Due to overwhelming success in its first year, Sinks Canyon State Park will be hosting the second annual “Run Like A Bighorn” trail run in the Park. The run will be held Saturday, July 19 at 7 a.m., with registration beginning at 6 a.m. at the Sawmill Campground. Runners and walkers may also pre-register at the Visitor Center. The registration fee is $20 for adults and $10 for kids under age thirteen. This fee includes an official race T-shirt.
The “Run Like a Bighorn” trail run last summer brought out a large groups of runners of all ages who relished the chance to take on the diverse terrain in the canyon. Over the course of the run they had to chug up steep hillsides, scramble over and around boulders, negotiate tight switchbacks, go up to the steep cliffs towering over the canyon, then back down again for a footrace to the finish. The trail run is measured at 5.9 miles. And it was all for a good cause: to raise money to get Bam Bam the infamous Sinks Canyon Bighorn, who died last year, brought back to the canyon as a full mount display in the park visitor center. This year’s run is to raise money for additional new displays including a full mount mule deer.
The run in the canyon is different from the other runs in the area since it is completely a trail run and is extremely challenging. The organizers say that people are welcome to walk or hike the route as well.
Saturday Jul 19, 2014
6:00 AM - 6:00 AM MDT
Sat. July 19
Sinks Canyon State Park, Sawmill Campground