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Come explore the coastal headlands with the Race Directors! We’ll have a few loop options available for everyone to choose from and maybe even some tide pool exploration!
We are thrilled to host the Cloud Cap mountain runs on Mt. Hood’s wild and historic northern slopes! These “all-terrain” courses include mountain marathon and half marathon loop courses on trails and primitive forest roads through the Cloud Cap-Tilly Jane Historic District.
Staged at the charming and quaint Cooper Spur Ski Area, both courses showcases many of the mountain’s most iconic and historic sites. Exquisite views abound of the volcano’s ever-present summit, flanked by Cooper Spur and Polallie Canyon to the south, the Langille Crags and Eliot Canyon to the north and of course the massive icefalls of Mt. Hood’s largest glacier, the mighty Eliot, making this a truly awe-inspiring, one-of-a-kind mountain race experience!
Join us as we tackle trail work on the stunningly beautiful Upper Rogue River Trail! Come join your fellow trail runner and we strive to protect our public lands!
Join us as we tackle trail work on the stunningly beautiful Upper Rogue River Trail! Come join your fellow trail runner and we strive to protect our public lands!
Welcome to the Perpetua Coast trail runs, set in the vibrant coastal village of Yachats, Oregon (say YAH-hots) and the Cape Perpetua National Scenic Area! The event features incredibly scenic 50K, 20 mile and half marathon courses with everything the Oregon Coast has to offer. From cozy beach town charm, rocky shoreline bluffs, sandy beaches, epic headland vistas and moss-draped old growth rainforest, the captivating sense of discovery at Perpetua Coast will keep you coming back for years to come.
Welcome to the Rogue Gorge, offering incredibly beautiful and challenging 50K, Half Marathon & 12K trail races and a NEW for 2025, a point-to-point, downriver 50 miler, all entirely along the iconic Upper Rogue Wild & Scenic River in the Southern Oregon Cascades! The Rogue Gorge Trail and Upper Rogue River Trail (a National Recreation Trail) provide miles of enchanting singletrack trails through the most vibrant fall foliage unmatched anywhere in Oregon, hugging tightly to the old growth forested bluffs above the famous river as it churns its way through collapsed lava tube chasms, cascading waterfalls and underground tunnels. We love hosting this event on the awe-inspiring Upper Rogue River!
Join us for some morning relaxed miles, starting and finishing at Proud Mary Cafe, on two classic four-park 4.6 mile or 6.5 mile loops. Check out the route and join the Daybreak Racing Run Club on Strava. Stay afterward for a swag raffle and a complimentary coffee from our Aussie friends at Proud Mary, and connect with your fellow Daybreak Run Club friends!
We are thrilled to share these new courses across the iconic Columbia River Gorge! With a purely point-to-point 25K race and mostly point-to-point 50K, world class scenery, fall colors and epic views, Thunder River doesn’t cease to amaze. Each race course travels along the iconic Pacific Crest Trail and Gorge 400 trail before cruising under the Bridge of the Gods into the town of Cascade Locks. Both races conclude with a trail loop around Thunder Island surrounded by the mighty Columbia River, culminating with the finish at Marine Park. We simply can’t think of a better way to close out our event season!
Come join us for our inaugural end of season wrap up party, celebrating the hard work and dedication of many people involved. Snacks, initial beverages, and a super cool venue at Ferment Brewing in Hood River will be a great way to spend a little time reflecting on the season past as well as put your eyes toward 2026!
Join us at Territory Run Co. home base for some good old fashioned holiday themed group running. Scavenger hunt, ugly sweaters, raffle prizes, friends and a post-run rally at Occidental Brewing make for a fine December morning!
Welcome to a majestic backcountry rising from the ashes of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. With its sapphire lakes, rugged, toothy peaks and wildflower-blanketed slopes, the Mt. Margaret Backcountry on the northern blast zone side of the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument provides an unforgettably unique, remote and beautiful trail race experience. The power and resilience of Mother Nature is truly on full display here in the backcountry.
Join us for some morning relaxed miles, starting and finishing at Proud Mary Cafe, on two classic four-park 4.6 mile or 6.5 mile loops. Check out the route and join the Daybreak Racing Run Club on Strava. Stay afterward for a swag raffle and a complimentary coffee from our Aussie friends at Proud Mary, and connect with your fellow Daybreak Run Club friends!
Wy'east Trailfest presented by Speedland is a celebration of mountain trail running featuring Mt. Hood’s illustrious alpine terrain. With dynamic and challenging 50K, 28K & 14K mountain courses that reach Oregon’s rooftop at 8000’, plus scenic Half Marathon & 8K (5 miler) races for those looking for a more approachable trail experience! The Kids Race rounds out the weekend in exciting fashion! Whether racing, volunteering or spectating, join us up high on Wy'east (the native ancestral name for Mt. Hood) for the Pacific NW’s rowdiest mountain trail race experience.
Welcome to Hood Hundred, a 100 mile mountain trail run on much of Mt. Hood’s most diverse and scenic terrain! Featuring an incredibly well-supported and very crew accessible lollipop-loop style course with 17,300’ of ascent and 17,300’ descent, Hood Hundred provides a truly epic mountain trail endurance challenge.
We’ll break up the Hood Hundred course into three segments over three days. No-host camping all along the course corridor. Check out the main Hood Hundred page for additional details and registraiton!
Join us as we tackle trail work on the stunningly beautiful Upper Rogue River Trail! Come join your fellow trail runner and we strive to protect our public lands!
Join us as we tackle trail work on the stunningly beautiful Upper Rogue River Trail! Come join your fellow trail runner and we strive to protect our public lands!
