Trails & Rails - Cloudcroft, NM

Trails & Rails - Cloudcroft, NM

Trails & Rails is an 8 mile mountain trail race based at the Trestle Recreation Area in Cloudcroft. The route follows historic railroad beds, an old highway grade, and sections of single track through fir and spruce forest. Past editions list approximately 1,350 ft of elevation gain and loss for the 8 mile course. The course runs above the Tularosa Basin and offers views down to the basin roughly 4,000 ft below.

The event is presented as one race within the Sacramento Mountains Ultra Series, which is organized from Cloudcroft at an elevation near 8,676 ft. Trails & Rails appears as a common opening race for the series and features terrain representative of the other series races: high elevation single track, rail-bed trails, and forest roads. The series format includes multiple events spanning summer to fall and has a stated limit of 50 runners for the series entry.

Runners should expect mountain trail conditions, notable elevation changes, and forested sections. Because the village of Cloudcroft sits at high elevation, the race gives participants exposure to altitude and to running on historic trail corridors and forest routes. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.