25K
The Canyons 25K starts at 16:00 on Friday 23 April 2027 in downtown Auburn, in the last warm hours of the afternoon.
Downtown Auburn → Downtown Auburn - Finish
- Distance
- 25 km
- Ascent
- +762 m
- High point
- 496 m
- drop bag
- 1
- Stations
- 6
- Time limit
- ≤ 5 h
- Start
- 04:00 PMFri, Apr 23
The course
The whole race, as a ridgeline
◆ drop bag▲ high point
25K
Twenty-five kilometres and 850 metres of climbing on the trails immediately below the town: down to the Confluence where the two forks of the American River meet, out along the Quarry Road, over No Hands Bridge and back up the same climb the hundred-milers will take the following night. It is the short race of the weekend and the one that fills with local runners, but the finish is the same arch, on the same street, with the same crowd.
The limit is five hours, so the field is home in the evening and most of it is home in daylight. This page belongs to the 2027 running of the 25K. On Livebib, friends and family follow the runner on the real course line with a live position and an arrival estimate for downtown Auburn — useful for a race short enough that a spectator who leaves it to chance will miss the finish.
The climbs
The climbs that decide the day
- 01
km 7.7
2.1 km+336 m15.7 %
crest at km 7.7
- 02
Downtown Auburn - Finish
4.2 km+263 m6.3 %
crest at km 23.5
The course
On the map
Open the full-resolution mapThe roadbook
Stations
Every station on the course. Life bases carry a barrier clock in race-local time.
Downtown Auburn - Start
crew24.9 km to Downtown Auburn - Finish
0 km386 m
- No Hands - 15.6176
- Cool - 110.4465
- Cool - 213.7464Fri 06:45 PM
- No Hands - 219.3187
Downtown Auburn - Finish
drop bagcrew
24.9 km387 mCloses Fri 09:00 PM
Course data verified September 6, 2026