Bridle Trails Winter Trail Running Festival

An evening of trail racing: The Bridle Trails Winter Running Festival includes 5-mile, 10-mile, 15-mile, 50K solo, 50K pair, and 50K relay races. It takes place at Bridle Trails State Park in Kirkland on the second Saturday of the year! Races start at 3:00 pm. YES, races begin in the daylight and will slowly move into darkness!

All runners will use the same 5.1-mile loop of trails, mostly going clockwise around the perimeter of the park. The route will be marked with orange and white streamers, as well as yellow glow sticks after dark. Some sections of the trail are rough, rutted, or muddy, and it is Winter, so please watch your footing, and expect to get wet and dirty. Sunset is at 4:41pm, and it will get dark under the forest canopy pretty quickly after that. If there is a good chance you'll be on the course after that time, please bring a headlamp with enough battery life to get you to the finish!

NEW THIS YEAR - Seeing how fragile our trails and neighborhoods can be after such a powerful storm, we feel extra grateful to the organizations we work with to host events like Bridle Trails Winter Running Festival.  If you are able to join us for one of the many distances offered - 5 mile, 10 mile, 15 mile, 50k, 2-Person 50k Relay, 6-Person 50k Relay - consider a donation to Bridle Trails Park Foundation - a suggestion made by WA State Parks.  We have a goal of raising $1500 that will go directly to trail maintenance and programs at Bridle Trails Park! DONATE HERE.

Carpool! Carpool! Carpool! 
Please note a DISCOVER PASS is needed to park in the parking lot. Only carpools that have a Discover pass will be allowed to park in Bridle Trails lot. We are working on a second parking lot nearby and will update the parking information as soon as we have confirmation. 

Seattle Running Club Members receive a discount code. You must be a current member to use the discount code. 

Podium awards for the top 3 Men, Women, and Non-Binary runners in every solo distance. Podium awards for the top 3 teams in both open relays. 

RELAYS
There are no divisions for the relays, just one open category. 

For pre-registration, only the captain of the team needs to register. Other members of each relay team will be asked to fill out their emergency contact information and sign the waiver, on the day of the event.