- Where: Race starts and finishes at the Village at Northstar
- Length: 6-10 hours
- Teams: 1-4 person teams
- Disciplines: Kayaking, mountain biking with over 5000 foot elevation gain and orienteering
Races
Below are a number of upcoming adventure races listed in a not so chronological order. For more of an adventure racing calendar use the links on the right to read through upcoming races by month.
Also, if you know of any races that we should feature please let us know.
Big Blue Adventure Race: Tahoe – September 18, 2010
SMARTBlast Michigan – June 19th
- Where: Clarkston Michigan
- Length: 6 hours
- Teams: 2-person: co-ed, female, and male
- Disciplines: Kayaking, biking on mostly dirt roads and orienteering
Big Blue Adventure Race: Ocean Blue – July 10, 2010
- Where: Pillar Point Harbor Area in El Granada, California
- Length: 8 hour
- Teams: 4 person – solo teams
- Disciplines: Kayaking, Mountain Biking and Trekking
Ozark Greenways Adventure Race – May 22
- Where: Gasconade Hills Resort, Richland, MO 65556
- Disciplines: running, trekking, mountain biking, orienteering and paddling
This is a multi-sport challenge event featuring running, trekking, mountain biking, orienteering and paddling. All course distance, maps and itinerary are kept secret until race morning.
There are three different categories of competition, with a Masters Division for each category: TEAM — must be a co-ed (ratio up to you) group of four DOUBLE — two people (same sex or co-ed) SOLO — you do it all on your own!
Big Blue Adventure Race: Red Tail – May 8, 2010
- Where: Del Valle Regional Park in Livermore, CA
- Length: 8 hours
- Teams: Solo – 4 person with male, female, coed and masters divisions
- Disciplines: Kayaking (7+ miles), Mtn Biking (15+ miles), Trekking (5-8 miles)
GO Urban Philadelphia – April 10, 2010
- When: April 10, 2010 At Noon
GO Urban runs on-foot urban adventure races which relies heavily on SMS messaging to guide the race. We’ve never done one of their races, but let’s jsut say that they look really fun.
Register before the race and its $70 per team, $100 per team on the day of race.
Desert Winds 12 Hr – January 16, 2010
- When: January 16, 2010, 9am start time
- Where: Lake Mead National Recreation Area (about an hour outside of Las Vegas, Nevada)
- Teams: Teams of 3 or 4-Person COED or 3 or 4-person ALL FEMALE teams are the Primary Teams. Solo, 2-person, and all male teams are also allowed.
- Disciplines: Trekking, Mountain Biking & Paddling
Endurance Sports Summer Groove 2009
- Where: Loomis Lodge, Newaygo, Michigan
- Length: 15 hour unsupported. From 3:00am to 6:00pm
- Teams: Solo, 2 person coed, male (M/M), female (F/F), 4 person coed
- Disciplines: Orienteering, Mountain Biking, Canoeing, Trekking and Ropes
Not sure why the “Summer” Groove is in the middle of October, but it still looks like a fun race. More information available on race website…
