AGE REQUIREMENT AND EXCEPTION REQUEST

RACE RULES

★ You are responsible for understanding race rules and expectations before you register, and before you begin the event on race day.

Pre-race announcements with specific details about the course will begin at 7:25a on race day.
We will also send a runner's guide via email (and post it on our Facebook page) 7-10 days prior to the event.
Read the runner’s guide and listen to pre-race announcements.
- If you don’t, you may miss changes to cutoffs or course routing — and we cannot help you mid-race if you skipped the homework.

★ Violations of ANY of the race rules will result in disqualification or removal from the event.

★ The race team also reserves the right to deny you entry into any future events.

★ There are no bib transfers, deferrals, or bandits for this event. No exceptions.

AGE REQUIREMENT

★ Participants must be 16 or older to register.

★ Exceptions may be granted for runners under 16 who can clearly show they have the experience, grit, and winter trail sense needed to finish this race without self-destructing.

★ If an under-16 runner is approved, they must run with their parent/guardian the entire race.

That means: you run too. Not spectate, not “meet them later,” not “see you at

Bacon Station.” You are on the mountain with them, mile for mile.

★ Under-16 runners are officially registered on race day only.

This means you might not hear from us before registration opens — and that is

normal.

Just make sure you snag your spot first.

We’ll let you know if your small human is approved to suffer alongside you.

★ Do not register a minor via UltraSignUp using a false birthdate.

If we find out, both of you are removed from the event, no refund, no exceptions.

★ If we approve your child and then find out you did not run together as required, you will both be disqualified and neither of you will receive a refund.

★ We take this policy seriously. It’s about safety, not gatekeeping.

To get more info and request an exception, click here.

REQUIRED GEAR

★ Running or hiking in winter conditions on a challenging course requires preparation and planning for your clothing and gear.

★ All participants are REQUIRED to have available (wearing or in your pack) some sort of traction device, such as

Kahtoola Microspikes, Hillsound Trail Crampons, Yaktrax or "screw shoes" (shoes with short sheet metal screws in the sole to provide traction). ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTIONS.

★ Trekking poles, no cotton clothing, a sturdy pair of leather-palmed work gloves (for the ropes) and an extra pair of socks in your pack are recommended.

★ The race team reserves the right to not let a person start if we feel that an entrant is not suitably equipped or dressed.

ON-COURSE RULES

★ The course will be very well marked with signage and different colored flagging tape for each distance. There will also be course marshals on course in pre-determined spots.

★ Cutting the course in any way is not allowed. If you find that you've gone off trail, you must re-enter the course where you left in order to continue.

★ There are cutoffs on the course, which may change based on trail conditions. These are not negotiable.

★ Aid station captains and trail marshals also have the authority to pull you from the event if they believe you are physically incapable of continuing. Their decisions are final.

★ If you are miss a cutoff or are unable to complete the course, you must notify an aid station captain and surrender your race bib. There are no exceptions to this rule.

★ Due to the nature of this event, it is imperative that the race team is able to account for each participant. If you are dropping out of the race, you MUST inform a course marshal or aid station captain.

★ If you leave the event without notifying race personnel, you will be banned from future events.

★ If you are pulled from the course, miss a cut-off, or choose to drop out and refuse to surrender your bib for any reason, you will be banned from future events.

★ Sweepers are not racers’ personal trash collectors. If you eat/drink along the course, please pack it away in your pocket/bag or carry it to the next aid station and dispose of it. Any participant caught littering on the course will be disqualified.

DROPPING / CHANGING DISTANCES

★ After several miles of Type-2 fun, all runners arrive at the Zindel Aid Station.

★ At this point:

8.3-mile runners: You’re done with the climbing. You’ll take the road back to Restless Oaks Pavilion and finish your race.
13.5-mile and 25K runners: You now have a choice:
1. Continue onto The Beast to complete the full distance you signed up for,
  
  OR
2. Tap out and take the road back to the pavilion instead.
  
  If you choose the road, you will receive official credit for the 8.3-mile course.

★ If you decide to call it at 8.3 miles, no problem — that’s a valid life choice.

But if you don’t tell the race timer at the finish and your results show you as a 13.5/25K warrior, The Beast will know.

We will know.

And your friends will know.

Trust us — you don't want to be that guy (or girl). So please, just tell the timer.

VOLUNTEERS ARE SACRED

They are the lifeblood of this race.

They stand outside for 12+ hours in February so you can cosplay as a mountain goat.

They mark the course, haul gear, manage aid stations, run comms, sweep the trails, and keep people safe.

They feed you bacon. They cheer for you even when you look like a disappointed woodland creature.

Tell them thank you. Show them love. Smile. Nod. Grunt appreciatively. Offer them your firstborn if needed.

★ If a volunteer asks you to do something, just do it.

No arguing. No weird energy. No acting like your quads entitle you to an attitude.

★ If you have a complaint, concern, existential crisis, or philosophical objection, take it to the Race Team/Race Director, not the volunteers.

★ Disrespect toward volunteers will result in a LIFETIME BAN from The Frozen Snot

and we will read your name aloud every year at the Bacon Station like a cautionary tale.

We’re not joking. We will protect our volunteers before we protect your feelings.