Tiadaghton Trail Challenge
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Tiadaghton Trail Challenge
The Tiadaghton Trail Challenge is an annual trail running event held in Waterville, PA, centered at the Tiadaghton State Forest Resource Management Center. The event offers two race options:
- Half Marathon
- 10K
Both courses start and finish at the forest resource center and follow single-track and old logging grades through Pine Creek Valley and Huntley Mountain. Trails include technical, rocky, and moss-covered sections with steep climbs and descents. Scenic features along the routes include vistas, hemlock and oak stands, trout streams, small waterfalls, and shale outcrops.
The 10K is a loop that follows the Old Wagon Road, ascends the Gleason Trail to the Tiadaghton Trail, and returns via the Pine Creek Rail Trail and PA-44. The half marathon adds an extra 2-mile loop to the mountain high point, includes the Eiger Trail with a roughly 1,000 foot climb, the Log Slide Trail descent, a final climb on Wolf Path of about 800 feet, and a technical section where the route follows a dried stream bed before returning to the resource center.
Aid stations are described as fully stocked with typical trail fuel. Overall awards are presented to the first male and female finishers, and pre-registered participants receive event swag. All proceeds benefit a memorial scholarship fund for a graduating senior from Jersey Shore Area High School. Registration closes October 31. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
