and & return to the aid station in the gravel parking lot. Cross the road to the Welcome Center.
From the Welcome Center, return to the Finish via the Yost Ridge Trail & Blue Trail. The Yost section that was run previously will be bypassed. The Finish is at the Horine Center across the meadow from the Start.
Other notes:
There are several wood foot bridges on the course that become very slick after an early morning frost or when wet/frozen.
Mileage shown is according to GPS data from a Garmin Forerunner 35 and is approximate.
This is not a closed course -- watch for traffic.