Why Should I Sign Up For This Race?
Beautiful course, free breakfast, good company, race photos, custom locally made finisher medal and awards, friendly competition, and performance t-shirt. Our goal is to provide convenient, affordable, and fun races to runners.
Traverse Mountain is well known along the Wasatch Front. Also referred to as point of the mountain. Traverse Mountain offers incredible views of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains as well as incredible shopping and entertainment. This race will take you through all of it.
We recommend viewing our website for more information including course map and details as well as other races we offer! www.happytrailsrace.com
Half Marathon
This race starts off in the heart of Highland City at Mitchell Hollow Park. Beautiful park with great Fall colors and amazing views of Mount Timpanogos. You will set out on the Murdock Canal Trail until you reach your first aid station after 4 miles. Those first 4 miles offer incredible views of the Wasatch Front mountains.
Shortly after reaching the first aid station you will cross a huge pedestrian bridge that spans the entire Timpanogos Highway. This grants you access to the Utah Rail Trail. Run through a beautiful city setting for the next two miles to the turn around aid station at Shadow Ridge Park.
Due to the colder weather this time of year we do not feel we need an aid station at mile 2 and 11. As always we will listen to runner feedback and may add this if the demand and or need for it is there.
Start to Aid 1 - 4 miles and +127/-127 ft elevation (Has bathrooms)
Aid 1 to Aid 2 - 2.55 miles and +126/-126 ft elevation (Has bathrooms)
Aid 2 to Aid 3 - 2.55 miles and +126/-126 ft elevation (Has bathrooms)
Aid 3 to Finish - 4 miles and +127/-127 ft elevation (Has bathrooms)
13.1 miles and +506 ft elevation total
100% paved trail?
No cutoff time, we want everyone finishing even if it means walking.
General
Race
November 1st 2025
Starts and finishes at Mitchell Hollow Park 6400 W 10250 N, Highland, UT 84003
Half Marathon will start 8:00 am
Early Registration - $55
Registration - $65
Late Registration - $75
Packet pickup
Friday 2 pm to 5 pm at the Sandy Salt Lake Running Store 8946 S State St, Sandy, UT 84070.
Race day pickup starts at 6:30 am located at the starting line.
We recommend all runners arrive at least 45 minutes before their races start time to ensure a stress free and smooth start. Pre-race announcement 15 minutes before the race begins.
Swag
Runners will receive a high quality race shirt and a custom locally made finishers medal.
Post Race Breakfast
Great Harvest Bread will have cinnamon rolls, seasonal bread, and pumpkin chocolate chip bread! We will also have chocolate milk, orange juice, and bananas.
Awards
Overall male and female for Half Marathon will receive a custom locally made plaque for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Salt Lake Running Company will provide 1st place with gift cards as well!
Age Division medals will also be handed out to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place male and female in these age groups: >20, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+
Free Photos
Xotio Media will be on the course taking photos as well as the finish line. Photos will be hosted on their website providing easy access for downloads using bib recognition.
Finish Line
Awards ceremony will be held when we have our winners. Revive Sport & Spine will be there to help with your aches and pains post race, Dr. Reheisse is amazing! We will also have a Photo backdrop for pictures with friends and family as well as Cornhole, our favorite game!
Aid Stations
Aid stations will have Gatorade, water, Honey Stinger gels/waffles, fruit, and an assortment of whatever looks good at Costco that the race director wants an excuse to eat. Usually Swedish Fish or Nerd Clusters.
Navigation
Course is very easy to follow. Runners will be staying on the Murdock Canal Trail and then transition to the Utah Rail Trail. Both well established trails.
Parking
Free parking. Limited parking at the park itself. Main parking is across the street as well as street parking. Please be considerate and do not block mail boxes or driveways with street parking.
Word of mouth
Your friends and family are the best way to promote this race. Running is much more fun with a buddy!
Volunteers
These events are not possible without help! To show our appreciation all volunteers will receive a $65 credit for any future Happy Trails race. Expires after one year. In addition volunteers will have access to food at the finish line area. Click here for more info!
Late Registration
Begins October 1st and closes October 31st at 11:59 pm
We cannot guarantee all participants registering after October 1st will be able to order a shirt. We will order extra to do our best to accommodate late registration. If we do not have your size or you do not want a shirt you can use code NOSHIRT at checkout for $10 off registration.
Same Day Registration
Not available. Registration will close Friday night at 11:59 pm
Weather
Average high is 54*F and average low is 39*F
Race Director - Don Hantla
801-230-5070
happytrailsrace@gmail.com
Capacity
Due to our races utilizing beautiful and amazing trails we are limited on how many runners we can have. This is because of trail usage, parking, facilities, and permits needed to make these events happen.
Traverse Mountain Half Marathon runner cap - 300
About Us
At Happy Trails Running we focus on a beautiful course and an amazing experience. We want our races to be events that runners look forward to every year. We believe in quality over quantity which is why we cap all races at 300 or less participants. This lets us hold races in unique areas that would be off limits to large race due to parking and trail capacity.
We also believe in keeping everything local. This enables us to both support our community but also keep costs down. We want our races to be simple, affordable, and convenient for runners. You won't find huge expos at our races, just local businesses, friends, and family having a great time!
If there is anything we can do to improve your experience with our races please reach out to us. We are always trying to improve our events. Your feedback, what you liked and did not like, is the best way to achieve this.
Our courses will not focus on setting PR's with mostly downhill running but instead on enjoying all of the beautiful trails the Wasatch Front area has to offer. We hope our races will make lasting memories and experiences for all of our runners.
If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you!
We hope to see you at the races or on the trails. Until then, Happy Trails!
Event's current local time: 7:40 PM MT
