Policies Overview

TRANSGENDER AND NONBINARY POLICY

We built this policy because we wanted it to be clear that all Freestone events are a safe and accepting community for all runners. Come as you are, running doesn’t discriminate and neither do we.

This was developed with guidance from the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE).

PREGNANCY AND NEW CHILD POLICY

Bringing a new life into your family is no small feat and we want to support you through this journey.

The policy creates an avenue for runners or their partners, regardless of gender, to defer their spot to the following year in the event of a pregnancy, birth, or adoption during the time period after registration and before the race.

UTE TRIBAL MEMBERS

The Sawatch Ascent runs on Ute Land, much of which was stolen from them through the Conejos Treaty and the Ute Treaty of 1868. While we cannot undo the past, we can honor the ancestral right and connection to the land of all Utes.

Any enrolled Ute tribal member may run the Sawatch Ascent free of charge.