Westmore Mountain Challenge
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Westmore Mountain Challenge, September 26, 2026
The Westmore Mountain Challenge is a community-focused mountain running event held in East Charleston, Vermont, at 154 Leadership Drive. The course travels across five named mountains: Moose, Hor, Pisgah, Haystack, and Bald, using trails that are popular in the Northeast Kingdom during peak fall foliage. The event is organized by the nonprofit NorthWoods Stewardship Center and proceeds support that organization. NorthWoods notes that its youth and adult crews have helped steward the region's trails, waterways, and forests for over 35 years.
The route is made up primarily of single track hiking trails with dirt road connectors for much of the course. The first 21 miles include these dirt road connectors, and the final 5 miles of the full marathon combine dirt and paved road surfaces.
There are two timed distances and an additional halfway option where times are not recorded.
- Full marathon length
- 20 mile (trail only)
- 12.3 mile halfway option at the lunch station; not timed
Registration opens April 30, 2026. The event supports trail stewardship and uses local trail systems across multiple summits. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
