El Cobrecito Trail Runs

Join us for our 50th running of the Race Formerly Known as The Ft. Bayard Wilderness Run.

Of particular interest to you runners of a certain age:  El Cobrecito is designated as the New Mexico State 13.1 km Masters Championship.

We’ve moved the old race to nearby Bataan Memorial Park, which the race director considers a nearly perfect trail-race venue.  Whereas the old course was a gritty, dust-choked, coyote-scented ankle-twister in the foothills of the Gila, the new course is all that—plus it offers better parking & restrooms, & even more single-track than the old course.  Plus there’s a playground for your non-running family members to enjoy while you’re having your peculiar brand of weekend trail-run larks.

As with the old Ft. Bayard Trail Races, we will feature two race distances:  4 miles (plus change) for the fleet-footed; 8.1 miles (13.1 km) for the longsuffering.
Per tradition, we’ll reward the toughest runners with Robin Parsons-designed Mimbreño trophy bowls in four age brackets, with additional prizes for walkers.

Runners who would like a stylin' commemorative race shirt must email the race director (mrgreendreams@msn.com) by May 7.  Shirts are locally printed high-quality Ts and are sold at cost.  Because we are keeping our registration form simple, you cannot order a shirt from this RunSignUp site.  Instead, notify the race director and either mail a check made out to SCAT or use your registration as a promise that you will pay for the shirt on race day.

The fee for runners under 18 is only $5.  If you want to avoid the regular $17 race fee, it's best that you register using a mail-in registration (https://www.justteaching.org/joy/scat/cobrecito-trail-races).

Race Day Registration opens at 6:30 AM; same-day registration is $22.

Directions from Silver City:  Take US 180 East for approximately 6 miles.  Turn left onto Ft. Bayard Rd. (across from the town of Santa Clara) & enter the parking lot of Bataan Memorial Recreational Park on your left.  Follow signs to the starting line.

Race Director contact info:

• Jim McIntosh
• 147 Enchanted Trail
• Silver City, NM  88061
• 575.574.2902
• mrgreendreams@msn.com

All proceeds benefit the Ella, Michael, & Ella Scholarship Fund at Aldo Leopold Charter School.