Where can I find the Hyner View Trail Challenge 25K route map?
Use the official course links on this page for the organiser route page, map PDF or route download.
Official course linksHyner View Trail Challenge 25K
This race edition
- Race date
- Date not confirmed for this distance
- Race timezone
- Timezone not confirmed
- Edition status
- Status not confirmed
Entry options
2027 edition
Entry options are not yet confirmed for this edition. Check the organiser before making plans.
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Decision summary
Hyner View Trail Challenge 25K at a glance
- Typical conditions
- 84/100
- Evidence depth
- 41 verified facts
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Source facts available
Route details
Known course facts at a glance
Hyner View Trail Challenge 25K has known course details for its 25k race. The summary below keeps the focus on what is confirmed for the course.
- Official distance
- 25 km
- Terrain
- Road, Trail
- Scenery
- Mountain, Parkland, Riverside, Waterfront, Forest, Countryside, Historic
Quick answers
What runners ask first
How hilly is the Hyner View Trail Challenge 25K?
The Hyner View Trail Challenge 25K is described as mountainous. The course listing puts the climb at 1,219 m.
Where does the Hyner View Trail Challenge 25K route go?
The Hyner View Trail Challenge 25K route starts at Western Clinton Sportsmen's Association, 161 Sportsmen Ln (9650 Renovo Rd), North Bend / Hyner, PA 17760 and finishes at Western Clinton Sportsmen's Association, 161 Sportsmen Ln (9650 Renovo Rd), North Bend / Hyner, PA 17760. Underfoot, expect trail. It passes Hyner Bridge over the West Branch Susquehanna River, Hyner View State Park overlook, The View trail, Post Draft trail and SOB climb. Organized by the PA Trail Dogs and described as a nationally recognized trail event.
Race character
Scenery
- Mountain
- Parkland
- Riverside
- Waterfront
- Forest
- Countryside
- Historic
Terrain
- Road
- Trail
- Elevation character
- Mountainous
- Technicality
- Technical
- Source-stated ascent
- 1,219 m
Entry, logistics and records
Records and field
- Men's course record
- 2:06:17 (Zach Miller)
- Field size
- 25K capped at the first 1,000 runners; 50K capped at the first 500 runners (the 2027 page states 500; recent prior editions listed 400). The event draws over 1,000 runners and hikers combined.
- Field cap
- 1,000
Entry requirements
- Entry status
- Sold out: Sourced entry status says this edition is sold out.
- Cut-off
- 25K: mile 4 (The View / Hyner View overlook) by 11:30am, mile 8.5 aid station by 2:00pm, target finish within 9 hours. 50K: mile 7.5 by 10:30am (miss = redirected to 25K course), mile 17 by 1:00pm, mile 25 by 3:15pm, target finish within 10 hours.
- Sold out
- Yes
- Qualification status
- No qualifier or lottery; open registration via UltraSignup that sells out, enforced by strict intermediate cutoffs. Missing the 50K mile 7.5 cutoff means mandatory redirection onto the shorter 25K course.
Access and course status
- Start
- Western Clinton Sportsmen's Association, 161 Sportsmen Ln (9650 Renovo Rd), North Bend / Hyner, PA 17760
- Finish
- Western Clinton Sportsmen's Association, 161 Sportsmen Ln (9650 Renovo Rd), North Bend / Hyner, PA 17760
Course facts
- Surface
- Trail
- Landmarks
- Hyner Bridge over the West Branch Susquehanna River, Hyner View State Park overlook, The View trail, Post Draft trail, SOB climb, Huff Run trail, Hyner Run State Park, Sproul State Forest
- Notable features
- Organized by the PA Trail Dogs and described as a nationally recognized trail event. The 50K is part of the Rocksylvania Trail Series. Hang-gliders have historically launched from the Hyner View overlook above the runners
- Staggered starts: 50K at 8:00am, 25K at 9:00am. Spectator access is limited to Hyner View State Park (25K mile 4 / 50K mile 3) and Hyner Run State Park (mile 10 and mile 25), reached via very narrow, remote mountain roads. No paid on-course photographers
- volunteer photos shared after the event
- Roughly 90% un-paved single-track trail and 10% road, the road portion being the Hyner Bridge crossing the West Branch Susquehanna River. The course is intentionally brutal: Race Director Craig Fleming warns it is not designed for leisure runners and advises hill training on roughly 1,000-foot climbs. Course designer Zach Miller called it one of the funnest courses in the world and set a course record in 2018
- The signature early climb to the Hyner View overlook gives the race its name and reputation
- the loop links the The View, Post Draft, SOB and Huff Run trails over relentless ridge-and-hollow terrain
What are typical race-day conditions?
- 11°CTypical temperature
- 19 kphTypical wind
- 3 mmTypical rainfall
- 84Favourability /100