Chocorua Mountain Race
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Chocorua Mountain Race
The event is a 23K trail race in the White Mountain National Forest near Tamworth, New Hampshire. The course is a lollipop loop that starts and finishes from Scott Road at the Hammond Trailhead and covers roughly 14.2 miles with approximately 4,500 to 4,800 feet of elevation gain. Runners follow rolling single track to the Hammond and Brook trails, then complete a loop that goes over the Mount Chocorua summit at about 3,480 to 3,490 feet. Trails include rocks, roots, boulders, steep ledges and several rivers and brooks with very cold mountain water.
Aid and logistics are staged at the start, an aid station about six miles in, a summit checkpoint near ten miles, and the finish at 14.2 miles. Mandatory gear must be carried and includes at least 1 liter of fluids, 400 calories of food, a windbreaker or rain shell, and a space or emergency foil blanket. There are no pacers and no crew access on course; crew and spectators may be at the start/finish only. Drop bags are allowed only at the start/finish. Organizers request that entrants have completed a hilly, moderately technical trail race of at least 10 miles or otherwise have sufficient mountain experience.
The field is limited to 250 runners and the event is run under a roughly nine hour time limit. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
