Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Mount Marathon Race" in English language version.
Mount Marathon, which hundreds of racers labor up and rocket down every Fourth of July, in the oldest, most celebrated mountain race in Alaska, is cloaked in the iconic mystique of its elevation — 3,022 feet. Racers who finish Mount Marathon receive a bumper sticker bearing the number long reputed as the elevation of race point, the huge rock racers circle before their descent. You've probably seen the stickers on no shortage of Subarus. Thing is, the origin of 3,022 was a mystery — the UAA students could not find a source for it — and the accuracy was uncertain. Thanks to the Mount Marathon Mapping Project — the work of Eric Glaves, Taylor Dosch, Nate Rollin and Murphy Quinn — we now know the verified elevation of Mount Marathon: 2,974 feet.
