To All REVEL Big Cottonwood Race Participants,

Welcome to Cottonwood Heights and the beautiful Wasatch Mountains that are the backdrop of our city. Your experience here is sure to be among the most unique of all races you have run. Not only is the setting stunningly beautiful, but the race is designed to help you achieve a personal best – it is virtually all downhill!!! We have done our part to help you achieve that personal best time and hope it will become a reality for you.

The marathon begins at an elevation of 9,700 feet and ends at the finish line in Cottonwood Heights, an elevation of about 4,450 feet. That is a vertical drop of 5,250 feet. But you will not likely notice as you will be distracted by the beauty of the course.

Our city slogan is “City Between the Canyons” as we are flanked by Big Cottonwood Canyon on the north and Little Cottonwood Canyon on the South. We are perfectly situated for excellent access to recreation, transportation, and education. We are a thriving business center. You will run by the Cottonwood Corporate Center, Old Mill Corporate Center and end near the Union Park Business Center. These are home to well-known companies such as Overstock.com, Jet Blue, Extra Space Storage, SanDisk, Instructure, Blue Cross Blue Shield and many other thriving technology, financial service, and investment oriented companies.

Created as a city in 2005, Cottonwood Heights has quickly earned a reputation as a progressive community and a very desirable place to live. In a few short years after our incorporation as a city, Money Magazine recognized us as one of the 100 most desirable places to live for a city our size in the United States. We are proud sponsors of the REVEL Big Cottonwood Marathon and Half as it provides us an opportunity to share the beauty and uniqueness of our thriving community. We hope you will take the time to explore our restaurants, stores and business establishments both before and after the race.

We express appreciation, in particular, to the businesses along Fort Union Boulevard (the main thoroughfare you will traverse through the city), who have made significant accommodations for this race and the citizens who will be temporarily inconvenienced due to detours in their Saturday morning travels to facilitate the race course.

We welcome to our vibrant city the thousands of runners along with their family and friends. This is a great event and we hope you enjoy your participation so much you will consider returning not only for future races, but to enjoy the amenities our city and area have to offer.

Sincerely,

Kelvyn H. Cullimore Jr.

Mayor