5K Races in Co

Browse 200 5k trail running and hiking routes in Co. Distance range: 2.5 mi to 3.0 mi. Elevation gain: 11 ft to 3,818 ft. Each route includes terrain analysis, elevation profiles, and pacing recommendations.

Key Takeaways

Total Routes

200

Races / Routes

2 / 198

Distance Range

2.5 mi - 3.0 mi

Elevation Range

11 ft - 3,818 ft

Surface Type

99% Trail

Route Name	Location	Distance	Elevation Gain	Type	Race Date
North Halfmoon Lakes Trail	CO	2.7 mi	1,527 ft	race	—
Indian Run Trail #1210.1	CO	3.0 mi	929 ft	race	—
Ruby Jewel Trail	CO	2.5 mi	1,582 ft	route	—
Niwot Loop - Upper Section	CO	2.5 mi	239 ft	route	—
Swift Creek Trail #1351	CO	2.5 mi	1,343 ft	route	—
Lincoln Mountain Loop	CO	2.5 mi	304 ft	route	—
Columbus Basin	CO	2.5 mi	1,194 ft	route	—
Sterry Lake Trail #2240	CO	2.5 mi	859 ft	route	—
Star Lily Connector #9623	CO	2.5 mi	—	route	—
Horizon Tributary Trail	CO	2.5 mi	160 ft	route	—
Palisade Meadows Trail #651	CO	2.5 mi	1,165 ft	route	—
Drop Off Trail #2726	CO	2.5 mi	51 ft	route	—
South Fork Trail #1827	CO	2.5 mi	179 ft	route	—
Red Mesa Loop	CO	2.5 mi	352 ft	route	—
Garfield/Grizzly Peak Southeast Approach	CO	2.5 mi	2,076 ft	route	—
Lilly Gulch Trail	CO	2.5 mi	—	route	—
Sawmill Loop Trail	CO	2.5 mi	278 ft	route	—
Ridge Line Trail #1494 (Igloo Peak)	CO	2.5 mi	993 ft	route	—
Custer Draw Trail	CO	2.5 mi	570 ft	route	—
Middle Supply Trail #123	CO	2.5 mi	617 ft	route	—
Elk Creek Trail #5407	CO	2.5 mi	620 ft	route	—
Williams Fork Lake Trail #664	CO	2.5 mi	1,395 ft	route	—
Cuchillo	CO	2.5 mi	266 ft	route	—
Drowsy Water Trail #37	CO	2.5 mi	—	route	—
Middle Creek Trail #1388	CO	2.5 mi	831 ft	route	—
Vega Trail	CO	2.5 mi	114 ft	route	—
Dome Rock Trail #1387	CO	2.5 mi	1,435 ft	route	—
Highline Loop	CO	2.5 mi	214 ft	route	—
FSR 659	CO	2.5 mi	710 ft	route	—
Horsetooth Rock Trail	CO	2.5 mi	1,279 ft	route	—
South Derby Trail #1857	CO	2.5 mi	436 ft	route	—
First Notch Trail #710	CO	2.5 mi	252 ft	route	—
Pyramid Peak Trail	CO	2.5 mi	3,818 ft	route	—
Campion Trail	CO	2.5 mi	649 ft	route	—
Lookout Mountain Trail	CO	2.5 mi	711 ft	route	—
Little Sand Creek Lakes Trail	CO	2.5 mi	2,159 ft	route	—
French Creek Trail #703	CO	2.5 mi	292 ft	route	—
Ute Creek Cutoff #2659	CO	2.5 mi	256 ft	route	—
Old Transfer Bike Trail #6251	CO	2.5 mi	184 ft	route	—
Lion Canyon Trail #1329	CO	2.5 mi	1,486 ft	route	—
Lakeview Campground Trail #9621	CO	2.5 mi	579 ft	route	—
Racoon Trail	CO	2.5 mi	458 ft	route	—
Trail #1435	CO	2.5 mi	424 ft	route	—
Upper Browns Creek 4x4	CO	2.5 mi	1,371 ft	route	—
Hare Trail #1199	CO	2.5 mi	1,005 ft	route	—
Lily Pad Lake Trail #50	CO	2.5 mi	268 ft	route	—
Haymeadow Trail #2123	CO	2.5 mi	1,189 ft	route	—
