Great Adirondack Trail Run
Registration opens Thursday May 1 @ 8:00 am!
Call the shop to register (518) 576-2281
All proceeds to benefit Ausable Freshwater Center
The 3.5 mile traverses over the shoulder of Baxter Mtn. to Keene Valley. All trail runners, hikers & walkers - young and old - are welcome to enjoy this event!!
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The 11.5 mile Great Adirondack Trail Run (2900′ of vertical gain and 3100′ of loss) up the back side of Hopkins Mtn & down to Keene Valley. Registration is severely limited.
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A shuttle will be available from the parking/finish area at The Mountaineer to the trailhead for both runs.
Come for the run, stay for the festivities - great music, food, drinks & more!
The Great Adirondack Trail Run (GATR) charity event supports the Ausable Freshwater Center (previously Ausable River Association)and provides an educational opportunity for children and adults to learn more about our sensitive river ecosystems.
Guest Athlete
Krissy Moehl is an ultramarathon runner, running coach, author and the race director of the Chuckanut 50k. In her 20+ year competitive career, she ran more than 100 races. She has 2 outright wins and 65 female wins at the world's toughest ultras including Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc 165km, Ultra Trail du Mont Fuji 100 mile, Gaoligong by UTMB 160km, HURT 100, Hardrock 100 and several others. Through her passion for trail running, Moehl has explored the world, relationships and self through the lens of
running. Moehl hails from the Pacific Northwest, and her book Running Your First Ultra is in its second edition.
Aging Athlete: Awareness of Mind & Body Changes Over Time
Introducing the concept of the Aging Athlete, experiencing (a traditionally older, male dominated) sport, as a female over three decades.
Competitive ultra running shaped more than 20 years of my life. It filled my passport with many of my favorite sleepless, under-nourished, long-haul adventures and it has taught me along the way. Young to the sport at 21 years of age, in a time where the
average age was 47, I had many great mentors and the promise of longevity. What I did not have was examples people, much less women, that started ultrarunning in their early 20s to know what longevity looked like or examples to model my running career
after. This story is moving forward as an Aging Athlete and what we can learn about mind and body at any age to promote longevity.
Photo by Ben Groenhout
Our Sponsors
Nutrition Sponsor
Our Vendors
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Rules & Regulations
The Mountaineer is grateful to the state of New York and to private land owners for allowing us to host this event. Our small hamlet is surrounded by state land and this charity run would not be possible without venturing onto such land, which encompasses 70% of the town of Keene. GATR gives visitors and locals alike a chance to enjoy the mountains, get some exercise and celebrate the spring and black fly season!
This is a wilderness trail run - no support will be given. Participants are on their own from start to finish; prepared with own water, food and any other supplies. Volunteers stationed on the course are there to make sure runners take the right trail–they will not have water, food, moleskin, etc. We are privileged to be allowed to hold the race on such a wonderful course, and need to respect this wilderness area. Anyone caught littering will be immediately disqualified; if you drop an energy packet by accident, pick it up. Our permission to hold this run rests on the behavior of the runners. Please plan ahead, prepare, & leave no trace.
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