New 2026
No real changes this year to Bryre Dragon. The course will be as gnarly as ever with heat, hills, and nasty bryre'z. This year's race comes before the H9 Dragon Trail Club event so ya'all get a chance to clear vegation before the other race 😁
Volunteers are always appreciated. Credit is given toward future race entries.
Race Info
Bryre Dragon (BD)
The Bryre Dragon (formerly Baby Dragon) is an H9-HAE event comprised of five races, a 100 mile race, a 100 km race, a 40 mile race, a 40 km, and the Coosa Challenge. This year race start times have been shifted to the morning in order to maximize the amount of daylight on the course at the beginning of the races.
The BD 100 is the 100 mile race that takes place on Friday and Saturday of the weekend. This race starts at 7am Friday morning and ends 9am on Sunday giving 50 hours to complete 100 miles. The course involves 4x full traverses of the Duncan Ridge (2 laps) and 2x half traverses of the Duncan Ridge (Vogel to Buckeye Gap and back). Note that the time given for this race is *generous* and stated for inclement weather conditions.
The 100k course takes place on Friday and Saturday. The race starts at 7am Friday morning and ends 3pm on Saturday afternoon giving 32 hours to complete the 100 km. The course involves 2x full traverses of the Duncan Ridge (2 laps) and 2x half traverses of the Duncan Ridge (Vogel to Buckeye Gap and back).
The 40 M course takes place on Saturday and early Sunday. The race starts at 7am Saturday morning and ends 5am on Sunday morning, giving 22 hours to complete the 40 miles. The course involves 2x full traverses of the Duncan Ridge (1 laps).
The 40k course takes place on Saturday. The race starts at 7am Saturday morning and ends 8pm on Saturday evening before dusk, giving 12.5 hours to complete the 40 km. The course involves an out and back to Mulky Gap that is a bit more than 1/2 of a traverses of the Duncan Ridge.
The Coosa Challenge takes place on Saturday morning - mostly. The race starts at 7am Saturday morning and ends 3pm on Saturday afternoon, giving 7 hours to complete 25 km or 16 miles.
Everyone must check-in before the start. No late starts. If you meet certain age criteria, then you may be able to do an early start for the 100M.
Support Points
The support locations are Vogel State Park, Fire Pit, Fish Gap and Skeenah Gap on Friday. Support at Vogel will be at the Group Shelter. Hot food and drinks will be available. Restrooms are immediately adjacent to the Campsites. On Saturday, Mulky Gap will be added as an additional support location primarily for the 40K runners; however, all runners may use this support location after it is set up. The temps will warm and it will likely be very humid everywhere on the course.
Link to 2025 race files
Course Description
The Baby Dragon course is almost spot on for a 40 mile lap from Vogel to Skeenah and back to Vogel. The course uses the Coosa Loop, the Duncan Ridge Trail, a short section of the Benton Mackaye Trail and a couple miles of Forest Service road. By East Coast standards, these trails are not very technical, but the trails have considerable elevation gain. The reason this event uses the "Baby" terminology is that it has less elevation gain then the other Dragon race variants, i.e., no Pointless Elevation Change (PEC) insertions or loops around Coosa Bald to climb it again. And, well, the 100M is very very close to 100 miles; no real bonus miles. The course is mostly an out-and-back, with the exception that the outbound traverse goes over the Wolf Creek river crossing, while the inbound traverse uses FS Roads 108/107 to reach Burnett Gap (Hwy 180).
Event's current local time: 4:50 PM ET
