Description:

We’re heading to the beautiful Leavenworth, Washington for the Vert Running Series race #1 the Leavenworth Skyline 27k and the Leavenworth Trail Fest. The Leavenworth Ski Area will be the venue and it will showcase the skyline just to the North of the city with great views from the ridges of the Cascade Mountains and Eastern Cascades alpine desert views in the fast forest service road sections of Freund Canyon.

This will be the inaugural Leavenworth Trail Fest, which will feature a festival venue that showcases what the Leavenworth area has to offer for outdoor activities. You’ll find food and outdoor service vendors along with fun kid’s events and live music.

We’re thankful for the Evergreen MTB Alliance and Leavenworth Ski Hill Area for their great work on the trail system and sharing it with us for this event. Bring the family for the weekend or week to enjoy a great outdoors experience.

Divisions 27k

Elite: Sponsored runners or runners wanting to build a resume to become sponsored
Sport: Trail runners who don’t have the time to train like the Elites but want to get out and give it their all.
Masters: 45 plus years of age, who still love to compete but are getting tired of those youngsters just nudging them out at the line.

AWARDS AND MORE

Ski Hill 55k
Top 3 Overall: Men, Women & Non-binary
All finishers will receive a custom cowbell. (It’s not one of those tingling bells). Meal at the Trail Family Food Tent

Skyline 27k
Top 3 Overall Men, Women & Non-binary
Elite, Sport & Masters
Vert King, Queen and Monarch (fastest to high point) $100 cash each
All finishers will receive a custom cowbell. (It’s not one of those tingling bells). Meal at Trail Family Food Tent

The Town 5k
Top 3 Overall Men, Women, Non-binary and Youth Under 20
All finishers get a custom wooden medal, snacks and drinks after

You’ll find some of the greatest custom awards at this event. All awards are custom wooden designs and are great for displaying your accomplishment.

Course

The Leavenworth Skyline 27k will start at the base of the Leavenworth Ski Hill Area. Utilizing much of the awesome MTB trail system this route ascends via “The Nut” for approximately 2 miles where the route grabs local forest service roads to the top of the Tumwater Ridge (Tumwater Paraglider Launch area parking) where the Summit King and Queen will be determined. It then will descend back down and traverse over to the Freund Canyon area on some fast downhill forest service roads where you’re greeted with the views of the dry alpine desert landscape of the Eastern Cascade Mountains. Once at the bottom of the Freund Canyon area a short uphill section will get you to the last fast descent into the start/finish line and festival area.

The Ski Hill 55k is two loops of the 27k and has 5 aid stations with a drop bag at 27k aid station.

The Town 5k will meander through some of the lower ski area trails with an view of the Leavenworth Valley area.