Suncadia • August 12, 2023 • 5K·Half marathon
August 12th 2023.
We love this event and are excited to once again be partnering with Suncadia Lodge to offer a destination race on the sunny side of the Cascades. This is a great opportunity to pack up the family and enjoy a weekend getaway. After the race, participants can enjoy a beer and wine garden as well as family-friendly activities to keep kids busy while you recover! While we are most excited about the gorgeous running trails, there are activities here for the whole family: swimming, hiking, biking, golfing and so much more!
Course distances offered for this race are 5K and half-marathon (13.1 miles).
About Suncadia Lodge
Suncadia is a 6,400-acre all-season resort community located in beautiful Cle Elum, Washington, only 90 minutes east of Seattle. With stunning forested mountain landscapes, Suncadia is the idyllic escape to explore the best of the Pacific Northwest. Suncadia is a true mecca for outdoor enthusiasts, boasting over 4,000 acres of conservancy and open space, which lends itself to amazing hiking, biking, golf, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, fly fishing and more.
Woodland Speeders Kid’s Race
As part of our new Woodland Speeders program, we offer free kid’s races at all of our events. Parents are welcome to run with their kids. You can register your child during the registration process for your own race or sign them up later. The course at Suncadia is mostly paved trail, with some off trail grass and is flat and 0.5 miles long.
The Suncadia Half takes place on lands historically inhabited by the following Native American tribes:
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To that end, we organize our events with an eye towards minimizing our impact on the planet. Read more here.
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Committed to Making All Feel Welcome
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If you have a suggestion or idea for how we can improve our events in this regard, please let us know!
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. 2024 swag is coming soon!
Race Notes:
While there are a few sections of rocky trail, with limited climbing and mostly smooth single track, this course is an excellent first-time trail run!
The Suncadia course is made up of two loops: a 5K and a 10M. The half-marathon runners will complete both loops, while the 5K runners will only run the smaller loop (duh). The courses will wind through the ponderosa pine forest, along historical mining sites, and along the steep hillside of the Cle Elum River. There will be two aid stations, one on each loop, and the course will be well-marked with signs at intersections. As always, there will be a good selection of grub at the finish to fuel you up.
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
Courses and aid stations
Course
Directions
Registration
Online registration will remain open up through the day before the race.
5K:
Regular price: $33
February 1: $38
April 1: $43
June 1: $53
Half marathon:
Regular price: $64
February 1: $69
April 1: $74
June 1: $84
This is a cupless race!
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.
Schedule
Packet pick-up will begin at 7:00am at the large Evergreen Trails Tent in start/finish area at the Nelson Dairy Farm in Suncadia.
Pre-race briefing
before each wave start
Race Starts (no early starts)
8:30am: Half marathon
9:30am: 5K
9:45am: Kid’s race (approximately)
Course cutoffs
10:30am: Lap aid station (3.1 miles)
1:15pm: Coyote aid station (9.1 miles)
3:00pm: Course closed for all participants
Youth Pricing
Participants 24 years of age and under automatically receive a discount of 20% on their registration fee.
Evergreen Trails is proud to serve Clif Bar 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.
Evergreen Trails is proud to have Tailwind as our official hydration sponsor.
Running Evolution is the training community for people who might not want to win the races, but have a darn good time out there.
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.
Elevation Profiles
5K
Half
Course Map
Half marathon: 3.1 (Lap aid station), 9.1 (Coyote aid station) miles
Elevation gain:
5K: 400′
Half marathon: 1,100′
Half marathon runners will run the 5K loop and then the 10 mile loop.
Directions
The race will take place at the Nelson Dairy Farm at Suncadia Lodge. There is no official address for the farm, but it’s next to the Nelson Farm Pool. The GPS coordinates for the Farm are: 47.221854, -121.016498. Please follow the signs to the race start, don’t go to the lodge.
To get there from I-90, take exit 80 towards Salmon La Sac. Turn left onto Bullfrog Road. Follow Bullfrog Road and at the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto Suncadia Trail. At the next traffic circle, take the 2nd exit and stay on Suncadia Trail. Turn right onto Swiftwater Dr. Follow Swiftwater Dr; the farm will be on the right, just after the turnoff for the Nelson Farm Pool.
For those of you making a weekend out of it and staying at Suncadia, the address for the lodge is 3600 Suncadia Trail, Cle Elum, WA 98922.
Race Location
47.222291, -121.015290
Cle Elum, WA 98922