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Lehigh Gap Nature Center

More or Less a 10k Trail Run & More than a 2 mile Scamper

Mission statement:

The purpose of the event is to create a greater awareness in the community of the extraordinary trail system that exists locally and do so in a way that is consistent with the mission of the Nature Center.

Here are the ways we intend to achieve this goal:

1. Limit size of the field to the first 200 entrants to reduce the impact on the trails.
2. 100% paperless online registration through Ultrasignup.com
3. 3. A water bottle from HydraPak will be given to all entrants. No more shirts!

Course:

10K Trail Run

True to our motto that you will never run the same race twice, the race is excited to introduce it’s 7th entirely new course for the 14th running of the Lehigh Gap Nature Center 10K trail run and 2 Mile Scamper.

This year’s course is a loop course that starts and finishes at the Nature Center in Slatington, Pennsylvania.

The course touches all of the significant trails on the Nature Center property which includes a flat fast start on the D&L Trail before ascending the short steep Bobolink trail. At the top you will continue the quick start with another flat section on the LNE trail, all while taking in beautiful views of the fall foliage and the Lehigh River below you.

Next, you run through the lush, fern lined trails at 3 Ponds before making your way up through the Nature Center’s arboretum back onto the LNE trail. From there you will reach the western most point of the course at the Double G trail before making your way back to the Nature Center via the technical single track Chestnut Oak trail followed by the rolling hills of the Prairie Grass trail. Be careful of the fast technical descent down the LNE trail right before the finish at the Nature Center.

This course really has something for everyone. We hope you choose our event for your fall trail running calendar.

More than a 2 Mile Scamper

The More than a 2 Mile Scamper course has a mixed surface with portions of Rails to Trails and paths. It includes 2 short steep hills, a section of single track trail and a rocky dissent back to the Nature Center.

Warning:

Be advised that sections of the course are technical, rocky and steep. For more detailed course information, please check out the course page which contains a downloadable map and GPS waypoints.

2 mile course-mixed surface with portions of Rails to Trails paths. Includes 2 short steep hills and a single section of single track trail.

Awards:

Awards will be given to the top overall male and female runner in both the 10K and the 2 mile Scamper.
Awards will be given to the top three male & female finishers in the 10K:
18 and under; 19-29; 30-39; 40-49; 50-59; 60 & up.