The 2020 Trillium Trek Walk/Race requires pre-registration. Due to group size limits, Elachee will not allow day-of registrations.
Races start in the Elachee Visitor Center parking lot with a brief portion of the race route along Elachee Drive (required for spacing), before entering the Forest. Once in the forest, runners/walkers actually travel along the trails of Chicopee Woods Nature Preserve. Race routes are well-marked with lots of cheerful volunteers guiding the way. The terrain features moderate-to-easy singletrack trails along rolling hills, with beautiful woodland scenery interspersed by several streams.
The 5K race features a 150-foot suspension bridge crossing over Walnut Creek.
Races start in the Elachee Visitor Center parking lot with a brief portion of the race route along Elachee Drive (required for spacing), before entering the forest. Once in the forest, runners travel along the trails of Chicopee Woods Nature Preserve. Race routes are well-marked with lots of cheerful volunteers guiding the way. The terrain features moderate singletrack trails along rolling hills, with beautiful woodland scenery interspersed by several streams. The 5K race features a 150-foot suspension bridge crossing over Walnut Creek.
Course Length: The race course length has been hand-measured using a measuring wheel and is 3.107 miles. The length shown by the Trail Run Project is digitally estimated and differs from the true length.
There will be volunteers and signage guiding your way at every turn. Water/Gatorade stations will be available approximately 1.75 miles into the race at the intersection of Bridge Trail and East Lake Trail.
Half Marathon
Course Route: The route starts and ends at the Elachee Visitor Center Parking Lot. Runners start up the drive from the Elachee Visitor Center, take the gravel trailhead parking lot toward the forest and will follow the
Upland Trail and turn left onto
Bridge Loop and follow it through Chicopee Woods Nature Preserve, over the suspension bridge, catching the Bridge–Upland
Connector to send runners back to the finish line.
Course Details
Races start in the Elachee Visitor Center parking lot with a brief portion of the race route along Elachee Drive (required for spacing), before entering the forest. Once in the forest, runners travel along the trails of Chicopee Woods Nature Preserve. The terrain features moderate singletrack trails along rolling hills, with beautiful woodland scenery interspersed by several streams.
Signage, confidence markers, and volunteers placed at nine turns make the route clearly defined and easy to follow.
Course Length: The race course length has been hand-measured using a measuring wheel and is 13.1 miles. The length shown by the Trail Run Project is digitally estimated and differs from the true length.
Course Route:
The route starts and ends at the Elachee Visitor Center Parking Lot. Runners start up the drive from the Elachee Visitor Center, take the gravel trailhead parking lot toward the forest and will follow the
Bridge Loop until the intersection with the
Lake Loop. Follow the
Lake Loop until the next intersection with the
Bridge Loop. Follow the
Bridge Loop until the intersection with the
Ridge Trail. Runners make a right onto
Ridge Trail, then a right onto
Dodd Loop. Follow signage to the
Geiger Trail, then to the
Bridge Loop again to then catch the Bridge–Upland
Connector to embark on the second lap of the
Bridge Loop,
Lake Loop,
Bridge Loop,
Ridge Trail,
Dodd Loop,
Geiger Trail,
Bridge Loop and Bridge–Upland
Connector.
After the second lap, runners head to the finish line after taking the right off of the Bridge–Upland
Connector.
It may sound confusing, but don't worry! The route is well-marked with plenty of volunteers directing at intersections.
A variety of wildflowers and other native plants can be seen along the trails and streams including several species of Trillium wildflowers.
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