{"id":797307,"date":"2019-07-02T20:00:49","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T02:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=368265"},"modified":"2019-07-02T20:00:49","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T02:00:49","slug":"cirque-series-mountain-running-event-returns-to-arapahoe-basin-ski-area-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/cirque-series-mountain-running-event-returns-to-arapahoe-basin-ski-area-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Cirque Series mountain running event returns to Arapahoe Basin Ski Area in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.8571428571429\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-368265-545\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/CirqueSeries-SDN-070319-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/CirqueSeries-SDN-070319-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Rachel Zimmerman | A mountain runner powers through some of the final steps up to the top of Little Lenawee Peak in the high-alpine of Arapahoe Basin Ski Area during last August's Cirque Series mountain-running event. The race returns to A-Basin on Aug. 10.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>A mountain runner powers through some of the final steps up to the top of Little Lenawee Peak in the high-alpine of Arapahoe Basin Ski Area during last August&#8217;s Cirque Series mountain-running event. The race returns to A-Basin on Aug. 10.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Rachel Zimmerman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/CirqueSeries-SDN-070319-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A mountain runner powers through some of the final steps up to the top of Little Lenawee Peak in the high-alpine of Arapahoe Basin Ski Area during last August's Cirque Series mountain-running event. The race returns to A-Basin on Aug. 10.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/CirqueSeries-SDN-070319-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/CirqueSeries-SDN-070319-1-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Rachel Zimmerman | A mountain runner paces adjacent to incoming clouds in high-alpine of Arapahoe Basin Ski Area during last August's Cirque Series mountain-running event. The race returns to A-Basin on Aug. 10.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>A mountain runner paces adjacent to incoming clouds in high-alpine of Arapahoe Basin Ski Area during last August&#8217;s Cirque Series mountain-running event. The race returns to A-Basin on Aug. 10.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Rachel Zimmerman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/CirqueSeries-SDN-070319-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A mountain runner paces adjacent to incoming clouds in high-alpine of Arapahoe Basin Ski Area during last August's Cirque Series mountain-running event. The race returns to A-Basin on Aug. 10.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/CirqueSeries-SDN-070319-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/CirqueSeries-SDN-070319-2-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Rachel Zimmerman | A mountain runner runs up the East Wall, the Montezuma Express chairlift in view behind him, in the high-alpine of Arapahoe Basin Ski Area during last August's Cirque Series mountain-running event. The race returns to A-Basin on Aug. 10.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>A mountain runner runs up the East Wall, the Montezuma Express chairlift in view behind him, in the high-alpine of Arapahoe Basin Ski Area during last August&#8217;s Cirque Series mountain-running event. The race returns to A-Basin on Aug. 10.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Rachel Zimmerman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/CirqueSeries-SDN-070319-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A mountain runner runs up the East Wall, the Montezuma Express chairlift in view behind him, in the high-alpine of Arapahoe Basin Ski Area during last August's Cirque Series mountain-running event. The race returns to A-Basin on Aug. 10.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/CirqueSeries-SDN-070319-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/CirqueSeries-SDN-070319-3-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Rachel Zimmerman | Mountain runners push up the rocky high-alpine terrain at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area during last summer's Cirque Series event at the ski area. The mountain running event will return to the ski area for the third year in a row on Aug. 10.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Mountain runners push up the rocky high-alpine terrain at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area during last summer&#8217;s Cirque Series event at the ski area. The mountain running event will return to the ski area for the third year in a row on Aug. 10.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Rachel Zimmerman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/CirqueSeries-SDN-070319-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Mountain runners push up the rocky high-alpine terrain at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area during last summer's Cirque Series event at the ski area. The mountain running event will return to the ski area for the third year in a row on Aug. 10.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/CirqueSeries-SDN-070319-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/CirqueSeries-SDN-070319-4-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Rachel Zimmerman | The apres-run area is seen at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area's Mountain Goat Plaza during last summer's Cirque Series mountain running event. The event will return for the third consecutive summer to A-Basin on Aug. 10.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>The apres-run area is seen at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area&#8217;s Mountain Goat Plaza during last summer&#8217;s Cirque Series mountain running event. The event will return for the third consecutive summer to A-Basin on Aug. 10.