Baldface Scramble

Baldface Scramble

Baldface Scramble is a trail race held in the White Mountain National Forest at Baldface Farm / Copeland Field off Route 113 in Chatham, NH (Evans Notch). The event offers two distance options:

• 29KM
• 14KM

The 29KM route is run as two loops that go over the Baldfaces on the first loop and over Mount Meader on the second. The 29KM is listed as 17.8 miles with about 6,226 feet of total elevation gain and a maximum elevation near 3,578 feet. Runners in the 29KM pass a fully stocked aid station at the start/finish after roughly 8.6 miles and may continue onto the second loop. The 14KM is a single loop over the Baldfaces, listed as 9 miles with about 3,479 feet of elevation gain and the same maximum elevation.

Course access and parking are on private property reached by a long driveway off Route 113, with parking in a grass field and a staging area on the north end of the fields. There are no on-course drop bags; drop bags are allowed at the start/finish. Pacers are not permitted. Mandatory gear includes 2 liters of fluids, 400 calories of food, a windbreaker or rain shell, and an emergency foil blanket. Organizers request that entrants have prior experience in hilly, moderately technical mountain trails or have completed a similar race of at least 10 miles. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.