Kingston 5 Peaks Course Profile

Course Map

The Kingston 5 Peaks Trail Race will be held at the J&J Mountain Bike Trails on Unity Road, just north of Kingston.

This is the one day each year that trail runners get to enjoy these awesome trails, so be sure to sign up early at www.5Peaks.com!

The following is a course description, photos and a short video of what runners can expect on race day.

Sport & Enduro Course: 0 km – 2km;
Both the Sport Course (5.9km) and Enduro Course (10.3km) start and finish at the Big Green Barn. The start of the race is a crazy, fast downhill for the first couple of hundred meters on a combination of packed sand and grass. Once racers reach the bottom of the hill, they’ll take a hard 90 degree turn to the right for a short climb before veering to the left for a long gradually downhill on a wide grassy trail that narrows into the woods at just past the one km mark. This should spread the field of racers out nicely before hitting the narrower trails through the forest. Upon reaching the first wooded section runners will navigate over a rocky bridge before winding through to a dirt jeep road. Taking a left, all runners will run the jeep road for a couple of hundred meters before hitting the first aid station. Sport racers will turn left back into the forest trails at the aid station.

Enduro Only 2km – 6km:
Enduro racers will continue straight past the aid station for another 200meters before turning right onto the Escarpment Loop. A long gradual uphill then greets Enduro runners, followed by the trail leveling off and winding through the most technical section of the course with plenty of rocks, roots, mud and some rolling bits. Be sure to keep your eyes on the ground! Enduro racers will loop back around and come down off the Escarpment trail to the jeep road and the aid station at roughly the 6km mark.

Sport 2km – 5.9km & Enduro 6km – 10km:
Enduro racers will then follow the same trail into the forest that the Sport racers take for the final 4km of the race. Once back into the woods, runners will be running on some sweet singletrack trails featuring packed dirt, pine needle trails, mud, roots, logs and the occasional bridge. Please be careful when going over or around these bridges. Runners will leave the forest for the final time with less than a km to go in the race. The trails widen again and you can pick up your speed, just make sure you leave a little something in the tank as the final 400meters features a solid climb back up out of the meadow to the packed sand and the finish line.

The children’s race is an 800m route that includes two loops over a fun course that includes many small turns and moguls. It’s guaranteed to plant the seed for future 5 Peaks Sport and Enduro Runners! It is also a very spectator friendly course with many good photo opportunities.

Sport Course
Distance: 5.9km
Surface: Dual track, Single Track, Grass, Pine Needles, Sand, Dirt, Mud, Rock and Roots.
Degree of Difficulty: Easy to Moderate

Enduro Course
Distance: 10.3km
Surface: Dual track, Single Track, Grass, Pine Needles, Sand, Dirt, Mud, Rock and Roots.
Degree of Difficulty: Challenging. Much more technical than Sport Course.

For more information or online registration, please go to http://www.5peaks.com/

Course Map

Green Barn Race Venue

Start is wide and flat for first 200m, before a screaming downhill

Caution!

Slight downhill heading towards the forest at 1km

Heading into the forest

Smooth trail for the first couple of km's on both Sport and Enduro Courses

Good climb up the Escarpment Trail on Enduro Course

Technical footing on Enduro course

More technical fun

Some mud for Sport and Enduro courses

Sport and Enduro runners both get to hurdle a few logs

More obstacles through the pines

Final climb

5 Peaks Elevation Profile

Click image for photos from 2010 race