About the Race

Welcome to the 16th annual Yankee Springs Winter Challenge! This race is run on beautiful rolling single track trails at Yankee Springs, State Recreation Area in Southwest Michigan. We run in whatever conditions Michigan winter gives us, and it's a different challenge every year. Distances are 5k, 10k, 25k, and 50k. For this race we are using our beautiful and challenging 10k loop. It is a wooded single track course that runs past Hall Lake, Devil's Soup Bowl, McDonald Lake, and Long Lake. The5k is the same loop with a shortcut. The 25k consists of one 5k loop followed by two 10k loops. The 50k is five laps of the 10k.

Lodging

Cabins are no longer available for the winter race due to a management change at the Long Lake Outdoor Center. There are several nice hotels in the area including the Bay Point Inn and the Gun Lake Casino..

Race Swag and Finisher Awards

A crew neck sweatshirt or buff is included in the race fee. Please register by December 8 to be guaranteed a sweat shirt. The finisher's award, unique to this winter race, is a snow globe.

Event's current local time: 1:35 PM ET