Snowbowl 15K
About this race
The beautiful loop course will start and finish in the Snowbowl base area. The 9.3 mile course will climb for 4.65 miles on a mixture of dirt and double track roads. You will reach the top of the climb, and the only aid station on the course, at the top of Grizzly Chair. From there you will enjoy a beautiful 4.65 mile descent down the popular stretch of single track in the ski area, known as Beargrass Highway. This trail will bring you all the way back to the base area and finish line. There is 2,150 ft of climbing in the race and 2,150 ft of flowy single track descending.
Runners Receive:
- A well-marked course
- Fantastic views of the Missoula Valley and Rattlesnake mountains
- Chip Timing
- Custom Race Bib with name on bib
- Stylish Snowbowl 15K t-shirt
- Post-race lunch catered by Snowbowl
- Well-earned Big Sky Brewing beer (or sparkling water) at the finish line.
Registration:
5.6.26-6.30.26:
- $50
7.1.26-7.31.26
- $55
8.1.26-8.8.26
- $65
*No refunds, deferrals, or transfers
*The Snowbowl 15k is capped at 250 participants.
Schedule:
Friday | 8.7.26
- 2:00-6:00pm: Packet Pick Up in the basement of Runner’s Edge
Saturday | 8.8.26:
- 7:30am-8:15am: Packet Pick Up at Snowbowl Base Area
- 8:30am: Race Start (details on waves or rolling start windows will be shared closer to race.)
- 10:00am-12pm: Post Race Lunch in Base Area catered by Snowbowl
- 11:30am: Awards Ceremony
- 12:00pm: Course Closed
Location:
The Snowbowl 15k takes place at the Montana Snowbowl. The start/finish line is right next to the lodge.
Make a Day of it!
Bring the whole family for the race and stay for the zipline and huckleberries! All summer long the Montana Snowbowl operates zipline tours that criss-cross the resort. Now you can take a post-race ride and enjoy a birds eye view of terrain you covered by foot.
Questions?
Please email krisb@runnersedgemt.com
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Snowbowl 15K
Typical race-day weather
Based on 12 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Missoula, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:25 AM and sets at 8:58 PM local time (MDT) in Missoula on August 8, 2026 — 14h 33m of daylight.
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2026 results — Snowbowl 15K
Snowbowl 15K · 116 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Branson Fonnesbeck | 1:07:37 | 7:26 /mi |
| 2 | Greg Friedman | 1:16:28 | 8:24 /mi |
| 3 | Caleb Stanek | 1:18:09 | 8:35 /mi |
| 4 | Megan Anderson | 1:18:35 | 8:38 /mi |
| 5 | Michael LaForest | 1:22:03 | 9:01 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 66 Missoula events
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