Sept 26, 2026 • Jay Peak, Vermont

7.1 miles• 3,044’ft vert

RACE CAPPED AT 500 RUNNERS

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Runners will start at Tramside beside the Tram dock. Climb Interstate right away, steady grade, Tram overhead, connect to service road. Descend Perry Merrill Ave & head to Stateside. Short drop onto Chalet Meadows past the hotel. First real climb begins near the Jet Triple & pushes toward the summit.

Climb Sweetheart to Paradise Meadows. Traverse Jet. Grind up Hotshot Derrick to the Stateside peak. Descend Montrealer to Angel’s Wiggle & onto Taxi Trail. That’s your rhythm section. At the end of Taxi, left turn uphill on Goat Run. It pitches up onto Upper River Quai under the Tram towers. Pass Bonaventure Quad. Descend Northway. Hard right onto Green Beret, steepest climb of the day. Briefly onto Vermonter, then right onto the Long Trail. Single track. No passing. Crest the ridge as you summit Jay Peak, take in the amazing 360 views.

Then it’s downhill: Sis Boom Bah to Northway into Ullr’s Dream. Partway down Ullr’s, hard right and back uphill on the Wedelmaster runout. Final sequence: descend JFK, reconnect briefly to Ullr’s Dream, then flatten out across Kokomo back to Tramside. Seven miles. Nearly 3,044'ft feet. Pace your climbs. Respect the descents. See you at the finish where you started.

SAFETY LANGUAGE

The course is steep, rocky, & grassy. Summit is technical rocky ridge, potentially wet & slippery. You will be pushing hard for the summit, putting yourself to your capacity, lungs, grit, & strength. Please note, we will have the course well marked, it is imperative, for your safety, you follow precise path of flagging. Please be mindful of other competitors, if you encounter an injured competitor please inform the nearest course Marshall, EMT, Jay Peak Patrol, or Rescue Services. Course is well marked with orange flagging, if you suddenly find yourself on a path without immediate orange flags to indicate the route, please turn around, go back the way you came until you get back on trail with orange flags.

**Every competitor is subject to a strict cut-off time at Jay Peak summit, of 2:00 hrs (competitor will take tram back down). We typically see 2-10 people not make cutoff

**Course subject to be adjusted as necessary

**The race course is located in Jay State Forest