Trail Running calendar near Tahoe City 2025-2026

The Salmon Falls 50K Endurance Run is a challenging trail race set in the scenic foothills of Sacramento, California. This ultra-distance event starts at the Magnolia Ranch Trail Head near Coloma and features a stunning course that traverses the Cronan Ranch area, ultimately finishing at Folsom Lake..

Way Too Cool 50K, the iconic 36th annual ultramarathon held in Cool, California, offers a 50K trail race and an expanding 10-mile endurance option. Runners navigate rolling Northern California hills, creek crossings, and breathtaking scenery, making it a beloved tradition in the ultrarunning communi..

The Ruck a Chuck 50K is a trail running event held in Foresthill, California, set in the scenic Sierra Nevada foothills. This 50-kilometer race features an out-and-back course starting at Drivers Flat and turning around at Dardanelles Creek. A key highlight is its route along sections of the histori..

Rattlesnake Dick is a trail ultramarathon presented by North Fork Clothing, held in Cool, California at the Cool Staging Area (7200 Saint Florian Court). The event offers three distances: 50K, 25K, and 10K, all with generous 10-hour cut-offs and back-of-the-pack friendly courses. Runners ascend and..

Bad Ass Backyard Ultra (B.A.B.U.) takes place at Dry Creek Parkway in Rio Linda, Sacramento, California. The event uses the traditional backyard ultra format: a 4.16-mile loop with a new loop starting each hour; anyone not in the start corral at the hour is eliminated, and the winner completes the m..

The event takes place at American River Overlook Park and in the Auburn State Recreation Area near Auburn and Cool, California. Distances offered: 35K (20.8 miles, 4,800 ft elevation gain) Half Marathon (13.3 miles, 3,000 ft elevation gain) 10K (6.1 miles, 1,150 ft elevation gain) 5K (3.5 miles, 6..

American River Endurance Runs is a three-race ultra series from Folsom to Auburn, California, along the scenic American River Parkway. The flagship AR50 has become the second-largest 50-mile race in the United States, attracting veterans and newcomers, with companion 25- and 10-mile events finishing..

The Outlands Endurance Race, held at Peninsula Campground in Pilot Hill, California, offers challenging trail running distances of 25K, 50K, and 50 miles. Set along the rugged, scenic edges of Folsom Lake, the courses feature a mix of runnable single track and double-wide trails with significant ele..

The Canyons Endurance Runs will take place in Auburn from Friday 24 April 2026 to Saturday 25 April 2026. You can run between 25 and 161 kilometers.

Wild Rose Half Marathon & 5K is a brand-new spring running event in Roseville, California, starting and finishing at Moksa Barrel House. Runners can choose a flat, fast Half Marathon on the Pleasant Grove Bike Path—a forked out-and-back with under 240 feet of elevation gain—and a 5K loop through Wil..

The Silver State 50/50 is a renowned endurance trail running event held annually at Rancho San Rafael Park in Reno, Nevada. Celebrating its 41st year for the 50-mile and 50-kilometer races and 18th for the trail half-marathon, it offers challenging courses featuring rugged terrain, significant eleva..

Tahoe 200 is a 200-mile ultramarathon around Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada, tracing the Tahoe Rim Trail with detours into alpine meadows, rock gardens, and high ridges with views. The race starts at Heavenly Stagecoach Lodge and, in 2026, will use an out-and-back course (the Forest Service is ev..

Tahoe 100k is a rugged ultramarathon set in the Sierra Nevada around Stateline, Nevada. The 62.9-mile course features about 11,766 feet of climbing and roughly 23,532 feet of total elevation change, with altitudes reaching nearly 9,800 feet. Runners traverse mostly singletrack trails through high-el..

Broken Arrow Skyrace is California's first skyrunning event, held at Squaw Valley (Palisades Tahoe) in the Sierra Nevada. Presented by Salomon and organized by Alpenglow Mountain Racing, it offers multiple mountain-running distances: 11K, 18K, 23K and 46K, plus endurance challenges such as the Iron..

The Western States Endurance Run is the world’s oldest 100-mile trail race, starting in Olympic Valley, California, and finishing 100.2 miles later in Auburn, California. Established in 1974, the course traverses traditional lands of Indigenous Peoples and features over 18,000 feet of climbing and n..

Tahoe Rim Trail Endurance Runs (TRTER) is a nonprofit trail ultramarathon series in the Lake Tahoe region, centered around the Spooner Lake Backcountry near Carson City, Nevada, with the Start/Finish relocated to Carson City. The event offers three distances: 100 miles, 100K, and 50K, run on the Tah..

Lost Sierra Endurance Race, presented by Bad Luck Run Club, takes place in the Sierra Nevada high country around Downieville, California. Runners choose from 25K, 50K, or 100K. The 100K is an out-and-back epic, starting in Downieville, climbing toward the Sierra Buttes then north to Plumas-Eureka St..

Emerald Bay Trail Run is a 7-mile (11 km) point-to-point race in the Lake Tahoe region. The course begins at Eagle Point, circles Emerald Bay, and climbs the Rubicon Trail to DL Bliss State Park, finishing at Lester Beach. Runners traverse mostly single-track with moderate climbs and descents, and e..

Signal Peak Trail Runs take place near Bear Valley Group Campground, Nevada City, CA, with Emigrant Gap as a reference point. Organized by Sky Breaker Racing, the event offers two distances: 50K and 24 miles. The course is an out-and-back with a loop at the east end that summits Signal Peak for the..