Crank 'n Hammer	CO	2.5 mi	161 ft	route	—
Trappers Trail	CO	2.6 mi	150 ft	route	—
Red Rocks Park Loop	CO	2.6 mi	208 ft	route	—
Clampett Mill Trail #174	CO	2.6 mi	424 ft	route	—
Lower Capitol Creek Trail	CO	2.6 mi	700 ft	route	—
Gray's Peak via Horseshoe Basin Trail #260.2b	CO	2.6 mi	2,886 ft	route	—
Walrod Cutoff Trail 418 (Caves Loop)	CO	2.6 mi	463 ft	route	—
Pine Plantation Trail #8825	CO	2.6 mi	506 ft	route	—
Firebox Trail #6245	CO	2.6 mi	1,071 ft	route	—
Chapman Drive	CO	2.6 mi	950 ft	route	—
Bluffs Regional Park Trail	CO	2.6 mi	325 ft	route	—
East Harvard Gulch Trail	CO	2.6 mi	15 ft	route	—
Mt. McConnel Trail #992	CO	2.6 mi	693 ft	route	—
Elk Park #8800A	CO	2.6 mi	—	route	—
Butler Gulch	CO	2.6 mi	1,347 ft	route	—
Corbett Trail #6209	CO	2.6 mi	1,665 ft	route	—
Crater Lake Trail #8800	CO	2.6 mi	235 ft	route	—
Lake Ridge Lakes Trail #2093	CO	2.6 mi	674 ft	route	—
Monarch Spur Trail	CO	2.6 mi	147 ft	route	—
Upper Upper Loop	CO	2.6 mi	—	route	—
North Park Trail	CO	2.6 mi	180 ft	route	—
Piece O' Cake	CO	2.6 mi	1,280 ft	route	—
The Bluff #5129	CO	2.6 mi	408 ft	route	—
Sandy Wash Trail	CO	2.6 mi	—	route	—
Pearl Creek Trail #950	CO	2.6 mi	—	route	—
Shadyside Trail	CO	2.6 mi	365 ft	route	—
Riverside Park Outer Loop	CO	2.6 mi	—	route	—
Ponderosa Loop	CO	2.6 mi	192 ft	route	—
Bald Mountain Tie-In #8882	CO	2.6 mi	—	route	—
Old Wilson Mesa Trail #5423	CO	2.6 mi	659 ft	route	—
McKenzie Gulch Trail #1869	CO	2.6 mi	—	route	—
ZK Spring Trail #5124	CO	2.6 mi	40 ft	route	—
Molly Moon Trail #991-2	CO	2.6 mi	105 ft	route	—
Wonderland Creek Path	CO	2.6 mi	—	route	—
Bonnett Creek Trail #1300.B	CO	2.6 mi	—	route	—
Mill Creek Waterline Trail	CO	2.6 mi	377 ft	route	—
Ruby Wash Trail	CO	2.6 mi	—	route	—
Big Creek Scout Trail #638	CO	2.7 mi	693 ft	route	—
Big Ridge Cutoff #2228	CO	2.7 mi	—	route	—
Little Creek Trail #2655	CO	2.7 mi	819 ft	route	—
Nolan Lake Trail #1898	CO	2.7 mi	1,441 ft	route	—
Skyline Trail #9465	CO	2.7 mi	—	route	—
FS Road #704.4D1	CO	2.7 mi	643 ft	route	—
Soda Ridge Trail	CO	2.7 mi	171 ft	route	—
Nottingham and Swift Gulch Path	CO	2.7 mi	300 ft	route	—
Beaver Creek Recreation Path	CO	2.7 mi	566 ft	route	—
Hunters Creek Trail #9410	CO	2.7 mi	1,241 ft	route	—
Beasway Trail	CO	2.7 mi	197 ft	route	—
Winnegar Ridge Trail #359.1B	CO	2.7 mi	735 ft	route	—
Fryin Pan Basin #1127.1	CO	2.7 mi	632 ft	route	—
Paradise Creek Trail #54.1	CO	2.7 mi	422 ft	route	—
Seldom Seen	CO	2.7 mi	230 ft	route	—
Sneve Gulch Trail #1872	CO	2.7 mi	1,665 ft	route	—
Big Park Trail #6234	CO	2.7 mi	388 ft	route	—
Valley Trail	CO	2.7 mi	128 ft	route	—
East Basin Trail #6106	CO	2.7 mi	570 ft	route	—
Rock Of Ages Connector #5408	CO	2.7 mi	167 ft	route	—
