How hilly is the Spillway Classic Trail Run 5K?
The Spillway Classic Trail Run 5K is described as flat.
Spillway Classic Trail Run 5K
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
Spillway Classic Trail Run 5K at a glance
- Typical conditions
- 41/100
- Evidence depth
- 31 verified facts
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Source facts available
Route details
Known course facts at a glance
Spillway Classic Trail Run 5K has known course details for its 5k race. The summary below keeps the focus on what is confirmed for the course.
- Official distance
- 4.8 km
- Terrain
- Road, Trail, Gravel
- Scenery
- Riverside, Forest, Lakeside, Countryside
Quick answers
What runners ask first
Where does the Spillway Classic Trail Run 5K route go?
The Spillway Classic Trail Run 5K route starts at Bonnet Carre Spillway Boat Launch Pavilion, Norco, LA 70079 (St. Charles Parish) and finishes at Bonnet Carre Spillway Boat Launch Pavilion start/finish area; fire trucks hose down muddy finishers. Underfoot, expect unpaved natural trail through the spillway with dirt, gravel-topped levees and a swamp section; surfaces become muddy or wet, varying with recent weather, with potential elevation changes. It passes Bonnet Carre Spillway, spillway levees and The Gauntlet swamp section. Run in the heat of mid-July, the course is deliberately wet and muddy.
What should runners know on race day for the Spillway Classic Trail Run 5K?
Schedule: packet pickup from 7:00 a.m., 3-mile trail run starts at 8:00 a.m.
Race character
Scenery
- Riverside
- Forest
- Lakeside
- Countryside
Atmosphere
- Community
- Competitive
Terrain
- Road
- Trail
- Gravel
- Elevation character
- Flat
- Technicality
- Technical
Entry, logistics and records
Records and field
- Women's course record
- 18:28 (Malia Cali)
- Field size
- Around 1,500 runners have been expected in recent editions.
Entry requirements
- Entry status
- Past event: The listed edition date has passed.
- Qualification status
- Open community trail run; no qualifying standard required to enter.
Race day logistics
- Race village
- No
Access and course status
- Start
- Bonnet Carre Spillway Boat Launch Pavilion, Norco, LA 70079 (St. Charles Parish).
- Finish
- Bonnet Carre Spillway Boat Launch Pavilion start/finish area; fire trucks hose down muddy finishers.
Course facts
- Surface
- Unpaved natural trail through the spillway with dirt, gravel Topped levees and a swamp section; surfaces become muddy or wet, varying with recent weather, with potential elevation changes.
- Landmarks
- Bonnet Carre Spillway, spillway levees, The Gauntlet swamp section
- Notable features
- Run in the heat of mid-July, the course is deliberately wet and muddy. Race director Chloe Nicolosi has described areas 'so muddy they can be hard to move through' and water 'up to my waist, even higher' in past years: 'It gets sloppy, and that's the beauty of it.' Finishers come in covered head to toe in mud, and fire trucks spray water at the finish to serve as makeshift showers
- Schedule: packet pickup from 7:00 a.m., 3-mile trail run starts at 8:00 a.m. CDT, award ceremony at 9:30 a.m
- Post-race refreshments for registered participants include beer from Crescent Crown Distributing, Elmer's Chee-Wees, Baker Maid sweets, Alexander's Meals, Mahatma rice, and Kentwood Springs water
- The course winds across the natural trails and evolving ecosystem of the Bonnet Carre Spillway, including gravel-topped levees and a notorious swamp section known as 'The Gauntlet' where runners wade through deep mud and water
- 'There's not much you can do except keep moving forward. You can't really pass anyone in all that mud and water.'
- Single 3-mile (approximately 4.8 km) trail-run distance
- described by organisers as an off-road event on natural trails where participants should expect muddy/wet conditions and an unpredictable experience
What are typical race-day conditions?
- 26°CTypical temperature
- 18 kphTypical wind
- 0 mmTypical rainfall
- 41Favourability /100