100Km CMRR: Uphill and Downhill Per Leg
USATF Certified Course#NY02057AM
(one of only seventeed certified 100k's in the US)
Ten Legs of 10km Each

The elevations below should help you in planning which relay legs to assign to teammates in the Catskill Mountain Road Relay. The course was run with legs of 3.7 - 7.6mi in 1992 and 5.0 - 6.9mi from 1993-2002. From 2003 on, all legs will be 10km each. See rules and detailed course narrative for directions on how to run the CMRR. - USATF Certified Coach Brian Cavanagh (www.sullivanstriders.org/brians_sites.htm)
  1. Miles: 6.214 (0-10km) Phoenicia south toward Woodland Valley to turn around, back to Phoenicia
    Uphill 300 feet; downhill 300 feet
    Description: gentle uphill and flat, then gentle downgrades and flat

  2. Miles: 6.214 (10-20km) Phoenicia west on Rt 28 to Shandaken area
    Uphill 313 feet; downhill 103 feet
    Description: flat then gentle upgrades

  3. Miles: 6.214 (20-30km) Shandaken west on Rt 28 to Big Indian, south to Oliverea
    Uphill 530 feet; downhill 110 feet
    Description: flat then rolling uphill

  4. Miles: 6.214 (30-40km) Oliverea south, up and over Winisook Hill
    Uphill 1260 feet; downhill 300 feet
    Description: rolling uphill then monstrous uphill, steep downhill

  5. Miles: 6.214 (40-50km) Slide Mtn Trail Head area south past FrostValley
    Uphill 27 feet
    Downhill 532 feet
    Description: flat and gentle downgrades

  6. Miles: 6.214 (50-60km) Frost Valley to Claryville 400 Meter Calibration Course
    Uphill 40 feet; downhill 350 feet
    Description: flat and gently rolling

  7. Miles: 6.214 (60-70km) Claryville to Grahamsville (usually the warmest area: out in the open)
    Uphill 220 feet; downhill 865 feet
    Description: mile gradual uphill, then mile+ steep downhill, flat and rolling down
  8. Miles: 6.214 (70-80km) Grahamsville past Sundown (usually the second warmest area)
    Uphill 249 feet; downhill 174 feet
    Description: gently rolling then uphill, deceptively challenging for many runners

  9. Miles: 6.214 (80-90km) Sundown to before Peekamoose Notch
    Uphill 558 feet; downhill 38 feet
    Description: challenging small uphills, then gently rolling uphill

  10. Miles: 6.214 (90-100km) Peekamoose Notch to Davis Park in West Shokan
    Uphill 120 feet; downhill 1040 feet
    Description: mile uphill, then very steep downhill then flat
Total elevation change: 7,409 feet
Miles: 62.13712
Uphill: 3,617 feet
Downhill: 3,792 feet
Net elevation change: -175 feet