2024 - York 38 Special
2024 distances
Running
York 38 Special Virtual Ride, Run or Walk
This is an UNSUPPORTED RIDE! Your registration fee includes a t-shirt. Ride, run or walk the York 38 Special route or any 38 mile route ANYTIME between June 15th and August 11th and submit your time for special prizes!! Please do NOT ride the York 38 route between August 12th and August 17th, as we will be setting up the ride. Awards - TBD
Lucky 13 Family Virtual Ride, Run or Walk
This is an UNSUPPORTED RIDE! Come out when it suits your family and bike, walk or run! This fee covers your whole family. A gentle 6.5 climb from York, MT to Vigilante Trail head and back for 13 miles round trip. A terrific time for all ages! Your registration includes 1 swag bag WITHOUT the t-shirt, and 1 sheet of vintage York 38 Special decals!
Cycling
York 38 Special - Trout Creek
A challenging and exciting mountain bike ride covering 38 miles of breathtaking scenery. On the York 38 Special, you will gain 3,000 vertical feet from the lowest point of the ride (Nelson), traveling mainly on dirt roads and single track. Riders may start at 6:30 AM and must start NO LATER THAN 8 AM. No numbers will be assigned after 8 AM and any rider starting late and without a number will be considered an unsupported rider.
York 38 Special - Bear Trap
Start out on the traditional route, then for those looking for more challenges, veer right to Beartrap Gulch, which features another climb with a fast single track descent. Riders may start at 6:30 AM and must start NO LATER THAN 8 AM. No numbers will be assigned after 8 AM and any rider starting late and without a number will be considered an unsupported rider.
Spirit of 76 Cyclocross
Go around the 38-mile Trout Creek loop twice - twice the scenery, twice the fun! Riders start at 6:00 AM.
Lucky 13 Family Bike Ride, Individual
A gentle 6.5 climb from York, MT to Vigilante Trail head and back for 13 miles round trip. A terrific time for all ages! Your registration includes the swag bag WITHOUT the t-shirt, and a sheet of vintage York 38 Special decals! Riders will start on their own between 9 and 10 AM.
Lucky 13 Family Bike Ride, Family of 3 or more
A gentle 6.5 climb from York, MT to Vigilante Trail head and back for 13 miles round trip. A terrific time for all ages! Your registration includes 2 swag bags WITHOUT the t-shirts, and 2 sheets of vintage York 38 Special decals! Riders will start on their own between 9 and 10 AM.
Race-day weather
Conditions on June 15, 2024 — historical Open-Meteo data.
The sun rises at 5:34 AM and sets at 9:23 PM local time (MDT) in Helena on June 15, 2024 — 15h 49m of daylight.
Course
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2024 results — York 38 Special
York 38 Special Virtual Ride, Run or Walk · 32 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbara Harris | 2:35:52 | 4:02 /mi |
| 2 | David Armstrong | 2:46:37 | 4:11 /mi |
| 3 | Carlo DeLong | 3:12:17 | 5:00 /mi |
| 4 | Joshua Mattson | 3:22:13 | 5:19 /mi |
| 5 | Troy DeLong | 3:24:13 | 5:22 /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, 16 Helena events
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