2024 Crystal Springs (Winter) Trail Run...

_ The 2024 Crystal Springs (Winter) Trail Run:

Experience the towering redwoods, lush ferns, and beautiful trails through Huddart Park, King's Mountain and Bear Gulch.

USATF Sanction #142076

Bib Number & Shirt Pick-up
Race Day: Check-in beginning at 7:00 a.m. at Huddart Park (Werder Shelter). Please arrive 45min before your event to receive your bib and shirt. Event start times are listed here.
Parking is $6 per vehicle. Please bring exact change to expedite entry.
Drop Bags: You can leave a drop bag with non-valuables at the Start/Finish.
No dogs allowed in the park.
Time Limit & Cut-off
Marathon - 8.5 hours [3 hrs 45 min, 11:45 a.m. @ Bear Gulch Aid Station (12 mi)]
50K - 8.5 hours [3 hrs 5 min, 11:05 a.m. @ Bear Gulch Aid Station (12 mi)]
All Events - 8.5 hours
Course
The course will be marked with ribbon approximately every 200 yards and color coded as follows:

8K – yellow
Half Marathon – pink
35K – pink + green + green (return) + pink (return)
Marathon – pink + green + yellow loop + green (return) + pink (return)
50K - pink + green + orange loop + green (return) + pink (return)

The most important course marking is the polka-dot flagging. It indicates a turn at an intersection. There will be at least two polka-dot flagging before a turn in the course. The polka-dot flagging will be placed before and on the same side as the required turn. As you approach an intersection, look for any polka-dot flagging before the turn. Waiting until you're in the intersection to determine the correct direction may be confusing and you may go the wrong way. After you complete the turn, there will be orange, green, yellow and/or pink flagging indicating the correct route. We also hang blue ribbons at critical junctions indicating the wrong way. Blue is bad!

If you don't see your respective flagging for 3-4 minutes, you are off course. If you get off course, you should retrace your path until you find where you left the course and then continue along the marked course.

Please be courteous on the trail. If you're passing another runner or hiker, announce "on your left" as you approach.

Headphones are allowed on dirt road sections only. Please do not wear headphones on single-track trail, while crossing paved roads, when getting aid at aid stations, or while crossing the finish line.

Your bib number indicates the distance that you're running. If you want to change your distance, please send us an e-mail or let us know by check-in, at the latest.

Many of the parks in California have poison oak. We recommend staying on the trail and washing with Tecnu after your trail run. Occasionally, bees or yellow jackets may be active and precautions should be taken if you're allergic.

No dogs allowed in the park.

GPX Files:
8K
Half Marathon
35K
Marathon
50K