Hyner View Trail Challenge

Welcome to the Hyner View Trail Challenge. For those of you who have taken on the Challenge in the past….Welcome Back!!! For those “newbies” out there….get ready for the ride of your life. The course is set up to challenge each individual both mentally and physically. There are three major climbs and three major descents over the 25K course filled with vistas, stream crossings, and single track paths. Zach Miller, one of the top runners in the world, called Hyner “one of the funnest courses in the country” after setting a new course record this year. The 50K has 5 major climbs with about 6500 feet of vertical with some great new course changes set for 2019. The HVTC is also part of the newly formed Rocksylvania Trail Series.

The 25K is open to the first 1,000 runners and the 50K is open to the first 400 runners.

Before you sign up. This is a free will event. If you don’t like how we do things, then please don’t sign up. We’re not the Rock and Roll Series, the Boston Marathon, or the Ironman Group. If you’re looking to be pampered or celebrated, we are not the race for you. We are simply trail runners putting on a trail race for ourselves and other trail runners. Our main goal is to provide a challenging and scenic course through the remote forest in the Pa Wilds. Everything else if just “fluff”. And we give very little attention to this “fluff”. We like to keep our events simple – sign up, show up, line up, hurry up, finish up, eat and drink up, and then re-up the next year. If you’re the “needy” type with high expectations, please reconsider our event. There are plenty of other events out there in which to run. If we offend you by our rhetoric, then you obviously don’t know us and therefore, should reconsider signing up. But if you’re into chewing up some dirt alongside 1000 of your best friends, then sign up and join the party!!!

Be aware that we have cut-offs for this event. We want our last aid station (top of SOB) shut down by 4pm. Our first cut-off will be mile 9. You have until 2:30pm to reach the top of Johnson Run Trail. If you do not agree with this system, please do not sign up. This is a rugged trail race and we understand that not everyone can complete this course. But we expect all registered 25K runners/hikers to finish in under 9 hours. The 50K in under 10 hours.

50K Qualifying Standards
Qualifying standards are in place to ensure both the safety of the runners as well as the consideration of our volunteers on the course. The Hyner 50K is not an entry level course. It is not intended for everyone to be able to participate. If you’re worried about cut-offs, then maybe reconsider this event. There are tons of entry level 50K’s out there. Must show one of the following:

1. Must have completed the Hyner 25K course in 4.5 hours or less. Or Hyner 50K in under 10 hours. No exceptions.
2. Any 50K in under 9 hours, or any other 25K in under 4 hours.
3. Any trail half marathon in under 3 hours. Examples–Dam Half, Chief Wetona, Hyner Half, the Raven, and others
4. Boulder Beast or Mega in under 8.5 hours.
5. Any other race that shows you can finish in under 10 hours. Road races DO NOT count. Sorry. They have no relevance to trail running in the PA Wilds.