About This Event
Set on the dramatic ridges and forested slopes of Lookout Mountain in Alabama, this trail race series launches from Covenant College's mountain campus. The event showcases the region's varied terrain through three distinct distance options, each offering runners a different perspective on this storied landscape where Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama converge.
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10K
The course begins at Covenant College and immediately establishes its character with a variety of challenging climbs, runnable sections, and moderate descents on predominantly single-track trails. Two exposed bluff lines provide spectacular vantage points, including one section where five states are visible on clear days. The 50-mile course crosses or follows at least five different creeks, leading runners through diverse ecosystems including rhododendron thickets, mixed hardwood forests, and hemlock groves within the Lula Lake Land Trust. The 10K follows college cross-country trails for the first few miles before transitioning to narrow, technical single track along two separate creeks. Despite its shorter distance, this course includes steep climbs and technical terrain that has earned it recognition as one of the most challenging 10K trail courses in the region. The 18-mile and 50-mile races share the same initial route, with the ultra continuing deeper into the wilderness areas surrounding the towering 120-foot Lula Falls.
18 Miles
The course begins at Covenant College and immediately establishes its character with a variety of challenging climbs, runnable sections, and moderate descents on predominantly single-track trails. Two exposed bluff lines provide spectacular vantage points, including one section where five states are visible on clear days. The 50-mile course crosses or follows at least five different creeks, leading runners through diverse ecosystems including rhododendron thickets, mixed hardwood forests, and hemlock groves within the Lula Lake Land Trust. The 10K follows college cross-country trails for the first few miles before transitioning to narrow, technical single track along two separate creeks. Despite its shorter distance, this course includes steep climbs and technical terrain that has earned it recognition as one of the most challenging 10K trail courses in the region. The 18-mile and 50-mile races share the same initial route, with the ultra continuing deeper into the wilderness areas surrounding the towering 120-foot Lula Falls.
50 Miles
The course begins at Covenant College and immediately establishes its character with a variety of challenging climbs, runnable sections, and moderate descents on predominantly single-track trails. Two exposed bluff lines provide spectacular vantage points, including one section where five states are visible on clear days. The 50-mile course crosses or follows at least five different creeks, leading runners through diverse ecosystems including rhododendron thickets, mixed hardwood forests, and hemlock groves within the Lula Lake Land Trust. The 10K follows college cross-country trails for the first few miles before transitioning to narrow, technical single track along two separate creeks. Despite its shorter distance, this course includes steep climbs and technical terrain that has earned it recognition as one of the most challenging 10K trail courses in the region. The 18-mile and 50-mile races share the same initial route, with the ultra continuing deeper into the wilderness areas surrounding the towering 120-foot Lula Falls.