Copper Kings 100 | Butte Montana | 🤞🏼 for 2025

My family has a lot of history in Butte, Montana. Both my parents were born and grew up there. My dad’s dad worked underground in the mines of Butte, and my mom’s dad was a county commissioner and a well-known insurance agent. My cousins still ranch around Butte, and I have three wonderful and hilarious aunts living in the area. I spent many summer vacations visiting Butte, and it has a very special place in my heart. It is a beautiful place to run too!

This idea of this run started as a way to honor my family’s connection to Butte by making a long run for myself to connect special places from my family’s history.

In the late 1880s Butte boomed as a mining town, it was once called The Richest Hill on Earth. The mine owners battled for control of the profits, and the most successful mine owners were known as the Copper Kings.

The Copper Kings 100 is an endurance run that was run as a fat ass in June 2023. We had hoped to host a permitted version in 2024 but we are now targeting 2025 for the inaugural event.

The 100 mile loop course starts and ends in town and includes 65 miles of sweet Continental Divide Trail goodness. The elevation at the start is 5,650 ft, the highest point is at 8,400 feet, and you will enjoy a total of 14,650 feet of vertical gain and loss.

This video documents the June 2023 fat ass run. The future course will be similar, though running in the opposite direction.

Join our mailing list to receive updates via email.

Photos from the course…