Frozen Snot

Combine about 13.5 miles of the toughest terrain in central Pennsylvania with the worst of winter weather. What do you get? The Frozen Snot! It is one tough booger. In 2014, we added 600+ of elevation gain for a total climb of over 5,800 feet over roughly a half marathon length – the 2018 course remains the same. Most people report that is the most difficult trail race they have ever done. Mile for mile it ranks with the most challenging in the nation.

So what is The Frozen Snot? It is a 13.5-mile trek, trail run, hike, adventure race or what ever you want to call it. In 2015, we started to morph more toward an adventure race as not much of the course is all that runable. We have selected the worst that Bald Eagle Mountain provides and scheduled it during what is usually the coldest week of the year. It is aimed at the hardcore trail runner and hardy hiker. By hardcore we don’t mean “elite” or necessarily fast, but rather a person that is ready for the most daunting 13.5-mile course we could devise in these parts. The day could be freezing rain on top of a foot of snow or it might just be a bracing, bright winter’s day out on a hard and fast rocky surface.

A fair amount of the route is on established trails used by the Boulder Beast and Eagle Trek. Some of the route, though, travels ground that is really only passable (except to the diehard bushwacker) in the winter. The course will be well-marked, but not “manicured”. Expect four stream crossings which may, or may not, be frozen.

You can choose the regular course (about 13.5 miles) or, by popular demand, a “short course” of about 8.3 miles.