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Rachel Zimmerman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/CirqueSeries-SDN-070319-4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The apres-run area is seen at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area's Mountain Goat Plaza during last summer's Cirque Series mountain running event. The event will return for the third consecutive summer to A-Basin on Aug. 10.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/cirque-series-mountain-running-event-returns-to-arapahoe-basin-ski-area-in-august\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/cirque-series-mountain-running-event-returns-to-arapahoe-basin-ski-area-in-august\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>KEYSTONE \u2014 Arapahoe Basin Ski Area is just more than one month away from hosting the Discrete Cirque Series, an event touted as \u201cthe premier mountain running series in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 6.8-mile race, Aug. 10, at A-Basin will feature 1,890 feet of elevation gain as runners switchback up the ski area\u2019s front-side terrain before turning around at the summit of Little Lenawee Peak. Runners then will switchback down the mountain to the finish line in Mountain Goat Plaza. Aid stations will be located at Mountain Goat Plaza, Black Mountain Lodge at midmountain and at the top of the Lenawee Mountain Lift near the Snow Plume Refuge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA-Basin is kind of the perfect place for it in that it\u2019s gorgeous up there, and it\u2019s right under the Continental Divide \u2014 dramatic views, dramatic course,\u201d Cirque Series spokesman Drew Petersen said. \u201cOne of the things we like about A-Basin, too, is you spend so much time in the Alpine. You really get that feel of getting up high and experiencing that draw of what\u2019s inspired so many of us to get into hiking, peak bagging and trail running.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Registration is still open, though there is a cap of 500 competitors. Last year, 67% of runners signed up for the sport, or most novice, race category while 28% were expert runners and 5% were pros.<\/p>\n<p>Petersen said Tuesday that the A-Basin race already has registered several top pros, including the top-ranked mountain runner in the country, Joey Gray, as well as top pro runners Dakota Jones, Dani Moreno and Ashley Brasovan.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s men\u2019s pro race was won by Adam Loomis, of Kamas, Utah, in a time of 1 hour, 2 minutes and 59.8 seconds. Giselle Slotboom, of Salt Lake City, won the women\u2019s race with a time of 1:13:18.8, just ahead of second-place finisher and Breckenridge local Kelly Ahern (1:14:36.3).<\/p>\n<p>Despite these blazing times and the high-level running of the pros and experts, Petersen said the event is also suitable for more casual mountain runners, evidenced by 82-year-old Ross Westley, of Arvada, who completed the race last year in 3:32:55.06. Petersen noted there is no minimum age to partake in the event.<\/p>\n<p>Top Summit County finishers last year included: Lanie Szuch of Dillon; Teague Holmes of Breckenridge; Jonnah Glassman of Frisco; Jill Seager of Silverthorne; Eva Hagen of Breckenridge; Michael Hagen of Breckenridge; Andy Hardy of Frisco; and Pat Gephart of Breckenridge, among others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur races are really fun courses, and they are really for everyone,\u201d Petersen said. \u201cWe get everybody from pro runners all the way to people who hike the course \u2014 make that their adventure for the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cirque Series - 2018 Arapahoe Basin Course Preview w Drew Peterson &amp; Kate LeVasseur\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"about:blank\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-rocket-lazyload=\"fitvidscompatible\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Msam_5pOZE?feature=oembed\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><noscript><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cirque Series - 2018 Arapahoe Basin Course Preview w Drew Peterson &amp; Kate LeVasseur\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Msam_5pOZE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cirque Series Trail Run at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area - August, 2018\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"about:blank\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-rocket-lazyload=\"fitvidscompatible\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M4caR1vyVeo?feature=oembed\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><noscript><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cirque Series Trail Run at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area - August, 2018\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M4caR1vyVeo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2018 Cirque Series Arapahoe Basin Finish\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"about:blank\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-rocket-lazyload=\"fitvidscompatible\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Pu8ROhylwc?feature=oembed\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><noscript><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2018 Cirque Series Arapahoe Basin Finish\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Pu8ROhylwc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/cirque-series-mountain-running-event-returns-to-arapahoe-basin-ski-area-in-august\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mountain runner powers through some of the final steps up to the top of Little Lenawee Peak in the high-alpine of Arapahoe Basin Ski Area during last August&#8217;s Cirque Series mountain-running event. 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