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Your Destination Mountain Running Festival
Welcome To Little Bavaria!
Leavenworth, Washington is a German-themed town tucked away on the eastern side of the labyrinth-like Cascades Mountain range. Our trail fest is here to bring together runners from all over to experience some of the best flowy trails and views in the area. Our 5k course is trail and beginner-friendly, while the 27k takes you for a tour of the surrounding mountains. Challenge yourself with the 55k course for a loop so nice you’ll do it twice.
We’ll meet at base of the Leavenworth Ski Hill Area. The courses showcase the ridgelines north of town, with sweeping Cascade views and contrasting terrain– from alpine ridges to fast forest service roads dropping toward the Eastern Cascades’ dry landscape. A great early summer racing destination.
This event exists because of strong local trail partnerships and a shared belief that mountain running should be challenging, welcoming, and rooted in place.
By Runners For Runners
We celebrate mountain running and the community that surrounds it. Trails in the Pacific Northwest are steep and demanding, and this course was chosen to balance meaningful elevation gain and expansive views with runnable, flowy terrain.
We are grateful to our land and trail partners– the Evergreen MTB Alliance and the Leavenworth Ski Hill Area– for their continued stewardship and for sharing these trails with us.
Trail Fest is supported by partners who help make the weekend more than just a race, including Brooks Running, Black Diamond, Näak, Leavenworth Alpenhorns, Fall City Kombucha, and more.
We also partner with regional organizations such as the Evergreen MTB Alliance and Cowgill Trail Collective for real PNW vibes, and provide race entries to the All In Trail Collective and Tierra Libre Run to increase access and diversity in our sport.
Bring your family for the weekend or extend your stay. Leavenworth offers an ideal base for mountain adventure, community gatherings, and post-race recovery.
It’s A Trail Fest
At the base of the ski hill, we are going to hang out Bavarian-style. We want a place for our volunteers to unwind, for friends and family members to chill and racers to sprawl. A space for your race directors to laugh.
Packet Pickup, Friday, May 22 at the Ski Hill
- Lodge Packet pickup 5 pm – 7 pm at The Lodge
- Group run 4:30 pm
- Live music 5 pm – 7 pm at the Lodge
Current trail festival experiences include (subject to change):
- Mountain Running Vendors, latest demos and gear
- Trail Family Food Tent – all 27k & 55k runners get a free meal
- Fall City Kombucha keg – bring a growler for a cheap fill
- Leavenworth Alpenhorns – mountain horns to kick off the 27k
- Free Kids race – Before the 5k, 30 minutes of zoomies at the race start for tots to teens
- Hammerslag – A German game involving hammering nails into stumps
- Inflatable costume race – This event promises laughter, friendly competition, and outrageous inflatable costumes
Swag and Awards
All 27k and 55k finishers may choose one of the following during registration:
- A custom Leavenworth Trail Fest finisher award or three trees planted in the PNW through our partnership with One Tree Planted.
All 27k runners will receive Vert Running Series points to take aim at the VRS Championship at the North Bend Trail Fest on 10/3!
Participants also receive a post-race meal at the Trail Family Food Tent.
All 5k Finishers receive a custom finishers medal along with snacks and a special homemade power bar treat from La Javelina.
Podium Awards
Top man and woman of the 27k earns free entry to 2026 Mammoth Trail Fest 26k.
Custom wooden podium awards from Arivaipa Artworx for top three finishers in…
- 55k mens/women/ first place nonbinary
- 27k mens/women/ first place nonbinary for the Elite/Masters/ and Sport division
- 5k mens/women/ first place nonbinary and first boy and girl (U20)
Gear awards from Brooks and Black Diamond for the Vert King, Queen, and Monarch (fastest to the high point).
LOUNGE
You’ll need to stop in at the Cowgill Trail Collective Lounge, a place where the fun vibes will pump you up or help you to chill out. Cowgill is about bringing together the trail running community and making the sport more inclusive and accessible is at the core of everything we do.
Check out the Hammerslag, grab some Kombucha, kick back and just enjoy!
Directions and Accommodations
Directions
Location: Leavenworth Ski Hill Area, Hwy 2 is currently closed from the West of Leavenworth. We will keep you posted with any new developments.
Air Travel
Seatac Airport: Major International Airport, all major carriers
Train
Amtrak has a Seattle to Leavenworth train. Limited seating.
Accommodations
Hotels
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Presenting Sponsor
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