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Carson Canyons Trail Runs takes place on September 27, 2025 at Long Ranch Park in Carson City, NV. The event is part of an Ascent Runs Fall Trail Series that also includes Jacks Valley Trail Rally (October 18, 2025) and Desert Island Trail Runs (November 15, 2025). The organizer states a mission to..

Warrior Way 5K is a community trail race hosted by George Whittell High School’s Student Council in Zephyr Cove, Nevada (240 Warrior Way), scheduled for September 28, 2025. The event features a 5K trail run through pine forests near Lake Tahoe, including crossings of creeks and logs over rocky terra..

Carson Valley Trails Run the Valley offers three distances: a 10k run/walk (about 6 miles), a 5k run/walk (about 3.5 miles), and a 2k family run/walk on crushed granite paths and single-track trails. The course highlights CVTA trails in James Lee and Jacks Valley loops, including a 0.25 mile single-..

Kokanee Trail Runs, held in the Lake Tahoe Basin near South Lake Tahoe, California, features a half-marathon, 5K, 10K, and a Tadpole Trot for kids along Fallen Leaf Lake and a sweeping route over Tahoe Mountain for the half-marathon. The event is RRCA-sanctioned and renowned for its scenic courses a..

Ferris Fifty in Minden, Nevada, features the inaugural 50-Miler, 50K, and 15K trail races starting at the Douglas County Fairgrounds and finishing in a festival atmosphere at TJ’s Corral outside the Carson Valley Inn. Runners traverse a mix of dirt, gravel, sand, and pavement on single-track and OHV..

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..