Description
You're Invited to a Special Event!
Join us for a day of fun, fitness, and community at Sugar hill State Forest, hosted by the Southern Tier Running Club (STRC).
Timed loop course trail challenge: 3 different durations:
3 hour, 6 hour, and 12 hour
Start Time: 7:00 AM (all durations 3, 6, and 12 hour start at 7 am)
Location: Sugar Hill State Forest: Fire Tower Area
Course: 4 mile trail loop with ~500 feet of elevation gain per loop
Challenge yourself on a beautiful 4 mile trail loop in your choice of a 3, 6, or 12 hour timed event. Run as many loops as you can within the time limit—but remember, only loops completed before the time limit for your event count! You can stop whenever you like; there's no pressure to run the full duration. Run, hike, walk, stroll for as many miles/minutes as you want. Take breaks, chat with friends, eat some food, then log more miles. However you want to do this thing.
A fully stocked aid station will be available at the start/finish of the loop area to keep you fueled and hydrated.
Entry Fee:
$65.00 for the 3 hour event
$85.00 for the 6 hour event
$100.00 for the 12 hour event
(STRC membership is $10: join the club and save $5)
?? Not a member yet? Join STRC here to receive your discount code and register: https://runsignup.com/Club/NY/Corning/SouthernTierRunningClub
Your entry includes:
Access to the aid station
Post-run food
A great time on the trails with fellow runners
Swag:
- Custom BOCO Gear hats for all participants.
- Finisher Medal
- Custom awards for Male and Female winners
- Support the local trail running community with a donation to local trails organization from our proceeds
After the run, stick around for a fun time socializing with the trail community! We’ll be grilling burgers and hot dogs, serving up tasty sides, and offering vegetarian/vegan options too. It’s a relaxed, family-friendly gathering with:
A covered pavilion (just in case the weather doesn’t cooperate)
Picnic tables (bring lawn chairs if you’d like)
Sugar Hill State forests offer a variety of camping sites throughout the forest area. 26 of these camp sites are located in the Fire Tower Area where we are holding the event. These campsites are available on a first come first serve basis. Come up the day before and camp overnight through race day or come up race day and camp for the day into the evening or next day.
******* Parking is limited so this event is capped at 100 participants. If you want to participate in this event sign up early so you don’t miss out. ********
THERE IS NO PARKING PERMITTED ON THE ROAD LEADING TO THE FIRE TOWER AREA
If you want to support the trail running community and want this event to continue and allow potential for more events in the future please follow all of these guidelines. We are working in conjunction with NYS DEC and other local municipalities and that is the only way events like this can be held. Thank you for your cooperation.
You can find more information about Sugar Hill State Forest Here: https://dec.ny.gov/places/sugar-hill-state-forest
- Sugar Hill State Forest Map North: https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/mapsugarhillnorth.pdf
- Sugar Hill State Forest Map South: https://extapps.dec.ny.gov/docs/lands_forests_pdf/mapsugarhillsouth.pdf
Volunteers
Volunteers make these events possible. We will need volunteers for the following tasks:
- parking
- Aid station
- Post race food
- Course sweeping/deflagging
If you or someone you know is interested in participating in fun community events please reach out to STRC at SouthernTierRunningClub@gmail.com. If you have friends and family’s joining you on this adventure that would be interested in volunteering please reach out to us as well.
Camping Information
The Sugar Hill Recreation Area, located at 3360 Tower Hill Rd, Watkins Glen, NY, is the largest designated camping area on Sugar Hill State Forest. Available on a first-come first-serve basis, the area is a nine-acre open field for camping. These 26 designated campsites have fire rings and picnic tables. Upon arrival, campers must fill out a self-issued camping permit. There is no reservation system, if you arrive and it is full you will have to find another location to camp.
Other facilities in the Rec Area include; a picnic area with picnic tables and pavilion, an accessible horse-mounting platform, open horse stalls, during summer months a restroom with potable water are available, and access to the Six Nations Trail System, as well as the Sugar Hill Fire Tower. The gate is opened to vehicle traffic, and the water turned on, from the 3rd Monday in May through the 3rd Monday in October of each year.
The Lower Evergreen Hill Rec Area, located off of Evergreen Hill Rd, is smaller and has picnic tables, fire rings, open horse stalls and a pit privy. New for 2021, three campsites have been designated. No trash pickup is provided. This is a carry in-carry out facility.
Individual campsites are located throughout the State Forest. These 19 additional primitive designated camping sites are semi-flat spots, some are graveled parking areas, others are small openings set back in the woods on topsoil, most with no other facilities provided.
Primitive backcountry camping is allowed. Campsites must be at least 150 feet away from the nearest road, trail, or body of water.
Camping for more than three nights or in groups of ten or more requires a permit from a Forest Ranger. No trash pickup is provided. These are carry-in, carry-out facilities.
Lean-to Camping :There are five Adirondack-style lean-tos at four different locations. Lean-tos must be shared to their capacity on a first-come, first-use basis, with no exclusive reservation allowed.
Buck Settlement Lean-to on the Finger Lakes Trail north of Templar Road and near Glen Creek;
Parks Hollow Lean-to on Mohawk Trail, north of Sugar Hill Road;
the Twin Lean-to's (Sugar Hill Lean-to #1 and #2) - on Seneca Trail, south of the Sugar Hill Rec Area;
and VanZandt Lean-to - on Seneca Trail, east of Tower Hill Road.
No trash pickup is provided. These are a carry in-carry out facilities.
Event's current local time: 6:47 AM ET
