5 km Race
Approximately 5 km · 1 lap
One continuous lap
One lap? Reasonable. Get the full hill experience without the overnight commitment.
Saturday, June 12 · 11:00 AM
Choose your questionable decision
One brutal 5 km loop. Three levels of questionable decision making.
10 km Race
Approximately 10 km · 2 laps
Two continuous laps
Two laps? Questionable. Start your second lap immediately; no waiting for the next hourly whistle.
Saturday, June 12 · 11:00 AM
24-Hour Challenge
Up to 24 laps · approximately 120 km
One lap every hour
Coming back every hour for 24 hours? You may want to talk to someone. Finish each lap within the hour to continue.
Saturday, June 12 · 11:00 AM
The Challenge
One loop. Every hour. Up to 24 hours.
5 km
per loop
300 m
gain per lap
24
hourly starts
Clearwheezin 24 Hour Endurance Challenge
Participants attempt to complete one demanding loop every hour, on the hour, for up to 24 hours. Finish your loop within the hour and you earn the privilege of starting again. How you get it done is up to you. Running is optional. Poor decisions are part of the experience.
Last person standing is the winner. If there are multiple competitors crazy enough to last 24 hours, the winner will be the first one to complete the 24th lap.
Each loop is 5 km of trail with approximately 300 metres of elevation gain. It is long enough to hurt and steep enough to feel personal by mid afternoon.
If you are curious about the math, here it is. Complete all 24 laps and you will cover 120 km with 7,200 metres of elevation gain. This information is provided now so you cannot say you were not warned.
Not a traditional race
There are no early leaders and no finish tape waiting for you. Clearwheezin rewards patience, pacing, fueling, and the ability to repeatedly convince yourself that one more lap is reasonable.
When you decide you are done, you will ring the gong. Loudly. Publicly. With feeling.
The final hour
If there are multiple competitors nuts enough to make it through 23 loops, the format changes. The 24th lap becomes a timed race. No buffer. No next hour. No reason to save anything. Whatever you have left gets spent all at once.
Why would I do this?
This remains the correct question.
You might do this because one loop sounds manageable, and you are very good at ignoring future consequences. Or because you want to see what happens to your brain after a full night of broken naps, bad fueling, and repeated climbs that keep getting steeper for no obvious reason.
You might do this because quitting is allowed, but staying feels more interesting. Because shared suffering creates fast friendships. Because ringing a gong to announce your own defeat feels oddly therapeutic.
If none of this sounds appealing, congratulations you sane sunnofabitch. Sign up anyway!
Where Your Registration Goes
Clearwheezin is a fundraiser for the Clearwater Ski Club, a local non profit that operates and maintains the Clearwater Ski Hill.
All proceeds from this event go directly to the Clearwater Ski Club and are used to cover annual operating costs, ongoing maintenance, and the behind the scenes work required to keep this community facility alive.
In short, you are not just suffering for fun. You are suffering for a very practical cause.
The final endurance hour
The 24th endurance lap starts Sunday at 10:00 AM. Competitors who complete 23 laps race the final lap for placement. The standalone 5 km and 10 km races both start Saturday at 11:00 AM.
Ready to make a bad idea official?
Choose the 5 km race, 10 km race, or 24-Hour Challenge. Registration status is updated by the organizers.