 | | | |  Bartram Trail Endurance Run: March 24, 2007.
Sponsored by The North Face.
Register Online at: active.com
2007 8 Mile Results
2007 21 Mile Results |
| | NOC will provide aid stations on the 21 mile trail at Appletree Campground, about 8 miles into the run, a second aid station on FS711, approx. 16 miles into the run and at the finish at Wayah Gap. Aid stations will have water, energy drinks and soft drinks, with gorp, peanut butter crackers, oranges and bananas. There will be no support on the 8 mile trail except at the start and finish. See you on Saturday! |
| | New for 2007! Eight mile Piercy Creek Trail Run. Run 21 miles of the scenic Bartram Trail from the Nantahala River to Wayah Gap, gaining 3000 feet of elevation. Following the path of naturalist William Bartram, this trail features steep climbs and views of the vast wilds of Nantahala National Forest. NOC staff and volunteers will support the run with shuttles back to the race's start and will sweep the trail for participants at the race's end. Registration cost is $40 per person. The first 100 to register will receive a free event T-shirt from The North Face. All participants receive a complementary meal at NOC.
$1 of your fee benefits the North Carolina Bartram Trail Association. Saturday, March 24
6:30 a.m. Registration and check-in at the Nantahala River rafting put-in on Wayah Road
8 a.m. Race begins
5 p.m. Race cut-off time. Race staff will begin sweeping the course.
6 p.m. River's End Restaurant - post run gathering. Gear needed: Running shoes, strong legs and big lungs. NOC offers comfortable lodging in mountain cabins and our Nantahala Inn, both less than 10 minutes from the run's starting point. Call (888) 590-9273 to reserve a room. | | | Bartram Trail Run Maps |  | Download 8 mile run map and elevation profile (PDF ) | | About William Bartram
William Bartram, born in Philadelphia in 1739, traveled alone through the Southeast from 1773 to 1777. He recorded a vivid narrative of his trek, including descriptions of the plants and animals he observed and his encounters with Native Americans in his book Travels of William Bartram, published in 1791. William and his father are credited with the identification of more than 200 native plants and with the discovery of the Franklinia alatamaha tree--named after friend Benjamin Franklin. To commemorate Bartram's travels, the North Carolina Bartram Trail Society formed in 1977 to build and maintain a hiking path tracing the naturalist's route.
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