Salt Lick Trail	CO	2.7 mi	991 ft	route	—
K-Lynn Cameron Trail	CO	2.7 mi	344 ft	route	—
Elk Park Trail #118.1	CO	2.7 mi	1,108 ft	route	—
North Supply Loop #124	CO	2.7 mi	13 ft	route	—
Bear Creek Trail #1206.1	CO	2.7 mi	1,555 ft	route	—
Holy Cross Trail	CO	2.7 mi	131 ft	route	—
Burnett Creek Trail #641	CO	2.7 mi	34 ft	route	—
State Highway 93 Trail	CO	2.7 mi	285 ft	route	—
Hunkidori Mine Road #276.1	CO	2.7 mi	—	route	—
First Notch Trail #708	CO	2.7 mi	520 ft	route	—
Meyer's Homestead Trail	CO	2.7 mi	733 ft	route	—
Deep Creek Lake Trail #8824	CO	2.7 mi	—	route	—
Trail Creek Trail #8872	CO	2.7 mi	65 ft	route	—
Dally	CO	2.7 mi	1,361 ft	route	—
Revolution	CO	2.7 mi	190 ft	route	—
Mount Esther Trail #754	CO	2.7 mi	1,488 ft	route	—
Snowshoe Hare Trail	CO	2.7 mi	575 ft	route	—
Gill Trail #2666	CO	2.7 mi	149 ft	route	—
Lower Chutes & Ladders	CO	2.7 mi	152 ft	route	—
Road 3585	CO	2.7 mi	300 ft	route	—
West Fork Trail #6240	CO	2.8 mi	141 ft	route	—
Pipeline Trail (#668)	CO	2.8 mi	1,147 ft	route	—
Cascade Creek Trail #9468	CO	2.8 mi	1,728 ft	route	—
Oliver Creek Trail #1147.1A	CO	2.8 mi	597 ft	route	—
Stove Gulch Trail #2278	CO	2.8 mi	280 ft	route	—
Blue Dot Trail (#606.1)	CO	2.8 mi	246 ft	route	—
La Fair Trail #2668	CO	2.8 mi	124 ft	route	—
Eaglesmere Trail #61	CO	2.8 mi	1,519 ft	route	—
Richmond Trail #6250	CO	2.8 mi	1,186 ft	route	—
Rim Trail	CO	2.8 mi	127 ft	route	—
Ben Lowe Trail #6109	CO	2.8 mi	17 ft	route	—
South Fork Loop Trail	CO	2.8 mi	244 ft	route	—
PHQ Hill Climb	CO	2.8 mi	1,182 ft	route	—
Gramps Trail #657	CO	2.8 mi	439 ft	route	—
Boulder Reservoir Trail	CO	2.8 mi	35 ft	route	—
738.2B (Brush Creek 4wd spur)	CO	2.8 mi	910 ft	route	—
10th Mountain Hut Via CT #1512	CO	2.8 mi	575 ft	route	—
No Name Lake Trail #728	CO	2.8 mi	577 ft	route	—
Babcock Hole Trail #1364	CO	2.8 mi	236 ft	route	—
Mee Canyon Trail	CO	2.8 mi	—	route	—
Blue Sky Loop	CO	2.8 mi	321 ft	route	—
Navajo Ridge Trail #8857	CO	2.8 mi	1,232 ft	route	—
Blanca Peak Trail	CO	2.8 mi	2,525 ft	route	—
Spring Creek Trail	CO	2.8 mi	975 ft	route	—
Bakers Tank Trail	CO	2.8 mi	499 ft	route	—
Sweetwater Canyon Trail	CO	2.8 mi	216 ft	route	—
Massey Branch Trail #2618	CO	2.8 mi	—	route	—
Jud Wiebe Trail	CO	2.8 mi	1,139 ft	route	—
Wild Turkey Trail	CO	2.8 mi	239 ft	route	—
Lou Creek Trail #6222	CO	2.8 mi	980 ft	route	—
Boundary Road Connector #264.1	CO	2.8 mi	496 ft	route	—
Greyrock Meadows Trail #947	CO	2.8 mi	1,378 ft	route	—
Lamba Chops	CO	2.8 mi	419 ft	route	—
Beckwith Pass Trail #8842	CO	2.8 mi	389 ft	route	—
Unknown Creek Trail #866	CO	2.8 mi	823 ft	route	—
Dominguez Cutoff #2629	CO	2.8 mi	—	route	—
Balanced Rock Rd.	CO	2.8 mi	1,027 ft	route	—
