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Find a Local Route That Simulates the Moab Trail Marathon

Moab, UT

GetRaceTwin analyzes the Moab Trail Marathon’s elevation, climbs, descents and overall course rhythm, then searches your local area for runnable routes with similar terrain -- so your training run rehearses the actual race, not just the distance.

About the race course

Canyon country · slickrock · two major climbs. The Moab Trail Marathon moves through 7 distinct sections, each with its own terrain demands, from behind the rocks climb to moab finish.

Elevation and terrain characteristics

Course data below is sourced from the race organizer’s own published course description, not estimated. Each section is shown with its grade -- positive for climbing, negative for descending.

1. 01Behind the Rocks climb+2.0%
2. 02Amasa Back singletrack+0.5%
3. 03Pritchett Canyon rim-1.0%
4. 04Hunter Canyon descent-2.0%
5. 05Kane Creek climb+3.0%
6. 06Slickrock traverse+0.3%
7. 07Moab finish-1.5%

Course data via Moab Trail Marathon course.

Major climbs and descents

Moab's two major climbs bracket a rolling, technical middle through canyon rims and slickrock -- a gradual climb near the start, a steeper one just past halfway. Training should rehearse two separated climbing efforts with technical rolling terrain between them.

What runners should replicate during training

A useful Moab Trail Marathon training route doesn’t need to match its distance -- it needs to reproduce the order and intensity of its climbs and descents. Match the course’s terrain rhythm above rather than picking any local hill at random.

How GetRaceTwin finds a local match

GetRaceTwin’s automatic route matching today searches roads and sidewalks, not trails -- so it can find a local route that rehearses Moab Trail Marathon’s climbs and descents, but not one that reproduces its actual trail surface. Trail-specific matching is on our roadmap; until then, use the course breakdown above to guide your own trail training.