Date/Time
Date(s) - Jun 1st, 2024 - Jun 2nd, 2024
All Day
Join Hilltown Land Trust and Beast Coast Trail Running for the fifth-annual Chesterfield Gorge Ultra and 25k Race, including the only 100 mile race in Western Mass!
Race director Amy Rusiecki has wanted to bring an ultra race to Western Mass to share some of the amazing places that she regularly trains on, so we were thrilled to officially launch this race for 2018… and based on the many smiles throughout the event, it has become an annual tradition!
You’ll run along the Westfield River in the Chesterfield Gorge. It’s a GORGEous place to run (see what we did there?). There are opportunities to complete 11k, 25k, 50k, 50 mile, 100k, or 100 mile runs over the course of two days, June 3-4, 2023.
The course is a continually rolling jeep trail with a few rocks (but not a technical trail), with permanent mile markers and some fun motivational & educational signs along the way. The race will consist of one or more 7.75 mile (12.5k) trail out-and-backs (for 15.5 miles/25k total), with turnaround points for folks doing the 50 and 100 miles distances. There is no pavement on the entire course.
All proceeds for this event go to Hilltown Land Trust, to support our mission of land conservation and stewardship.
Learn more on the Beast Coast Trail Running website, and register now on RunReg.
Volunteer
We need volunteers of all kinds to make this race run smoothly. Interested? Email Todd Hobson for more information.
Business Sponsorship
Local businesses help this event give back even more to the Hilltowns! If your business is interested in becoming a sponsor, send an email to HLT Community Engagement Manager Sarah Welch.
