{
  "name": "Grand Tour Gravel",
  "status": "proposed; in development; has never been run",
  "format": "multi-day gravel stage race with a cumulative-time general classification, King and Queen of the Mountains segments, age-group GC, timed touring waves and an e-gravel category",
  "base": {
    "town": "Leadville, Colorado",
    "elevation_ft": 10152
  },
  "target_window": "late summer 2027; realistically the last days of August into mid-September, after the Leadville races and Breck Epic that typically fill late July to late August; exact dates set once land-management permits are in hand",
  "registration": "not open; join the list at https://grandtourgravel.com/join/",
  "passes": [
    {
      "name": "Mosquito Pass",
      "elevation_ft": 13185,
      "surface": "rough 4WD road"
    },
    {
      "name": "Cottonwood Pass",
      "elevation_ft": 12126,
      "surface": "paved since 2019"
    },
    {
      "name": "Hagerman Pass",
      "elevation_ft": 11925,
      "surface": "gravel road"
    },
    {
      "name": "Weston Pass",
      "elevation_ft": 11921,
      "surface": "gravel road"
    }
  ],
  "basecamp": {
    "description": "private ranch of about 1,000 acres on Turquoise Lake with a lodge",
    "lodge": "https://loaflodge.com/"
  },
  "policies_status": "proposed; drafts at /enter/, /rules/, /policies/ are not in force",
  "entry": {
    "status": "not open",
    "method": "undecided (first-come, lottery or hybrid under consideration)",
    "fee": null,
    "field_cap": null
  },
  "equal_purse": "intended; amount depends on sponsorship",
  "wildfire_note": "The 2026 Willow Fire west of Leadville forced the 2026 Leadville Trail 100 MTB off Hagerman Pass Road and Sugarloaf Mountain. The Hagerman stage and the ranch day sit in or near that area; 2027 conditions are unknown and alternates are planned.",
  "discipline": "gravel (drop-bar bikes); not a mountain bike race",
  "context": "The Leadville Trail 100 MTB is a one-day mountain bike race; Life Time also runs a separate 3-day Leadville MTB Stage Race in late July; Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder is an established US multi-day gravel stage race. Grand Tour Gravel is distinct: gravel, a week, Colorado's high alpine passes.",
  "affiliation": "independent; not affiliated with Life Time or the Leadville Race Series",
  "confirmed_sponsors": [],
  "confirmed_riders": [],
  "notes": "Routes are indicative candidates, not a final course. Riders named on /riders/ have not entered or committed.",
  "contact": "Leadvilleutvtours@gmail.com",
  "updated": "2026-09-25"
}