Mt. Roberts Tram Run

Mt. Roberts Tram Run takes place on May 8, 2027, in Juneau, Alaska. One race is on the program: two miles (3.2 km) climbing 515 metres, roughly 1,690 feet, up the mountainside through the forest.

That is an average gradient of about sixteen percent held for the whole race, which puts it closer to a vertical kilometre than to a trail 5K: almost nobody runs all of it, and the fastest are simply the strongest hikers. Train it with repeated climbs of ten to fifteen minutes, hands on knees on the steepest pitches, and judge your effort by your breathing — the watch will tell you nothing useful here.