1 day. 5 mountains. 26 miles. Moose-Hor-Pisgah-Haystack-Bald Save the date for our 8th annual Westmore Mountain Challenge which celebrates our beautiful regional mountains and trails and the crews who care for them! Registration is closed!
Congratulations to the finishers of the 2023 Westmore Mountain Challenge! The weather was perfect - partly sunny and in the 60's, with fall colors just beginning to turn. We had a record turnout of 175 registrants - (the permit limit for this event!), 152 day-of participants, and 95 timed, full-length finishers. As always, we were inspired by the resilience, kindness, and community spirit of our participants who both pushed themselves physically and mentally and also supported one another on their respective journeys through the beautiful mountains of the NEK. Thank you [Read More...]
Congratulations to the finishers of the 2022 Westmore Mountain Challenge! We threaded the needle on the weather, with rain all week but a beautiful fall day for the hours of the event. As always, participants were hardworking and gracious, powering through this monumental mental and physical challenge and then sticking around to cheer on the others. Whether you strode over the finish line or enjoyed the trek at your own pace then took a shuttle home, you are part of an esteemed group, thank you for sharing the trails with us! [Read More...]
By Ami English Two sleeps away from the 2022 Westmore Challenge and I am finally getting around to talk about what it means to me. I have yet to finish the entire challenge. I have been content with just bagging the 5 peaks. Last year I had decided that I was done trying. Ami English and Jean Haigh at the opening of the Kingdom Heritage Trail in Island Pond. And then life happened, the stars aligned and I am now the recipient of the first-ever Jean Haigh Memorial Westmore [Read More...]
Congratulations to the participants of the 2021 Westmore Mountain Challenge! Despite a brief torrential downpour in the morning, the sun emerged around midday, drying out participants on the trail and making for a beautiful September marathon. We had 150 registrants, 120 participants, and 65 finishers of the full marathon-length hike. Top 10 Finishers - Full Length Eric Wyler - 4:22:23.3 Kenyon Fatt - 4:45:57.2 Adam Kruszyna - 5:00:44.7 Matthew Elliott - 5:29:02.8 Matthew Brabender - 5:38:11.2 Daniela Allee - 6:06:41.4 Kali Smolen - 6:14:23.5 Brett Elliott - 6:54:31.1 Ashley Nunery [Read More...]
Well the 2020 Westmore Mountain Challenge could not have had more perfect weather or fall foliage! Firstly, a big congratulations to all our hikers -- every year we are blown away by the determination and resilience of our participants who we are proud to say cover the full array of trail enthusiasts, from speed-oriented mountain runners to stop-and-enjoy-the-view hikers and everyone in between. In total we had 150 registrants and 129 participants on the day, with 90 finishers of the full, five mountain marathon length. We were very pleased to end [Read More...]
The 2019 Westmore Mountain Challenge was a great success - our fastest finisher, Andrew MacGibbon, beat out the 2018 fastest time by over an hour at 3:57 - he took us so off guard back at the finish that we had to rush to set up our timing tent! We were especially proud to have some NorthWoods home team staff members, Kenyon Fatt and Caleb Kessler also beat out last year's fastest time, coming in 2nd and 3rd overall at 4:22 and 4:29 respectively. The day started out beautiful - partly [Read More...]
