Paine Mountain Trail Races
The 4th Annual Paine Mountain Trail Races will include two competitive and technical trail race options -- the Anchor Challenge 6k and the Paine Mountain Summit 7.5 mile race, plus free Youth races with a 200m kiddo dash & 1 Mile fun run. The event is a fundraiser for the Northfield Town Forest and the Norwich University Cross Country Teams. A portion of the funds raised will go to the Town of Northfield designated for trail management for the Northfield Town Forest and the Norwich Cross Country program to continue to develop the home XC course.
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Schedule of Events
Sunday, September 27
8:30 a.m. – Race bib # pick-up at the Shaw Outdoor Center, 165 Paine Mountain Drive, Northfield, VT
10:00 a.m. – Paine Mountain Trail Races start – Summit 7.5 mile race and challenging 6k course up to the Norwich “Anchor”
10:15 a.m. – Youth Trail Races from 200m up to the Mile at 10:15 a.m.
Event Details
Registration and Costs
Early online registration: $35 through September 13
Later online registration: $40 through September 27
Day of registration: $50 on Sunday, September 27 from 8:30-10am
Youth Races are free!
*online registration fees and taxes added at check-out
**student discount available for Norwich University $25 plus registration fees.
Course Map & Description
The Paine Mountain Trail Races promise to be scenic and challenging 7.5 and 6k races to the Paine Mountain Summit and the Norwich "Anchor". Both trail courses will start and finish at the base of Paine Mountain at the Norwich Shaw Outdoor Center. Both races begin with a single-track switch back wooded trail for just over a mile to Cheney Field where the Summit 7.5 mile race course will split from the Anchor 6k race course. The Summit race will continue onto the Paine Mountain Trail to the Summit before circling back to the Anchor where the runners will reconnect with the Anchor race course. The final mile and a half will return to single-track wooded trails to the finish at the Shaw Outdoor Center.
6k trail course map: https://www.trailforks.com/ridelog/planner/view/631985/
Contact for Questions
Michael McGrane
Norwich Head Cross Country Coach
mmcgrane@norwich.edu
About Paine Mountain & The Anchor
Named after Elijah Paine, a settler in central Vermont in the early 19th century, Paine Mountain is located just East of Norwich University campus in Northfield, Vermont along Route 12 between exits 5 and 6 on Interstate 89. The summit of Paine Mountain is 2’408 feet with part of the western slope of the mountain on the Northfield Town Forest side and part on Norwich University property.
Visible from the Norwich campus is the Anchor at the top of the old Norwich downhill ski slope dating back to the mid 1930’s until 1991 when it was permanently closed. The Anchor and the pathway up the old ski slope are all that remain. The Anchor is the large cement structure that has become a symbol for Norwich University students with one side as an unofficial memorial to Norwich’s Navy Seal and Special Operations Master Chief Brian R. Bill ‘01.
About the Norwich Shaw Outdoor Center
In 2010, Norwich alum Larry Costa donated $1.4 million to the school in the memory of classmate Sgt. 1st Class John Shaw to develop the Norwich University SFC John Shaw Outdoor Center and a network of multi-use trails for hiking, mountain biking, trail running, snowshoeing, and cross country skiing. The Shaw Outdoor Center provides free use of outdoor recreational equipment as a service to the Northfield and Norwich communities. To learn more, visit: https://www.norwich.edu/shaw
Event's current local time: 9:42 AM ET
