The Nature Connection 5k

This Is the Short Course
(5k/3.1 Mi) for The
Nature Connection’s Spring
Trail Race. This Is Also
the Second Half of the
Long Course (10k/6.2mi)

Featured Route
in Colorado Plateau
  • Total Length
    3¼mi
  • Ascent
    234ft
  • Difficulty
    Moderate
Get Here
  • Biking
  • Hiking
  • Loop
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Timeline
Start Biking (5k Short Course (2nd half 10k))
For 3¼mi
Start at The Nature Connection headquarters. Head out past the Pump Track and Ballfields on Yellow Brick Road. Stay left at the first junction and follow Yellow Brick Road North until you meet the junction with Dragonfly. Briefly take Dragonfly trail but stay left at the junction with Narnia. Narnia takes you on a big look of the riparian area. Once you hit a big old cottonwood, climb the hill on Squirrel cage. Enjoy the fun wooden berm on the descent! Once you cross a couple bridges, stay straight on Beetlejuice trail. Beetlejuice will take you back to the Dragonfly trail junction. This time, stay right on Dragonfly. You will return back to the bridge and this time head up hill (right) to climb Upsy Daisy. Get ready for the most serious climb of the trail! At the top of the hill, descend on Centipede trail. This will take you back to Yellow Brick Road. On your way back to TNC take the “jump line” through the pump track ending at where you started.
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