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Way Too Cool — 2026Trail race course28.0mi3,652ftMar 7

Way Too Cool — 2026

Race day · Mar 7, 2026 · by NorCalUltras

Race almanac: 1 year of race-day weather
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Course map, elevation profile & surface
Distance
28.0mi
Elev gain
3,652ft
Elev loss
3,648ft
High point
1,608ft
Low point
587ft
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Race-day light

In the dark
0%
Sunrise
6:29am
Sunset
6:03pm
Headlamp from
Not needed

For a 5:55 finish (an estimate) · starting 7:00 AM Mar 7. Dark means the sun below civil twilight.

Climbs

5 climbs · 2,267 ft totalbiggest first
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Elevation gain, measured two ways

SourceGainvs lidar
Course file (GPX)3,652ft-42%
USGS lidar, 1 m6,344ftreference

They differ because a GPS file picks up noise on every wiggle and often takes its heights from a coarse terrain model, while lidar maps the ground itself to about a metre. We sampled this route every 98 ft against USGS 3DEP and counted each rise of 10 ft or more, on Oct 26, 2026. The planner still uses the course file.

Aid stations as published on the course file
Aid stationMilekm
START0.00.0
A AID TWO10.116.3
A AID THREE15.224.5
A AID FOUR19.030.7
A AID FIVE23.838.4
A AID SIZ26.843.1
AID ONE28.045.1

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Conditions typical race-day weather for Mar 7 at the start
Typical high
56°F
Typical low
39°F
Chance of rain
47%
2025 high
58°F

Typical = the median of 2016–2025 for Mar 7 ±3 days at the start line; a wet day has 1 mm of rain or more. Historical weather from Open-Meteo.

Race almanac 1 year of this race

Past editions

On race day it reached 73°F at the start, with a low of 46°.

YearStart °FRainWind
2026 Mar 773°/46°dry11mph

race-day weather from the Open-Meteo historical archive (ERA5) at the start line.

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About this course

Way Too Cool — 2026 covers 28.0 mi (45.1 km) with 3,652 ft of elevation gain. That is about 130 ft per mile of climbing, and 3,648 ft of descent. The course tops out at 1,608 ft and bottoms out at 587 ft. There are 5 aid stations on course; the longest stretch between aid is 10.1 mi. The profile has 5 sustained climbs; the biggest is the climb from mi 13.9, +886 ft over 3.8 mi at 4.4% on average (steepest stretch 20%). Race day is March 7, 2026, starting at 7:00 AM; the sun rises at 6:29 AM and sets at 6:03 PM. Typical race-day weather at the start: a high of 56°F and a low of 39°F, with a 47% chance of a wet day. The interactive map above shows the full route with its elevation profile and aid stations, built from the course's GPS file.

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Course history

  1. Oct 13, 2026Added to the catalog
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