Weintraub said he is excited to hold the event in Kaibab National Forest, where he recently retired as the area archaeologist. “People are spread out and it’s a pretty quiet event,” he said. He said the race should be low impact on the community and only last about two hours. “We want people in Parks to know this is a small, boutique-style race with limited runners,” Weintraub said.
The race is limited to 225 entrants, and since 2003, has been a sellout. In 2002, NATRA took over the event and added a shorter 6 mile course to encourage beginners to try competitive trail running. The Soulstice Mountain Trail Run was originally conceived when William Ring, Wiley Addis and Paul Brinkmann returned home from the Imogene Pass Run believing it could be Flagstaff's version of the famous run from Ouray to Telluride. “This year its going to be fast and furious out in the prairie,” said NATRA director Neil Weintraub. Soulstice has been a high-altitude footrace held on forest service roads and trails with course elevations between 7,900 and 8,800 feet, however, with the change of venue the course will now be in the prairie west of the San Francisco Peaks. In its 23rd year, the Soulstice run is a small but popular race hosted by Northern Arizona Trail Runners Association (NATRA). The new race course will go through Government Prairie. 8 because of the forest closures from the San Francisco Peak's fires and flooding.
The popular 10k and 11 mile annual race is moving from Flagstaff to Parks Oct. The Soulstice Mountain Trail Run is moving to a new home.
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