The first running of the North Fork 50 Mile/ 50K Trail Race, a benefit for the North Fork Volunteer Fire Department, is history!!

Here Are Your 2010 Results:

50 Mile Results   

50K Results

Congratulations to all finishers, and thank you to all the wonderful volunteers who made it all a great experience!

Come join us in 2011 on the beautiful trails of the Pike National Forest on July 16, 2011.  Registration will open in January.

The North Fork Volunteer Fire Department protects the area where the race is run.  They have valiantly battled a number of fires in recent years that have changed the landscape, opening up broad vistas of the high country, as you see in this photo, and giving birth to new growth. 

You will run through some of the burn areas, as well as through pristine forests of ponderosa and lodgepole pines dotted with fields of wildflowers.  The course is 100% trails, mostly single track and some double track, with mostly good footing, at altitude ranging from 6,700 to 8,000 feet.  Elevation gain is 4,500 feet for 50K and 7,200 feet for 50 miles.

VOLUNTEERS

We are looking for volunteers to help put on the event.  Volunteers will receive a T-shirt, a post-race picnic, a day of fun and inspiration and lots of appreciation.  We still need people to help at the start/finish and with the post-race picnic.   If you are interested, please email the race director.

Thank you to our aid station captains--Ryan Kircher (Homestead), Steve McClung (Buffalo Creek), Todd Duncan and Boy Scout Troop 145 of Aurora (Shinglemill), and Ed Green (Sandy Wash).  Be sure to say hello and thanks to them and their crews when you visit their stations in the race.

Thanks to Rebekka Adams who will be overseeing the food and beverages for the post-race party.  And to Gary Wang who has provided much-needed assistance with this website, GPS data and elevation profiles.

And thanks to Tom O'Connell who has helped in so many ways, and who will be in charge of the aid stations on race day.

Also thanks to the great folks who have been providing advice and guidance in race planning--sort of an unofficial board of directors:  Ryan Kircher, Steve McClung, Joe Judd, Holly Lange, Matt and Anne Watts and Todd Salzer.

Janice O'Grady
Race Director
(303) 816-0905
northfork50@live.com