The La Garita 200 is Southern Colorado’s brand new 200 mile race held in the amazing La Garita mountains. The course consists of a giant loop starting in finishing and the same place with only a small section of a few miles of out and back to connect. Starting in beautiful South Fork,CO on the banks of the Rio Grande river taking you through the breathtaking La Garita mountains. Topping out at just under 13,000 feet, you will run through arid pine forests up over alpine tundra, dipping down into massive mountain parks only to make a giant circle then back over the tundra again to finish back at the start in South Fork.