Trail Race Partners

The Broken Arrow Skyrace is one of the US’s preeminent gatherings of trail runners, and Run the Alps is a proud partner. Each year in Tahoe, California, the European-inspired event features multiple races, including a vertical race and a via ferrata race course! This three-day, nine-distance event, showcases some of California’s unique landmarks and high alpine terrain in the Granite Chief Wilderness, “where mountains meet the sky.” Elite and recreational runners can choose from varying distances, with options to participate in a multi-day race series. We love this event, and the inclusive, fun vibe the organizers have created.

With expansive views, high desert terrain, and ever-changing geography, this is a mammoth-sized gathering of enthusiastic trail runners. Conceived, created and organized each year by Run the Alps friend Tim Tollefson, his enthusiasm and energy are evident throughout the races, events, films and much more. The weekend offers 7 different trail race opportunities that pass pristine lakes, golden fall foliage, and dense pine forests. New in 2025 is the addition of The Mammoth: 208 miles through the Eastern Sierra, which begins at 8050ft / 2453m, summits Mammoth Mountain at 11,053ft / 3368m, and ends in Mammoth Lakes, California.

Set in the majestic San Gabriel Mountains of southern California, this race is an adventure with breathtaking views. Runners can challenge themselves with 25k or 50k on a combination of technical singletrack and well-maintained paths. The 25k has 3500 feet of elevation gain and the 50k has 7000 feet, both of which showcase the natural beauty of Mt Wilson’s Kenyon Devore Trail.

With sapphire lakes, rugged, toothy peaks and wildflower-blanketed slopes, the Mt. Margaret Backcountry in Washington State provides an unforgettably unique, remote, and beautiful trail experience. Named for the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, the Half Marathon, 20-miler, and 50k and take place on the northern blast zone side. Runners are welcomed into a majestic backcountry rising from the ashes.

One of southeastern Washington’s only ultramarathons! Runners can expect extensive views of the Columbia Basin as they wind around the areas of Badger Mountain, Candy Mountain, and Horse Heaven Hills. There are very few native trees in this region, allowing runners to see views for miles in all directions.

These 50k, 25k and 10k loop courses soar high above the Pacific Ocean on one of the Oregon Coast’s defining headlands, Cape Mountain (1500ft / 457m). This hidden gem trail network offers miles of singletrack through moss-draped old growth rainforest, enchanting creek canyons, and rare coastal headland meadows. The Siuslaw (sigh-YEW-slaw)  tribe’s name for the mountain is Hu’wiina, the “high dark place at the north end of the sand dunes.”

A mountain ultra with technical terrain, this race is a lollipop course that flows along the Interurban Trail with smooth running start to finish. With 5000 feet of climbing, runners will get to traverse and descend the famous Chuckanut Mountain Ridge amongst beautiful Pacific Northwest terrain. Longtime friend of Run the Alps Krissy Moehl is the Race Director.

Located in one of the top adventure spots in the midwest, Van Peenen Memorial Park is part of a 17-mile system of singletrack mountain bike trails in Iowa. The trails are well groomed, and are located near scenic waterfalls, butterfly gardens, and Upper Iowa River tubing and canoeing attractions.

This is a chance to run a fully supported loop through City of Rocks National Reserve and Castle Rocks State Park. Runners can test their mettle on courses that climb through the most beautiful terrain in southern Idaho. This race is a no-frills event that attracts both 2 and 4 legged endurance athletes, since it is run in conjunction with an equine endurance ride!

Run through the mossy forest along the Olympic Discovery Trail in Port Angeles, Washington. Paved legs of this trail relay are mostly on former railroad grade, which is relatively flat with some rolling hills. Runners can choose to tackle the 80-mile Frosty Moss course as a team, the 50k Mini Moss as a team or the 50k solo.

With options for a 30k, 50k, and 100k, runners get a scenic tour through the heart of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Each of these challenging, but runnable, courses offers punchy hill climbs, rocky technical sections on the Pacific Crest Trail, and intermittent bike path connectors–one sweeps under the Bridge of the Gods.

A 100-mile mountain run on Mt. Hood’s most diverse and scenic terrain! Featuring an incredibly well-supported lollipop course with 17,300 feet of ascent. The 2025 race is a Western States Qualifier. Hood Hundred acknowledges that the event is on the traditional lands of the Molalla, Kalapuyan, Chinookan Clackamas, Wasco and Wishran, and Northern Paiute peoples and other Sahaptin speakers who have occupied and stewarded the land for generations.

A premier trail race in Marin County, California, with ample hills and sweeping descents. Both 50-mile and 50k challenges are physically demanding with 11,000ft / 3353m of elevation gain for the 50-miler. Beginning at the black sands of Rodeo Beach, runners will traverse the Marin Headlands, Muir Woods, and experience miles of technical singletrack beneath redwood canopies.

This is a challenging trail run for all, with rugged terrain and dense forest of ferns and wildflowers. Mary’s Peak was known as Chateemanwi, or “place of spiritual power”, to the native Kalapuya tribe. The oldest portions of Oregon’s Pacific Coast Range are over 60 million years old, with Mary’s Peak being the highest point (4097ft / 1248m). This trail race is second to none when it comes to the stunning diversity of plant life!

Towering 800 feet over the Pacific Ocean, the Cape Perpetua headland is one of the highest viewpoints on the Oregon Coast, offering unmatched views of 70 miles of shoreline and 35 miles out to sea on clear days. Cape Perpetua has been called Halaqaik, the “uncovered, open, or exposed place.” The scenic races take runners along shoreline bluffs, moss-draped old growth rainforest, and sandy beaches.

Located along the iconic Upper Rogue Wild & Scenic River in the Southern Oregon Cascades, these trails hug tightly to old growth forested bluffs above the famous Rogue River. The river churns its way through collapsed lava tube chasms, cascading waterfalls and underground tunnels. The 50-miler boasts more descent than ascent, demanding focus along a singletrack that involves some technical basalt lava rock and roots.

Three different race options along the sand dune ecosystems of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, within the mighty Siuslaw National Forest (pronounced sigh-YEW-slaw). Runners traverse a wild tapestry of coastal terrain including ancient open sand dunes with “tree islands,” old growth rainforest, stream fords and remote beaches.

28k and 50k courses along some of the highest points in Marin County, California: Loma Alta and Big Rock Ridge. Runners can expect long, challenging ascents and steep descents. Both races are single loop routes with views of hilly grassland, wildflower meadows, and woodlands.

Located in the rugged Tillamook State Forest, this event tells the story of the legendary “Tillamook Burn” forest fires that consumed 355,000 acres of colossal old growth forest from 1933-1951. As a result of one of the largest tree replanting campaigns in human history, the area now showcases a lush second-growth forest, with dozens of miles of exquisite singletrack. Runners have the option of a 20-mile, 50k, 50-mile, or a 3-day 100-mile stage race for this Pacific Northwest event.

Five world-class mountain trail race routes, featuring volcanic alpine ridgelines, big forests, wildflower meadows and waterfalls. Each race begins at 5400ft / 1645m elevation at Mt. Hood Meadows, with some of the races traveling as high as 8000ft / 2438m. Runners get to negotiate a broad spectrum of Pacific Northwest terrain, from smooth dirt single track to steep, technical, exposed and sometimes scrambly rocky trails.