Come join the Race Directors for a course preview run and hang out sesh! Swimming opportunities at Coldwater Lake for a post-run soak!
Welcome to the Cape Mountain Trail Runs! These 50K, 25K and 10K loop courses soar high above the Pacific Ocean on one of the Oregon Coast’s defining headlands, Cape Mountain. Just 15 minutes north of Florence, the mountain’s hidden gem trail network offers miles and miles of exceptional singletrack through moss-draped old growth rainforest, enchanting creek canyons, and rare coastal headland meadows.
Join us for some morning relaxed miles, starting and finishing at Proud Mary Cafe, on two classic four-park 4.6 mile or 6.5 mile loops. Check out the route and join the Daybreak Racing Run Club on Strava. Stay afterward for a swag raffle and a complimentary coffee from our Aussie friends at Proud Mary, and connect with your fellow Daybreak Run Club friends!
Join us as we tackle trail work on the stunningly beautiful Upper Rogue River Trail! Come join your fellow trail runner and we strive to protect our public lands!
Join us as we tackle trail work on the stunningly beautiful Upper Rogue River Trail! Come join your fellow trail runner and we strive to protect our public lands!
Welcome to the Tillamook Burn Trail Run™, featuring three beautiful and challenging trail races of 50 miles, 50K and 20 miles, plus a 3-day 100 mile stage race option for those who dare to run all three races. 'The Burn' is a festive Pacific NW springtime trail running tradition, staged at historic Reehers Camp in the lush and rugged Tillamook State Forest halfway between Portland and the Oregon Coast. Prepare for rumbling waterfalls, brisk stream crossings and a million shades of green, as brilliant spring foliage, fiddleheads and blossoms line every inch of the course.
Join us at Mountain Shop and grab your bib for Tillamook Burn and take advantge of some discounts to get those last minute race items!
Join us as we tackle trail work on the stunningly beautiful Upper Rogue River Trail! Come join your fellow trail runner and we strive to protect our public lands!
Join us as we tackle trail work on the stunningly beautiful Upper Rogue River Trail! Come join your fellow trail runner and we strive to protect our public lands!
Welcome to Gorge Waterfalls, offering scenic 100K, 50K and 30K trail running races through the heart of the iconic Columbia River Gorge. Gorge Waterfalls provides one of the preeminent trail race experiences in the Pacific Northwest, home to some of the greatest trail running terrain in the entire United States.
Come check out the course with the Race Directors from Daybreak Racing and event sponsor Speedland!
Welcome to The Big Alta! This event is the latest collaborative trail racing experience from Freetrail and Daybreak Racing, located in trail-famous Marin County, California! With every step, these thoughtfully crafted single-loop courses provide an unforgettably scenic trail race experience. On the home trails of Freetrail, The Big Alta offers two race distance options: a tough, inspiring 50K, along with a shorter yet equally exhilarating 28K.
Come check out the course with the Race Directors from Daybreak Racing!
Welcome to the Siuslaw Dunes! These beautiful and challenging point to point runs offer fun early season 50K, 20 mile and 12K races that traverse a wild tapestry of coastal terrain, including ancient open sand dunes with “tree islands”, old growth rainforest, stream fords and remote ocean beaches. The races are staged at historic Honeyman State Park, just south of old town Florence, Oregon, offering camping, lakeside charm and our gateway to the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. There is no other running event like this anywhere— we are overjoyed to offer this truly special, one-of-a-kind race opportunity!
Join our friends at Freetrail to preview the upcoming second iteration of The Big Alta!
Join us for some morning relaxed miles, starting and finishing at Proud Mary Cafe, on two classic four-park 4.6 mile or 6.5 mile loops. Check out the route and join the Daybreak Racing Run Club on Strava. Stay afterward for a swag raffle and a complimentary coffee from our Aussie friends at Proud Mary, and connect with your fellow Daybreak Run Club friends!
Join us on an old school adventure through the Tillamook Forest. We’ll have a shorter run and a longer run option, and the same lovely bonfire vibes that have made Tillamook Burn one of our most popular events. Bring a potluck item to share with your fellow trail enthusiasts after the run!
Join us at Territory Run Co. home base for some good old fashioned holiday themed group running. Scavenger hunt, ugly sweaters, raffle prizes, friends and a post-run rally at Occidental Brewing make for a fine December morning!
Join us and Wy’east Trailfest presenting sponsor Salomon for a shoe demo and course preview group run! Meet us at Mt. Hood Meadows main parking area in front of the ski lodge to try on some shoes for the group run. We’ll review our route options then head out!
Sunday, July 7, 2024
9:00 AM meet up
Mt. Hood Meadows main parking area (map)
There will be two Salomon trail running shoe demo options, the Genesis and Thundercross!
Please RSVP below. You do not have to be registered for Wy’east Trailfest to join the preview, but we hope you will! We will send out an info email to those who’ve RSVP’d with full details a day or two prior to the group run :)
Join us and Backcountry Rise presenting sponsor NIKE TRAIL for a shoe demo and Backcountry Rise course preview! Meet us at Coldwater Lake Picnic Area to try on some shoes for the group run. We’ll review our two route options then head out!
There will be two run distances:
Run Option 1: the classic 12 mile clockwise loop around Coldwater Lake (most of the Backcountry Rise Half Marathon).
Run Option 2: a 17.5ish mile loop around Coldwater Lake that does an out n back up toward Coldwater Peak (much of the B Rise 20 miler). This route option will turn around to complete the Coldwater Lake loop once they hit snow.
Please RSVP below. (You do not have to be registered for Backcountry Rise to join the preview, but we hope you will!)
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