RED BOX TO NEWCOMB PASS

MILES 60.3 - 68.8

Section Distance

2018 AC100 Rene Dorantes at Newcomb. Read his Race report here. Photo: Rene Dorantes

Section Length: 8.5 miles
Driving Distance: No crew access
Checkpoint: NEWCOMB PASS
Drop Bags: YES
Crew: NO
NO PACER MAY SWITCH OR START AT NEWCOMB
2019 Aid Station Leader: Rob Winterburn
2022 Aid Station Leader: Chris Baum
Maps by Marcus England

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Runners leave Red Box on the dirt Rincon-Redbox Road, heading past the restrooms and back into the depths of the canyon from which they just escaped. The fire road descends for 5.2 miles back to West Fork (water available again at the pipe), and then begins a 3.1 mile, 900’ climb up to Newcomb Pass Aid Station, mile 68.8, elevation 3,120’. Runners are welcome to their first views of the city, and a CCTV feed of their crews waiting for them at Chantry Flat.

2018 AC100 Newcomb Aid Station Volunteers. Photo: Joe Pope

2019 AC100 Newcomb Aid Station. Photo: Rob Winterburn

Huge Thank You to the amazing AC100 race organizers and volunteers. A truly world class event. A special Thanks to the guys working the Newcomb Pass aid station, I owe my finish to them. I spent over an hour at Newcomb being monitored by the medical staff and volunteers due to dehydration. They sacrificed a perfectly clean fleece and sleeping bag to keep me warm while working to get me hydrated and back on the trail. I'm humbled by their kindness and dedication to the runners. This was my first AC, I doubt it will be my last.

- ANDREW KLEINKE

GAIN

1 '

LOSS

1 '

HIGH POINT

1 '

LOW POINT

1 '

RED BOX TO NEWCOMB PASS​

MILES 60.3 - 68.8

Section Distance

COURSE DESCRIPTION

RED BOX TO NEWCOMB PASS