Deer Flats After Dark Trail Runs - Gold Bar, Washington - Running

About The Deer Flats After Dark Trail Runs

The Deer Flats After Dark Trail Runs is a Running race in Gold Bar, Washington consisting of a 11 Mile Trail Run and 16 Mile Trail Run and 32 Mile Trail Run (Ultra).

Deer Flats After Dark Trail Runs take place on the motorized trails at Reiter Foothills Forest, outside of Gold Bar, WA. Start just before sunset and run into the night. The 11 miler has about 1800 ft of elevation gain. The 16 miler has about 2200 ft. And the 32 miler has about 4400 ft.

The course is a mix of gravel logging road and a variety of trail types. There are 4x4 trails that wind their way through the woods with occasional boulders or logs to cross. There is an old orphaned road grade that has partially been reclaimed by nature. There's a steep power line access road/trail rangingKeep Reading from sand and gravel to softball size rocks. There are single track dirt bike trails twisting and turning their way through the woods up and down hill. And there are double track ATV trails winding their way through a recent timber harvest, into the woods up to the high point of the course and down a winding, rocky technical descent.

There are a lot of small rolling hills and banked turns sure to bring back memories of being a kid running around pretending to ride a dirt bike.