Welcome to Wy’east Trailfest, featuring a trio of world class mountain race courses covering some of Mt. Hood’s most diverse and famous terrain, with 50K, 28K and 14K loop-style routes. Climbing to 8000’ elevation on Wy’east (the native ancestral name for Mt. Hood), each course offers incredible views, with rugged …
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Welcome to Wy’east Trailfest, featuring a trio of world class mountain race courses covering some of Mt. Hood’s most diverse and famous terrain, with 50K, 28K and 14K loop-style routes. Climbing to 8000’ elevation on Wy’east (the native ancestral name for Mt. Hood), each course offers incredible views, with rugged volcanic alpine trails up high and lush meadow and forest trails down below for a truly epic mountain trail race experience.
Staged at Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Area, Wy’east Trailfest combines equal parts grassroots trail community vibes with a higher level production event where we celebrate our sport, honor the mountain and recognize each other’s accomplishment with awards, excellent food, craft beverages, and fun activities on the ski lodge’s Sun Deck finish line.
The 50K is held on Saturday and offers a world class loop-style route, run twice on volcanic alpine ridgelines up high, and deep forests, wildflower meadows and waterfalls down low. This is a true mountain race, starting at Mt. Hood Meadows at 5400’ elevation, traveling as low at 4500’ and up to 8000’ high on the volcano. Elevation change involves 8,100′ of gain, 8,100′ of loss across a full spectrum of PNW terrain, from forested, smooth dirt singletrack to steep, technical, exposed and sometimes scrambly rocky trails. Spectacular views abound from start to finish!
The 28K is set for Sunday featuring a world class loop-style course on volcanic alpine ridgelines up the high country, and deep forests, wildflower meadows and waterfalls down low. This is a true mountain race, starting at Mt. Hood Meadows at 5400’ elevation, traveling as low at 4500’ and up to 8000’ high on the volcano, covering 17.7 miles. Elevation change involves 4,200′ of gain and 4,200′ of loss across a full spectrum of PNW terrain, from forested, smooth dirt singletrack to steep, technical, exposed and sometimes scrambly rocky trails. Spectacular views abound from start to finish!
The 14K Hill Climb course is Friday, with a high noon start! The course offers a world class loop-style route on volcanic alpine trails for a very challenging mountain race, starting at Mt. Hood Meadows at 5400’ elevation, climbing up to 8000’ on the volcano before descending back down for the finish. The course is as grueling as it is beautiful. Elevation change involves a whopping 2,700′ of gain and 2,700′ of loss in just 8.9 miles, crossing a full spectrum of PNW terrain, from forested, smooth dirt singletrack to steep, technical, exposed and sometimes scrambly, bouldery trails. Spectacular views abound from start to finish!
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Inaugural 100k distance added to this race weekend this year. Out and back from Mount Hood Meadows ski resort toward Parkdale, Oregon along Gunsight pass and Surveyor ridge to the … MORE
Inaugural 100k distance added to this race weekend this year. Out and back from Mount Hood Meadows ski resort toward Parkdale, Oregon along Gunsight pass and Surveyor ridge to the east of Mt Hood. 11,000+ feet of vert with the majority on the return 50 k will challenge your mountain legs. Great views along most of the course ease the pain. All of DaybreakRacing events are tough and beautiful and this is no exception. Some minor issues that should improve next year but otherwise good production value with great shirt from Territory Run Co and I received a nice wooden plaque for 3rd overall place. This should be a Western States qualifier and hopefully it grows into one.