Race start at Timberline Lodge
Pre-race instructions
Leaders are away at the start
Mid-pack at the start
Back of the pack at the start
Top 3 on the first climb
Zach Violett (Bend, OR) leads the top 3 at 6000' above sea level. Zach finished 5th at the 2009 Mt. Ashland Hillclimb.
Thomas Ferrell (Portland, OR) in 3rd place on the first climb. Thomas finished 2nd place at last years Sunrise to Summit race up Mt. Bachelor.
Top 3 with Mt. Hood in the background
4th place at the top of the first climb
Lead woman Stephanie Howe (Bend, OR) at the top of the first climb
Stephanie Howe (Bend, OR) won the 2009 Mt. Ashland Hillclimb and is a cross country ski racer.
Donald Gallogly (Corvallis, OR)
Mike Havrda (Seattle, WA)
Runners cross in front of Mt. Hood
Mt. Hood looking big in the background
Top runner wearing pants
Looking fast on the Pacific Crest Trail
Running hard into the turn
2nd place woman on the Pacific Crest Trail
A view from half way up the race course
Pacific Crest Trail with Mt. Hood in the background
Pacific Crest Trail sign
Zach Violett (Bend, OR) leading 10 minutes from the finish
Thomas Ferrell (Portland, OR) in 2nd place.
3rd place overall
4th place overall
Top finisher in pants
Race director Kevin Foreman at the finish
Stephanie Howe (Bend, OR) wins the women's race
Mike Havrda (Seattle, WA) at the finish.
Donald Gallogly (Corvallis, OR) also finished the Larison Rock Hillclimb and is the top master in the Oregon Mountain Series scoring.