Ditch Road	CO	2.8 mi	1,403 ft	route	—
Cuerno Verde	CO	2.8 mi	11 ft	route	—
Cherry Creek Trail #1037.1	CO	2.8 mi	950 ft	route	—
No Name Trail	CO	2.8 mi	77 ft	route	—
Sidewinder Trail #1226.1A	CO	2.8 mi	627 ft	route	—
Cutler Creek Trail #6217	CO	2.8 mi	—	route	—
Sunset Rocks Trail	CO	2.8 mi	54 ft	route	—
Old Dirty Bismark	CO	2.8 mi	130 ft	route	—
Onahu Creek Trail	CO	2.9 mi	876 ft	route	—
Bodfish	CO	2.9 mi	166 ft	route	—
Horizon Loop Trail #701	CO	2.9 mi	323 ft	route	—
Muddy Creek Trail #2172.1A	CO	2.9 mi	—	route	—
Louies Loop Trail #660	CO	2.9 mi	99 ft	route	—
Trail 409.5	CO	2.9 mi	34 ft	route	—
Lori Cohen Memorial 5K Trail	CO	2.9 mi	341 ft	route	—
Cottonwood Trail #6103	CO	2.9 mi	419 ft	route	—
Rosebud Trail	CO	2.9 mi	—	route	—
Creekside Trail	CO	2.9 mi	—	route	—
Limbaugh Canyon Trail #756	CO	2.9 mi	—	route	—
Mica Basin Trail #1162	CO	2.9 mi	1,360 ft	route	—
Chainsaw	CO	2.9 mi	303 ft	route	—
Red Lake Cutoff #733.2	CO	2.9 mi	171 ft	route	—
Red Elephant FDR #211	CO	2.9 mi	121 ft	route	—
Bent Rock Trail	CO	2.9 mi	209 ft	route	—
South W Trail #2060	CO	2.9 mi	68 ft	route	—
Trap Park Trail #995	CO	2.9 mi	575 ft	route	—
Sawtooth Trail #828	CO	2.9 mi	1,836 ft	route	—
Aqua Fria Trail #1229.1	CO	2.9 mi	1,090 ft	route	—
Sallie Barber Road	CO	2.9 mi	371 ft	route	—
Pipeline Trail	CO	2.9 mi	159 ft	route	—
Redneck Ridge Trail	CO	2.9 mi	13 ft	route	—
Upper North Mesa Trail	CO	2.9 mi	858 ft	route	—
Sand Gulch USFS 124	CO	2.9 mi	40 ft	route	—
Winter Camp Trail #2645	CO	2.9 mi	400 ft	route	—
Short Point Bench Trail #2651	CO	2.9 mi	648 ft	route	—
Turrets and River Bench Trails	CO	2.9 mi	—	route	—
Mount Sopris Trail	CO	2.9 mi	2,690 ft	route	—
Cottonwood Trail	CO	2.9 mi	—	route	—
Crum Reservoir Trail #2511	CO	2.9 mi	—	route	—

Frequently Asked Questions

How many trail races are in Co?

There are 2 organized races and 198 self-supported routes available in Co.

What is a 5K race?

A 5K race is approximately 2.5 to 3.7 miles in distance.

What is the average elevation gain in Co?

The average elevation gain is 665 feet, with routes ranging from 11 to 3,818 feet.

Can these 5k routes in Co be used for hiking?

Yes. 99% of these routes are on trail surfaces, making them suitable for both trail running and hiking. The terrain analysis and elevation profiles help hikers plan their adventures just as effectively as runners.

Are 5K races beginner-friendly?

5K race difficulty varies widely. Use the elevation gain and terrain analysis to assess each route. Races with lower elevation gain relative to distance and higher runnable percentages tend to be more beginner-accessible.

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