Event Info
Schedule
2025 Race Date TBD
8:30am - Registration and packet pickup opens
9:30am - 10 Miler Start
9:45am - Kids dash start
10:00am - 10K start
10:30am - 5K start
12:00pm - Awards
12:30pm - Wildflower Walk
Course Info
5K Course Map and Elevation 5K course description - Start on a gravel road for a short out and back to get you warmed up. Then up a steep rocky trail that will test your lungs and legs but will get you on top of a ridge with gorgeous views and the aid station. A trail around the solar panels and then cruise back down a gravel road to finish. About 40% on gravel road and 60% on single track trail.
10K course description and course map - Start on a gravel road for a short out and back to get you warmed up. Then up a steep rocky trail that will test your lungs and legs but will get you on top of a ridge with gorgeous views and the first aid station. A trail around the solar panels and then the downhill fun section begins. A short descent down a gravel road which will lead you to a smooth, downhill trail in a protected canyon and right next to the turbines. You will feel like you are flying! At the bottom you connect to a rolling gravel road section and your second aid station. What goes down must come back up! Up a smooth trail with a couple of rocky sections and round the corner to the finish line! You did it! About 20% on gravel road and 80% on single and double track trail.
10 Miler course description and course map - Start on a gravel road for a short out and back to get you warmed up. Then up a steep rocky trail that will test your lungs and legs but will get you on top of a ridge with gorgeous views and your first aid station. A trail around the solar panels and then the downhill fun section begins. A short descent down a gravel road which will lead you to a smooth, downhill trail in a protected canyon and right next to the turbines. You will feel like you are flying! At the bottom you connect to a rolling gravel road section and your second aid station. At the second aid station you will continue down even further on the pavement (about a mile and a half). Your third aid station starts a rolling, smooth trail section complete with fields of flowers and a salt lick for the local residents, some stream crossings, field crossings and always a little bit of uphill. Your last aid station before the final climb. What goes down must come back up! After some climbing you connect to a rolling gravel road section. Up a smooth trail with a couple of rocky sections and round the corner to the finish line! You did it! About 10% on pavement, 20% on gravel road and the rest on single and double track trail.
The Kid's Dash is a little less than a half mile. It starts on the road in front of the visitor's center, runs up and along the windmill blade on display, through the solar array, down the trail of wildflowers, and finishes like all the adults, uphill! Course map can be found here. Kid's Dash is open to anyone under the age of 14. Registration is free!
Facility tours available either before your event or after. Sign up at the front desk when you arrive.
A led wildflower walk by a staff knowledgeable about local wildflowers will take off from the front desk at 12:30pm. Tour will last about a half hour.
Participants 21+ will get a free sampler of Iron Horse Brewery Beer! Additional beers can be purchased for $2 and proceeds benefit KCSAR
Finish line food will include vegetarian chili with all the toppings!
Parking will be limited, please consider carpooling.
Dogs on short leashes are allowed. These courses are not suitable for strollers.
Events will be delayed up to one hour in case of sustained winds above 40MPH or in the case of lightning. If conditions do not improve after one hour the events will be canceled and a some form of refund will be communicated.
Interested in volunteering? We love our volunteers and could not do this without you. Help support Kittitas County Search and Rescue and all of our athletes. Positions vary from on course support to pre-race registration. Volunteers get a race shirt, access to all the food/drink (including beer if over 21), massages and live music.