Welcome to Wy'east Trailfest!
Wy'east Trailfest is a celebration of mountain trail running featuring Mt. Hood’s illustrious alpine terrain, with 50K, 28K & 14K courses that reach Oregon’s rooftop, plus a beautiful and more approachable trail Half Marathon, 8K (5 miler) and Kids Race to round out the weekend! Whether racing, volunteering or spectating, join us up high on Wy'east (the native ancestral name for Mt. Hood) at one of the mighty Pacific NW’s most thrilling mountain trail race experiences.
50K
31.1 miles / Point-to-Point / 6900’ of gain / 5900’ of loss
The 50K course offers an absolutely stunning, world-class point-to-point mountain trail race course, featuring volcanic alpine ridgelines up high and big forests, wildflower meadows and waterfalls down lower. Spectacular views abound from start to finish!
28K
17.3 miles / Single Loop Course / 4,300’ of gain / 4,300' of loss
The 28K is one of our all-time best and most epic courses, set for Sunday of race weekend 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 experiencing the 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!
Half Marathon
13.1 miles / Single Loop Course / 2,400’ of gain / 2400' of loss
Let’s welcome the return of our classic trail half marathon to Mt. Hood! The course offers magnificent views and an amazing single loop route, starting and finishing at Mt. Hood Meadows main lodge. The course travels through a diverse range of subalpine forest and wildflower meadows, including Umbrella Falls and 2 miles along the iconic Timberline Trail. The challenge, like the scenery will take your breath away!
14K Hill Climb
8.9 miles / Up & Down Course / 2,700’ of gain
The 14K Hill Climb course offers an amazing and STEEP mountain race on volcanic alpine trails, starting and finishing at Mt. Hood Meadows around 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.
8K
5.0 miles / Single Loop Course / 850’ of gain
The 8K course offers a beautiful and scenic clockwise loop course, featuring spectacular views of the Mt. Hood summit, wildflower meadows, the iconic Timberline Trail and other world-class trails from start to finish! Runners and hikers of all paces are welcome, as there is no time cutoff :)
Kids Race!
On Sunday of race weekend, we'll line up the kiddos for a .75 mile point-to-point scamper from the service road near Umbrella Falls onto the Beargrass Trail, then down to the finish at Mt. Hood Meadows Sun Deck. Kids under 6 years old shall be accompanied by a parent/guardian.
Cancellation Policy
See the full Cancellation Policy on the Daybreak Racing website.
About Daybreak Racing
Daybreak Racing presents unique and well-supported Pacific NW trail running races including Tillamook Burn, Gorge Waterfalls and Backcountry Rise. Our goal is to share some of our area's most beautiful trails and reward your effort with friends, food, music and memories.
Adventure begins at Daybreak.
Event's current local time: 6:14 PM PT
