Course Descriptions
30K Course Change for 2025 Race: Due to predicted rainfall and the potential for flooding on the Salem Creek Greenway, the City of Winston-Salem has requested that we modify the 30K course. Instead of an out and back course on the Greenway, the 30K runners will make 2 full loops of Salem Lake following the Frosty Fifty 12.5K loop, and then run the 5K course which is an out and back on the Salem Lake Trail. The 30K will start and finish at the Marina building. Runners will pass by the finish line twice running in a counter-clockwise direction, and will finish with the final 2.5K in a clockwise direction.
The 7 Mile course and the 5K course should be unaffected by the weather and are unchanged.
5K- Out and back on the Salem Lake Trail. Start & finish at Marina Building
7 Mile – One complete counterclockwise loop around the lake. Start & finish at Marina Building. NOTE: The 7 mile runners DO NOT take off-shoot trail described below on the 30K course
30K – Starting at the Marina/Office Building, the 30K runners go around the lake* counterclockwise for about 6.5 miles, then down the greenway next to Salem Creek to the turnaround point at about 8.5 miles, and return to the finish via the same route. See the image below for the approximate 30K turnaround location. SEE ABOVE
Salem Lake Trail User Information (including a trail map)
Salem Lake Trail Information by AllTrails
THE IMAGE BELOW DOES NOT APPLY FOR 2025 DUE TO THE COURSE CHANGE
