Mountain runners competing in the Robert Spurr Memorial Hill Climb on Bird Ridge ascended 3,400 vertical feet from the Seward Highway to a summit finish about three miles in distance on Sunday, June 17, 2012. Morning sunshine made for spectacular views of the Turnagain Arm in the uphill only race.
Matt Novakovich en route to winning the Robert Spurr Memorial Hill Climb on Bird Ridge on Sunday, June 17, 2012. About 250 mountain runners ascended 3,400 vertical feet from the Seward Highway to a summit finish, about three miles in distance, during the uphill only race that features spectacular views of the Turnagain Arm.
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