Experience New River Gorge National Park, America’s Newest National Park, through this one-of-a-kind event! Starting at the Charlie McCoy Town Park in Fayetteville, West Virginia, this challenging trail race goes into the National Park, through the forest, and loops back to the start, offering views of the river hundreds of …
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Experience New River Gorge National Park, America’s Newest National Park, through this one-of-a-kind event! Starting at the Charlie McCoy Town Park in Fayetteville, West Virginia, this challenging trail race goes into the National Park, through the forest, and loops back to the start, offering views of the river hundreds of feet below. With significant elevation gain, each race offers a difficult yet scenic course. The New River Gorge National Park offers a wide variety of activities and sites to see post-race as well!
Traveling the same course as the Half Marathon, the 50K has a scenic out and back along the rim of the gorge. With nearly 6,000 ft. of elevation gain and loss on single track trails, the 50k is a course that will push you… but the views will be worth it. The rhododendron tunnels, high passages along the rim, breathtaking vistas, and historic forests perfectly represent West Virginia as Wild and Wonderful!
Explore the National Park Trail System with the challenging yet scenic half marathon course. The trail surface consists primarily of dirt and gravel. Take in stunning views of the New River Gorge Bridge on Dalton Trail and gaze at the gorge below while running over Kaymoor Top!
Or run under the longest single span arch bridge in the western hemisphere on the challenging 5K trail! This dirt single-track course has 500 ft of elevation gain.
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Challenging but Fun Trail Run
This was a more technical trail than I am used to, so that might have been part of my struggle, but I had so much fun. At times the terrain … MORE
This was a more technical trail than I am used to, so that might have been part of my struggle, but I had so much fun. At times the terrain was very rocky, and the last few miles were basically straight uphill. Definitely not a PR type course, but the scenery was beautiful and I stopped for several pictures. This course inspired me to take up trail running, and I will be back for more next year. Well supported and the medals were beautiful. The shirt is also one of my favorite running shirts now.