Event Overview

Welcome to the Mt. Hood Trail Games, featuring super fun and beautiful trail running races up high on the slopes of Oregon’s most famous volcano! Trail Games offers a different spin on trail racing formats, featuring two exciting relay team options, a squad race we like to call the “Wolfpack”, as well as the “Lone Wolf”, a traditional individual trail race.

For the Trail Games course, we’ve assembled a cool “three-leafed clover” consisting of three unique trail loops that all start and finish on the Sun Deck at Mt. Hood Meadows, adding up to 25K (15.5 miles)! No need for vans, gas or managing large teams…it’s just you and your trail besties cheering each other on under the mountain summit the whole time!

Land Acknowledgement: We honor and recognize that we gather for this event on the traditional lands of the Molalla, Kalapuyan, Chinookan Clackamas, Wasco and Wishram, and Northern Paiute peoples and other Sahaptin speakers who have occupied and stewarded these lands for countless generations.

Race Options:

Mountain Relay:

Teams of 3 runners. Each teammate takes turns running every loop, one teammate at a time, until all team members complete all 3 loops to finish. Each teammate’s three loops totals 15.5 miles (25K), for an overall Mountain Relay race distance of 46.5 miles (75K)! The course loops can be run in any order and teammates can run in any order, as long as only one teammate is out running at any given time during the race.

Sprint Relay:

Teams of 3 runners. Each teammate chooses to run one of the 3 loops, with each teammate running a different loop, one teammate at a time. To finish, teammate 1 runs the first loop, teammate 2 runs the second loop, teammate 3 runs the third loop to finish. Total Sprint Relay race distance is 15.5 miles (25K). The course loops can be run in any order.

Wolfpack Race:

Teams of 3 runners. All teammates start, run and finish all three loops together at the same time to finish— your pack is as fast as your slowest wolf! Total race distance of the three loop course is 15.5 miles (25K). The course loops can be run together in any order.

Lone Wolf 25K:

Traditional individual 25K trail race— a single runner completes all three loops to finish the 15.5 mile (25K) distance. The course loops can be run in any order.

Registration

How To Sign Up:

Once registration opens, Relay Teams and Wolfpack Teams must have their Team Captain register themselves to create their team and pay the full team registration fee. Each team member will then be able to register to join their team.

Lone Wolf 25K runners will register for themselves like a typical trail race signup.

Teammate Finder!

1. For teams seeking teammates or runners seeking a team, first sign up using our TEAMMATE FINDER QUESTIONNAIRE.

2. To contact a team seeking a runner or vice versa, view the TEAMMATE FINDER LIST.

Registration Fees:

The registration fee includes: a beautiful, fully marked race course (by the Race Director), awesome staging venue, parking, timing and results, aid stations, medical support and communications, post race food and beverages, custom finisher award, professional photography and many other essential services, hundreds of hours of preparation, operating costs and requirements we don't need to mention.

The registration fee does not include a race shirt, hat or other add-on sales.

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Race Dates & Schedule

Saturday, September 7, 2024

• Check-In Opens: 6:00AM

• Start Times:

  • 7:00AM: Mountain Relay

  • 7:30AM: Wolfpack and Sprint Relay

  • 8:00AM: Lone Wolf 25K

• Race Day Cut-Off: 6:00PM

Event Sponsors

Getting Here

Location

The event is staged at Mt. Hood Meadows ski area, east of Portland, Oregon on the southeastern slopes of the volcano.

Directions

• Google Map directions to Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort from Portland. Allow 1.5-2 hours drive time from Portland depending on traffic.

• Driving directions from Portland: Follow Hwy 26E past Government Camp to Hwy 35N. Continue on Hwy 35N, follow signs to Hood River/Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Area.

• Nearest major airport is Portland Int’l Airport (PDX).

Accommodations

RV and car camping is available inside the paved parking area at Mt. Hood Meadows on Friday night and Saturday night of race weekend. There is an overnight use fee, reserved and paid directly through Mt. Hood Meadows in advance, and drive-up with no reservation, payable at the Mt. Hood Meadows main lodge.

There are also many camping options at nearby campgrounds. The nearest hotel lodging is in Government Camp, 15 minutes from Mt. Hood Meadows. There are many additional lodging options in the Hood River area as well, 40 minutes north.

Race Day!

Weather

Check the latest local weather HERE from the National Weather Service. Be advised, the event takes place in a mountain environment, where weather conditions can change rapidly. Please come prepared.

Post Race Celebration!

Stay and enjoy Mt. Hood Meadows while we cheer on the racers! All participants receive a voucher ticket for food at the Mt. Hood Meadows’ Sahale lodge. Family and friends are invited to stay, eat and drink as well, but will need to order from the menu at Mt. Hood Meadows. 

Awards

• All participants receive a sweet custom award as they finish their race.

• A raffle of some great sponsor giveaways will be held while runners are out on the course! Prizes will be given to raffle winners as they finish their race.

• Podium finishers receive a custom award.

General Info

Spectators

Friends, family, supporters and spectators are welcome to hike the trails as well as hang out and cheer at Mt. Hood Meadows throughout race day, but may not run with or supply aid to race participants anywhere along the course at any time.

Youth Initiative

The Sprint Relay race is proud to a part of the USATF Mountain, Ultra, Trail Running Youth Initiative – a program in cooperation with the American Trail Running Association (ATRA) designed to increase 14 to 18 year old kids participation in trail races and lay the groundwork for American excellence in elite trail running competitions.

Youth get a discounted registration fee for the Sprint Relay. The Youth category (Age 14-19 on race day) also has a limited number of free entries. Email the Race Director for more information.

Photography

All event photography will be captured by James Holk Photography!

Beneficiary

A portion of race proceeds will be donated to the non-profit Pacific Northwest Search and Rescue (PNWSAR), an all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to providing search and rescue services for people who are lost or injured out of doors, primarily in the Mount Hood and Columbia River Gorge regions. For more info or to donate, visit their website at https://pnwsar.org. 

Cancellations

See the Daybreak Racing Cancellation Policy.