Yellowstone Gateway 30K

Yellowstone Gateway 30K is a 30K trail race held in Pray, US, in September. The distance is just over 18 miles, and the whole route is off-road, with no pavement at any point. Surfaces switch between trails, gravel tracks, Forest Service dirt roads and loose scree on old jeep paths.

Runners start at Sage Lodge at about 4,966 feet and climb roughly 10 miles, gaining around 2,600 feet, to a high point near 7,618 feet at the St. Julian turnaround in Emigrant Gulch. The upper section is out-and-back. After that the course drops for about 8 miles to the finish at Chico Hot Springs Resort at roughly 5,250 feet, running point to point. Emigrant Creek is crossed twice, usually ankle to calf deep.

The route passes the remains of Yellowstone City, a gold settlement from the 1860s, and the former Old Chico mining community.