The 100 highest start lines.
Alma, Colorado
10,367 ft
3,160 m
as it ran in 2023
Higher than Leadville, Colorado, at 10,152 ft (3,094 m).
2023 edition
Angel Fire, New Mexico
8,419 ft
2,566 m
2025 edition
Bogotá, Colombia
8,389 ft
2,557 m
2026 edition
2027, upcoming
Boyacá, Colombia
7,917 ft
2,413 m
2024 edition
Gunnison, Colorado
7,713 ft
2,351 m
Cleveland, New Mexico
7,379 ft
2,249 m
Kremmling, Colorado
7,365 ft
2,245 m
La Cueva, New Mexico
7,329 ft
2,234 m
Vermejo River
7,198 ft
2,194 m
Mora, New Mexico
7,188 ft
2,191 m
Bellemont, Arizona
7,175 ft
2,187 m
Salida, Colorado
7,087 ft
2,160 m
Big Bear, California
6,762 ft
2,061 m
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
6,729 ft
2,051 m
Basalt, Colorado
6,614 ft
2,016 m
Durango, Colorado
6,535 ft
1,992 m
6,493 ft
1,979 m
Island Park, Idaho
6,302 ft
1,921 m
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
6,276 ft
1,913 m
Tahoe City, California
6,250 ft
1,905 m
Wagon Mound, New Mexico
6,204 ft
1,891 m
Victor, Idaho
Cortez, Colorado
6,201 ft
1,890 m
Elbert County, Colorado
6,142 ft
1,872 m
Duchesne County, Utah
6,060 ft
1,847 m
Trinidad, Colorado
6,020 ft
1,835 m
Colorado Springs, Colorado
6,010 ft
1,832 m
Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
5,974 ft
1,821 m
Sun Valley, Idaho
5,958 ft
1,816 m
Maxwell, New Mexico
5,925 ft
1,806 m
Beaver, Utah
5,906 ft
1,800 m
Cedar Hill, New Mexico
5,896 ft
1,797 m
Lamoille, Nevada
Livermore, Colorado
5,892 ft
1,796 m
7500 St Moritz, Switzerland
5,856 ft
1,785 m
Cedar City, Utah
5,846 ft
1,782 m
Truckee, California
5,820 ft
1,774 m
Utah
5,804 ft
1,769 m
Nucla, Colorado
5,801 ft
1,768 m
Virginia City, Montana
5,764 ft
1,757 m
Mosquero, New Mexico
5,587 ft
1,703 m
New Mexico
5,581 ft
1,701 m
Red Lodge, Montana
5,574 ft
1,699 m
Prescott, Arizona
5,384 ft
1,641 m
5,377 ft
1,639 m
2026, upcoming
Lyons, Colorado
5,371 ft
1,637 m
Lander, Wyoming
5,364 ft
1,635 m
Boulder, Colorado
5,348 ft
1,630 m
Vernal, Utah
5,344 ft
1,629 m
5,328 ft
1,624 m
Colorado
5,262 ft
1,604 m
Oaxaca, Mexico
5,223 ft
1,592 m
Glenrock, Wyoming
5,020 ft
1,530 m
Fort Collins, Colorado
5,013 ft
1,528 m
Tara, Serbia
4,997 ft
1,523 m
Albuquerque, New Mexico
4,970 ft
1,515 m
Kigali, Rwanda
4,954 ft
1,510 m
Goblin Valley State Park, Utah
4,944 ft
1,507 m
AD400 Arinsal, Andorra
4,921 ft
1,500 m
Spruce Mountain
4,849 ft
1,478 m
Bozeman, Montana
4,816 ft
1,468 m
4,803 ft
1,464 m
Montana
4,770 ft
1,454 m
6490 Andermatt, Switzerland
4,734 ft
1,443 m
Kimball, Nebraska
4,718 ft
1,438 m
Chino Valley, Arizona
4,711 ft
1,436 m
Pueblo, Colorado
4,665 ft
1,422 m
Fruita, Colorado
4,518 ft
1,377 m
Big Summit Prairie
4,488 ft
1,368 m
Delle, Utah
4,245 ft
1,294 m
Burns, Oregon
4,157 ft
1,267 m
Ovando, Montana
4,085 ft
1,245 m
Prineville, Oregon
4,081 ft
1,244 m
Moab, Utah
4,032 ft
1,229 m
Douglas, Arizona
4,012 ft
1,223 m
Ravalli County, Montana
3,986 ft
1,215 m
Gering, Nebraska
3,911 ft
1,192 m
Panorama, British Columbia
3,770 ft
1,149 m
Sheridan, Wyoming
3,763 ft
1,147 m
Ground elevation at each start line, from Copernicus terrain data. The top 100 only.
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