Black Copperhead Sting
Black Copperhead Sting
🐍🔥 Black Copperhead Sting
The Legend Returns – Are You Ready to Run Wild?
Get stoked, trail slayers! The Black Copperhead Sting is BACK at Rocky Branch Park — and it's bringing the heat to Belmont like never before. Whether you're chasing distance, glory, or just that post-race bacon, this ultra loop race is built to break limits and make legends.
📍 Where:
Rocky Branch Park, Belmont, NC
The only ultra trail race in town – and it bites back.
🗓 Race Day Schedule:
🕖 7:00 AM – Park opens (early birds get the worm... and first crack at the trail)
🏁 7:10–7:50 AM – Bib pickup (grab your gear and your grit)
🚨 8:00 AM SHARP – Race begins (no excuses, no delays)
⌛ 10-Hour Cutoff – Go ‘til 5:30 PM or get stung trying
🔁 The Loop of Glory:
3.24 miles per lap
293 feet of elevation gain per loop
Trails: Tread → Canopy → Tread → Eagle → Finish
Marked with blazing RED ribbons & arrows — stay fast, stay fierce
🌲 Twists, climbs, roots, and rocks — this course doesn't play nice. But neither do you.
🧃 Aid Station = Trail Fuel Heaven:
Pickles, candy, cereal, pretzels, fruit
YES, there's bacon.
Water, Tailwind, sodas to keep you flying
First aid on standby — but you won't need it, right? 😏
📜 Rules of the Sting:
Bib on the front — wear it like a badge of honor
Trekking poles? Heck yes.
Runners AND walkers welcome
No dogs/strollers unless you get the OK
Rain or shine — Mother Nature doesn’t cancel and neither do we
🏅 Epic Finisher's Medal:
Conquer the Sting and earn your reward: a handmade pottery medal from BlueGill Pottery.
Every medal is different — just like every finisher’s story.
You won’t just finish a race. You’ll forge a memory.
📲 Stay Loud. Stay Proud.
Live results: UltraSignup.com
Photos drop: One week post-race
Share your glory: @dirty_wolf_racing
Tag it: #blackcopperheadsting | #dirtywolfracing
🐍💥 Final Word:
This isn’t your average trail race. It’s grit, grind, and glory wrapped in roots, rocks, and red ribbons.
Lace up. Show up.
STING HARD. RUN WILD.
Event's current local time: 9:43 PM ET
