Portland to Coast - Walk

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Friday, August 27, 2027 · Portland → Seaside, OR

Official site

Total distance: 128mi
Legs: 24
Runners per team: 6–12
Longest leg: 7.9mi
Average leg: 5.3mi
Total climb: +6,215ft
Total descent: −6,239ft
Highest point: 1,249ft

The course

StartPortland, OR

FinishSeaside, OR

Van 1 shiftsVan 2 shiftsHover or tap anywhere on the course

+6,215 ft climbing, −6,239 ft descending, highest point 1,249 ft.

Legs to know

Elevation is measured along the organizer's published route. Handoff reviews each route before it goes live and aims to get it right, but routes can shift slightly from year to year and organizers don’t always update their maps. Check the official race guide.

How Handoff measures climb and descent

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Elevation: Mapzen terrain tiles (USGS 3DEP, SRTM and others), hosted on AWS Open Data

Every leg

LegProfileDistanceClimbDescentTerrainDifficulty

Getting there

The airports closest to the race, and about how far each is by car from the start area and from the finish area.

PDXPortland · Major30 min from the start area · 2½ hr from the finish areaClosest to both ends
SLESalem · Regional1 hr from the start area · 3 hr from the finish area

The two ends are about 2 hr apart by road, so plan where each van and car ends up.

Drive times without traffic, rounded, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT, on map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Airports from OurAirports.

Race weekend weather

The last 5 race weekends, for a team starting at 7 AM and running 10-minute miles. A guide to what to pack, not a forecast.

Start · Fri 7 AM62°F on average

Portland, OR. Between 58 and 69°F over 5 years.

Coldest on course56°F low

The coldest hour, on average. About 8 hours of the run are in the dark.

Finish · Sat 4:19 AM56°F on average

Seaside, OR. Between 49 and 59°F over 5 years.

Low to high on course, each year

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2024
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2022

Daylight across a typical team's 21 hours

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Other data sources