The course drops from the top of a quartz surface mine all the way down to the Toe River Valley, which means you are losing elevation nearly the whole way. The surface shifts between dirt and pavement as you descend. It is a genuine downhill, not a rolling one, so fast runners come for the times and everyone else comes for the ride.
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