Gnar Runners

Training weekend is coming up!

Join us the weekend of June 27 & 28 for a training, camping and/or trail work weekend on the Never Summer 60km/100km course.

We are again offering camping and camaraderie at the Gould Community Center (race start). Reservations are available Friday & Saturday night. Open to tents and campers (no hookups). Please reserve your spot here: https://gnarrunners.square.site/.../camping-never.../84

Schedule:
⭐️Friday, camping available. Possible Mt Richthofen Vertical K if there is interest and conditions allow.

⭐️Saturday, 8:00am: meet at the Seven Utes Parking Lot to run the southern section of the course.

ROUTES:
18 miles/4,100’ https://www.strava.com/routes/3180531872816383830
32 miles/8,000’ https://www.strava.com/routes/3180534848048047946
The full loop from Seven Utes to North Diamond Peak, across to Montgomery and down to Bockman and back to Seven Utes via the Bockman Road.

⭐️Sunday, 8:00am: meet at Ruby Jewel TH.

ROUTES:
16 miles/3,000’
https://www.strava.com/routes/23986994 . From the Ruby Jewel TH, run through Hidden Valley to Kelly Lake, down to Clear Lake Rd. Take a left at intersection back to Canadian aid location to pick up course back to Ruby Jewel on North Yurt & Canadian Trails.

20 miles/4,000’ -> 24 miles/5,300’ with -> without Clear Lake spur:
https://www.strava.com/routes/23987150
As above to Clear Lake Road, then right following course on Northern Loop around to Canadian Aid location, then back to Ruby Jewel on North Yurt & Canadian Trails.

Trail work volunteers can meet up with us either day at the morning meet locations or Gould Community Center.
Please RSVP to [email protected] !

We did some Never Summer course surveying this weekend. We hope you find our main findings helpful!!

Trail work recap!

We had 24 fantastic folks out last Saturday at Lory State Park for our annual "Saturday-after-Quad-Rock" spring trail workday. We thoroughly polished the valley trails to an effervescent shine, cleaning all drains and smoothing out all ruts and v-shaped sections. Just in time for the rain this week!

Want to join us? Check out https://gnarrunners.com/volunteer/ for more dates. Next one is coming up in June at the Never Summer training weekend!

we really just wanted an excuse to use the word “whimsy” in one of our posts

Wishing the happiest Mother’s Day to all of our Gnar moms out there!

Thank you for making the 🌎 go around and for the BEST finish line photos ❤️💛

Here are your overall podium finishers for the 15th annual Quad Rock 50/25 mi trail races!

CONDITIONS UPDATE: perfect 🥰

Trails are drying nicely up high and should be good to go by race day.

As always - if muddy, run through the mud

QUAD ROCKERS:

We are happy to announce that we have been given the go ahead to run the normal course for Saturday's race!

The valley trails are drying nicely and will be in great shape for the race. With that said, you should be prepared for some wet (even snowy) trails on the upper sections of the course, but their rocky nature means they hold up well in those conditions. We received a lot of snow at the higher elevations on Tuesday night and while it is melting very fast, the upper parts of Lory (Upper Timber, Westridge) were still holding a good amount of wet snow during course marking this afternoon. We have another day of warm weather ahead, but we recommend coming prepared for wet feet.

If you do encounter muddy trails, PLEASE remember to run through the mud - not around.

One potential change this weather brought is that we may not be able to offer the usual unmanned water stop at the top of Timber. The high access road is currently saturated and unpassable but we are looking for a way to get water up there before race day.

The stretch the water drop is (usually) on - between Arthur's & Soldier Canyon - is 7.4mi with about 1200' of gain & descent. Especially if it gets warm, please make sure you have enough water on board for that leg. We will be stocking extra water at those end points.

Finally, we've heard from a few of you that the pre-race email we sent at the start of this week didn't arrive in your inbox. We're switching email platforms for this message to hopefully avoid doubling that issue. You can view the full pre-race briefing on our blog for this (and every) Gnar race: https://gnarrunners.com/quad-rock-2026-pre-race-information/

-Nick Clark & Brad Bishop

We will have final Quad Rock course details by Friday morning.

In case you missed the pre-race email that went out on Tuesday, it can be found here:

Quad Rock 2026 Pre-Race Briefing The loop will take you through 3 major climbs and descents for a total of over 5,500 vertical feet on premium, gnarled-out singletrack. Run the second loop in reverse for a full 50 miles and a net vertical in excess of 11,000 feet. Welcome to the Quad Rock 50 and 25 mile trail races, an event put on...