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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Registration
After you complete your registration, you will be placed on a wait list and your card will not be charged. This is to reserve your entry but not impact you financially should the race get cancelled due to the Corona Virus. Once we get approval from the park service that we can hold the race, we will send out an invitation to all registered runners asking to confirm their entry. After your consent, we'll charge your card and you'll be good to go!
About Mountain Brow House
Hosted By: BayTrailrunners
Location: Purisima Creek Redwoods, Woodside, CA
Date: Saturday April 25, 2021
Sign-in and Bib Pickup: 7:00 AM - 7:45 AM at the starting line.
Start Time: 8:00 AM
Travelers: Find a place to stay and plan your drive to the race. Hotels, Motels, B&Bs and Inns
Volunteer: Interested in earning a $50 credit for a future race? Please help us out and be a volunteer!
Back in the day, a small community of lumbermen, dairy farmers, bootleggers and hermits started to develop in the far reaches of the Santa Cruz Mountains above the town of Woodside. King's Mountain, named after the King family that settled in near Tunitas and Summit Springs grew into a township and a stopover for the tired travelers and working men that made the trek from Redwood City to San Gregorio, just south of Half Moon Bay.
The Mountain Brow House run by the King matriarch, Hanora, was a favorite destination for all of them, offering a place for rest, food and drink in a pastoral mountain setting. For a while up there on Kings Mountain the rowdy spirit of the Gold Rush was still at play with bar room brawls, gambling and the occasional shoot out. But as the dawn of a new century approached the days of the Gold Rush gave way to a new era and the Brow House eventually closed its doors. Even so, the legend of the Mountain Brow House lives on and you can still revisit the spot where it all took place,
Where all runners turn around at the top of Purisima Creek Road, and just across Skyline Boulevard is the site where the long forgotten Brow House once stood. Sadly you won't get much rest here on your 50k journey through the Purisima Creek Redwoods but we will offer you some much needed aid and hydration to get you through the next 26 miles of this grueling 50K.
Maps, Vert and Course Directions
Course Maps: 50K 🌎 Google Maps
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Distance: 31.0 miles
Minimum Elevation: 434 feet
Maximum Elevation: 2028 feet
Total climb: 7053 feet
Total descent: 7051 feet
*These distances may differ slightly from what you record on your GPS. Heavy tree cover, loss of signal and trail switchbacks can sometimes cause errors in precise measurements.
Prizes and Swag
- All participants will receive a BayTrailrunners Mountain Brow House T-Shirt.
- A Mountain Brow House Woodallion will be awarded to all runners.
- Podium finishers will each be awarded gift cards from our race sponsor, A Runners Mind.
- Hydration supplements will be provided by our sponsor, Skratch.
- Nutrition samples from Spring Sports Nutrition will be offered to you at the start.
- Our friends from A Runners Mind will be there supporting the race and sharing some of the latest product from the store.
Aid Stations
Aid will be provided throughout the course and at the finish. You can expect the standard aid station fare of fruit, carbs, sweets, salty snacks, water, Skratch hydration with GU and My Spring Energy nutrition products. We strongly recommend that all runners carry some form of hydration pack or water bottle throughout the race.
Restrooms are located at the start and at the intersection of Purisima Creek and Whittemore Gulch.
- A water and electrolyte stop will be at the turnaround point on Skyline Boulevard. (5.5 miles).
- A water and electrolyte stop with fruit and energy gels will be at the Tunitas aid station (10.3 miles).
- Full aid with nutrition and hydration at the Purisima Higgins aid station (14.5 miles).
- Back at the start and the beginning of the second loop will be another fully stocked aid station (18 miles). Cutoff point here.
- Full aid again with nutrition and hydration at the second pass through the Purisima Higgins aid station (21.25 miles).
- Water and electrolyte stop with fruit and energy gels again at the Tunitas aid station second pass (24.75 miles).
- Third pass through Purisima Higgins aid station with nutrition and hydration before the final climb to the finish (27.4 miles).
- Full aid with beer at the finish (31 miles).
Cut Offs
All runners return to the start for aid and to begin their second loop. If you fail to reach this location by 12:30 PM you will be told to drop. That gives you 4.5 hours to run the first 17.5 miles. This is a mandatory rule we must respect so we do not go overtime on our permit and use of the park.
Parking
Carpool if you can! Parking is available in the North Ridge main lot, with more spots reserved in front of Fisher Investments next door to the preserve. We will have an informed and upbeat volunteer point you in the right direction when you arrive.
Timing
We will make use of the quality timing software that Ultrasignup provides. Please wear your bib on the front when you come in so we can enter your number on time.
Rules
No dogs, pets, bikes or strollers. Stay on marked trails. Yield to park personnel and other visitors. Do not litter. Thank the volunteers and have fun!
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Thank You
Event's current local time: 12:55 PM PT
