Where can I find the Loon Mountain Race 10K route map?
Use the official course links on this page for the organiser route page, map PDF or route download.
Official course linksLoon Mountain Race 10K
This race edition
- Race date
- Date not confirmed for this distance
- Race timezone
- Timezone not confirmed
- Edition status
- Status not confirmed
Entry options
2026 edition
Entry options are not yet confirmed for this edition. Check the organiser before making plans.
Decision summary
Loon Mountain Race 10K at a glance
- Typical conditions
- 32/100
- Evidence depth
- 33 verified facts
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Source facts available
Route details
Known course facts at a glance
Loon Mountain Race 10K has known course details for its 10k race. The summary below keeps the focus on what is confirmed for the course.
- Official distance
- 9.7 km
- Terrain
- Trail, Mixed
- Scenery
- Mountain, Forest, Countryside
Quick answers
What runners ask first
How hilly is the Loon Mountain Race 10K?
The Loon Mountain Race 10K is described as mountainous. The course listing puts the climb at 934 m.
Where does the Loon Mountain Race 10K route go?
The Loon Mountain Race 10K route starts at Base of Loon Mountain (60 Loon Mountain Road, Lincoln NH) and finishes at Summit of North Peak. Underfoot, expect trail, grass ski slope, and cat track (100% unpaved). It passes Upper Walking Boss, Bear Claw Extension and North Peak summit. Widely considered the New England Trail Running series' most difficult event.
What should runners know on race day for the Loon Mountain Race 10K?
Two fluid aid stations on course; fluids at the finish area and back at the Governor Adams Lodge. 2.
Race character
Scenery
- Mountain
- Forest
- Countryside
Atmosphere
- Competitive
- Wilderness
Terrain
- Trail
- Mixed
- Elevation character
- Mountainous
- Technicality
- Technical
- Source-stated ascent
- 934 m
- Net elevation
- 934 m
Entry, logistics and records
Records and field
- Field size
- Over $20,000 in cash prizes offered; no day-of registration
Entry requirements
- Entry status
- Past event: The listed edition date has passed.
- Cut-off
- 11:00 AM cutoff; all runners must pass the top of Bear Claw Extension by 11 AM
- Qualification status
- Has historically served as a USATF mountain running championship and US Mountain Running Team qualifier; part of the USATF NE Mountain Running Circuit. Not a road Race time qualifier (e.g. Boston).
Race day logistics
- Aid stations
- 2
- Bag drop
- Two fluid aid stations on course; fluids at the finish area and back at the Governor Adams Lodge
Access and course status
- Start
- Base of Loon Mountain (60 Loon Mountain Road, Lincoln NH)
- Finish
- Summit of North Peak
Course facts
- Course type
- Point To Point
- Surface
- Trail, grass ski slope, and cat track (100% unpaved)
- Landmarks
- Upper Walking Boss, Bear Claw Extension, North Peak summit
- Notable features
- Widely considered the New England Trail Running series' most difficult event
- recognized by Trail Runner, Runner's World and Outside as an elite vertical hill climb
- Average grade of 10 percent with sections as steep as 40 percent
- signature climb is the Upper Walking Boss, a roughly one-kilometer black-diamond grass ski slope reaching 40 percent grade
What are typical race-day conditions?
- 26°CTypical temperature
- 19 kphTypical wind
- 3 mmTypical rainfall
- 32Favourability /100