Race Preview: 2019 Siskiyou Challenge (Ashland)

On April 27th, 2019 come join the 9th annual Siskiyou Challenge, a 6 leg, multi sport relay race in Ashland OR. This fund raiser race will raise funds for Rogue Valley Farm to School. This local non-profit helps educate children with hands on farm and garden programs to promote learning our food system.

The Siskiyou Challange has a race course of 46 miles, held in Ashland OR. The race will begin and end at Science Works Museum, and feature six legs. Each leg will be challenging!

Leg 1: 13K Cycle – Directs the racers from the start line to the first transistion area, Picnic B at Emigrant Lake.

Leg 2: 3K Kayak – Just under 2 miles in a flat water kayak or on a paddleboard.

Leg 3: 30K Cycle – Almost 19 miles of cycling on scenic rural roads through the valley’s orchards from Emigrant Lake to Lithia Park’s Swimming Reservoir.

Leg 4: 6K Run – Hill climbers delight, a run up into the hills above Lithia Park.

Leg 5: 13K Mt Bike – A beautiful ride up Ashland Loop Road, single track on the way down through a few of Ashland’s best-known trails.

Leg 6: 6K Run – Leave Lithia Park to run the streets above Ashland, coming down to the bike path with a finish off on Walker Avenue to ScienceWorks for a party at the finish line.