February 22, 2025
Lord Hill
The Evergreen running season starts at Lord Hill!
Lord Hill Park has been a favorite early-season trail run for many runners, and 2025 will mark the race’s 20th year! Lord Hill Park is a regional country park nestled in Snohomish, Washington. With over 1,300 acres of wilderness, you could spend all day getting lost on miles of trails, but don’t worry, for this race we will keep you on the right course.
Course distances available are 5K, 10M, 20M, and 50K – pick your poison!
Due to limited parking, all 5k and 10-mile runners will park off-site at Monroe Highschool and utilize our free shuttle that will run continuously throughout the race.
Finishers will also be awarded a unique, handcrafted race award by our very own Porter Bratten. You’ll want to race just for this!
Woodland Speeders Kid’s Races
As part of our Woodland Speeders program, we offer free kid’s races at all of our events. Parents are welcome to run with their kiddos. You can register your child during the registration process for your own race, or sign them up later. Distances vary and are approximate, but we aim for about 1K in distance. See the schedule below for start time. The course at Lord Hill for kids is a singletrack trail with minimal elevation gain and is 0.9 mile long. See below for map.
Lord Hill takes place on lands historically inhabited by the following Native American tribes:
Snohomish
Tulalip
Coast Salish
Detailed Race Description
Lord Hill has got some of it all! Hills, neon greenery, buttery trails, creek crossings, excitement, and definitely some mud!
The 10M course will start off from the parking lot and immediately head up a steep hill. It’ll level off, and you’ll think you’re in the clear, until you round a corner and see Lord Hill, and that’s when you go, “Oh Lord!”. But after the initial climbs, the course levels off and you’ll be treated to some great, but wet trails (it is February after all!). You’ll have a fun quick creek crossing, get some views of the lake, and descend some easier trails towards the north end of the park.
A quick out-and-back climb takes you up to the North Entrance Aid Station for refreshments. Back on the course, you’ll traverse the side of Devils Butte. A short, steep descent will take you down to a canyon, which you’ll next get to climb out of. Eventually, you’re back on the midway trail and back to the finish before you know it! The overall lap is about 10.3 miles, so will be about 30.9 for the 50K.
For those of you doing the 5k, don’t worry that you’re missing out! You still get to run/hike/crawl up Lord Hill too. Soon after the climb, the course will veer off the 10M, and relink back up with it on the Midway Trail. From there, it is a muddy but fun descent back to the Snohomish River and the finish!
Finisher swag
Every finisher at an Evergreen Trail Run event receives a piece of handmade finisher swag! We make our awards using solar power in Anacortes, Washington.
HOW WE ARE HELPING SAVE THE PLANET
There are no higher stakes than being kind to the earth; we care deeply about keeping our planet viable for the next generation.
To that end, we organize our events with an eye towards minimizing our impact on the planet. Read more here.
We Welcome All
Committed to Making All Feel Welcome
Evergreen Trail Runs is making a new effort to make sure that everyone feels welcome and safe at our running events and in our trail running community. There is space for all on the trails. We have a non-binary registration option and a non-binary category for overall awards.
If you have a suggestion or idea for how we can improve our events in this regard, please let us know!
Race Notes:
There are two separate courses for this race: one course for the 5K runners and another course for the 10M, 20M and 50K runners. For the longer distance runners, 10M is one loop of the course, 20M is two loops and 50K is three loops. The courses will be well marked with streamers and arrows at intersections, so you don’t accidentally go off course and run further than you bargained for.
The trails will be open to other users during the event, including equestrians, pedestrians and cyclists. See our FAQ page for more information about sharing the trails.
The course features rough, rocky sections, and a couple of slippery bridges. Be careful when you proceed. Please read our section on the FAQ page regarding safety – it talks about what to do if you get lost or hurt.
There will be aid stations throughout the course with volunteers to help, food to eat and hydration to refuel. And of course, there will be an assortment of yummy food and treats waiting for you at the finish line.
This is a cupless race. All runners should carry with them a refillable container that they can run with. There will be a limited number of cups for emergency situations.
Courses and aid stations
5K course
10M, 20M, 50k course
Directions
Registration
Online registration will close the Friday before the race at noon.
5K:
Regular price: $41
December 1: $47
February 1: $51
Race Day: $56
10 Mile:
Regular Price: $67
December 1: $71
February 1: $74
Race day: $79
20 Mile:
Regular price: $83
December 1: $88
February 1: $92
Race day: $98
50K:
Regular price: $92
December 1: $97
February 1: $102
Race day: $107
Youth Pricing
Participants 24 years of age and under automatically receive a discount of 20% on their registration fee.
Schedule
Check-in:
Pack-it pick-up will open at 6:30am.
Pre-race briefing
5 minutes prior to event start
Race Starts
8:00am: 50k and 20 Mile
8:30am: 10 Mile
9:00am: 5k
9:30am: Kid’s Race (approximately)
11:30am: 10 Mile brunch run
12:00pm: 5k brunch run
Course Cutoffs
2:00pm: Start last loop
3:15pm: North Entrance aid station (mile 23.7 approx)
5:00pm: Course closed for all runners
Parking
Due to limited parking, all 5k and 10-mile runners will park at the Monroe High School, where our free shuttle will take you to and from the start/finish area. Only 50k and 20mile runners will be allowed to park at the start/finish area. The shuttle will run continuously until 5:00pm.
Monroe Highschool Parking: 17001 Tester Rd, Monroe, WA 98272
Evergreen Trails is proud to serve GU Energy products on course.
We are Trail Sisters approved! That means that we have made a commitment to provide women the race day they deserve. Learn more about what that means.
Running Evolution is the training community for people who might not want to win the races, but have a darn good time out there.
Locally made Partner’s Crackers provides post race stacks to all runners.
Washington Trails Association
Evergreen Trail Runs wants to do all we can to support our local PNW community. That’s why all of the Evergreen races support the Washington Trails Association. Both Evergreen and the WTA support environmental stewardship and the protection of our public lands.
PDF Course Map
Below is a high quality downloadable race map. If you’d like to open an online interactive course map, scroll just a little further down.
Please note that distances and elevations noted below and on maps below are approximate and are derived from online mapping programs. Your recorded distance and elevation gain on race day may vary.
Elevation Profiles
5K
10 Mile/20 Mile/50K
Profile shows one 10 mile loop
5k Course
Elevation gain:
5K: 850′
10M, 20M & 50k Course
Kid’s Race Course Map
0.6 mile, nearly flat. Course is an out and back.
10M do one lap, 20M do two laps, 50K do three laps.
Elevation gain:
10M: 2100′
20M: 4200′
50K: 6300′
Aid station locations:
10M: 3.7 miles
20M: 3.7, 10, 13.7 miles
50K: 3.7, 10, 13.7, 20, 23.7 miles
Directions
The race will be held at Lord Hill Regional Park in Snohomish, Washington. The start and finish will be at the south end of the park. The address is 13900 Old Tester Road, Snohomish, Washington 98290.
Take Highway 522-E from I-405. Go 12 miles, then take the W. Main exit. From the roundabout, take the Tester Road exit and continue south 2.8 miles to a T intersection. Take a left to enter the park.
Race Location
13900 Old Tester Road Snohomish Washington 98290