Salt Lake Foothills Trail Races | 2024

We hope to see the Salt Lake Foothills 50k and Half Marathon in the foothills of Salt Lake City become one of the great Utah ultra trail running races.

Open Range Races puts on an ambitious race on the foothills trails recently overhauled by the city.  They have given us the chance to steward our growing race and we hope every local runs it and the world sees just how beautiful Salt Lake City trail running is.

Photos by Zeb Watson

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Josh Rosenthal is the founder of Borderlands, an editorial media company built around trail running, ultrarunning, and the culture surrounding the sport. Through essays, films, interviews, and the Borderlands Trail + Ultra Running Podcast, he is building Borderlands into a media institution for deeper stories, sharper counterpoints, and a fuller celebration of trail running. His work brings taste, curiosity, and cultural analysis to a sport often covered through race results, gear, and athlete-led narratives.