Trail Running for Everyone in Lake Tahoe and Squaw Valley

Tahoe Trail Running is offering several runs in the month of June. Check them out below.

• Truckee Running Festival is a great family event on Saturday, June 7th.  The run begins and ends at Riverview Park in Truckee and offers the opportunity to do a 5K or 10K or a Half Marathon.  There are even short races for kids.  For more details, course map and registration, click on the Truckee Running Festival, webpage.

• Try out the Squaw Valley Half Marathon at Squaw Valley on Sunday, June 15th.  The course runs from Squaw Valley along the Truckee River and back again.  The race starts at the East Side of the Village at Squaw Valley.  For more information, click on the Squaw Valley webpage.
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• On Sunday, June 22nd, the Burton Creek Trail Run offers a 6K, 12K, Half Marathon or 50K.  The beautiful and challenging course features pine forest, high sierra meadows and a creek alongside. Check out the Burton Creek Trail Run webpage for more information.

• Run to Squaw is held on Sunday June 29, 2014.  The route starts at Commons Beach in Tahoe City, runs along the Truckee River Trail, and finishes at Squaw Valley. This 7.9 mile course features spectacular scenic views.  Check-in is at Squaw Valley where a shuttle will transport you to Commons Beach. For a course map and registration information,
Click on the Run to Squaw webpage.

Western States 100-mile Endurance Run.  June 28-29, 2014, at 5:00 am.  It is the oldest and most prestigious 100-mile trail race.  This run is not for the faint of heart.  The course begins in Squaw Valley and ends 100.2 miles later in Auburn, California, and follows the original trails used by gold and silver miners of the 1850s.  The total elevation gain is 18,000 feet followed by a descent of 23,000 feet.  Most of the trail runs through remote and rugged territory. “Adequate mental and physical preparation is of utmost importance to each runner, for the high mountains and deep canyons, although beautiful, are relentless in their challenge and unforgiving to the ill-prepared.”  For more information, click on the Western States 100 website.