Mountaineer Rumble 12 Hour

Race Description

Podcast with race information:Spotify LinkApple Link2023-2025 Photo Gallery by Ruben Felix VisualsWelcome to the Mountaineer Rumble 10 Mile, 50K, 100K, and 100 Miler Race at Kings Mountain State Park, Clover, SCDuring the event you’ll run a ten mile loop that will highlight the CCC Multi-Use Trail (Orange Blaze) Each loop is 650 +/- feet of elevation gain.50K runners will complete three loops plus a half mile out and back at the beginning, 100K runners will complete six loops plus a mile out and back at the beginning, and 100 mile runners will complete ten loops. Each loop will have two fully-stocked aid stations. Indoor aid station at the start/finish line with room to store drop bags. Also a canopy area around the start/finish line area for crew to set up. Crew access is only available at the start/finish line.Time limits are 10 hours (50K), 20 hours (100K), and 32 hours (100 Mile).Runners will all receive a finisher’s awards. 50K and 100K will receive similar awards noting their distance. 100 Mile finishers will receive a custom designed buckle for their accomplishment.Beginning in 2022 runners that have completed all three distances will receive a special custom handmade award to display both finishers medals and buckle. Any order of finishes will be accepted, three year finishing streak not required.All 50K, 100K, 100 Mile runners will have a choice of a Cabin on Friday and Saturday night. If runners need to sleep after completing the 100 Miler space in the cabins will be available for Sunday afternoon and Sunday night until 10:00 AM Monday.10 Mile race distance available for those that want to run a shorter distance. It's a great distance for a first time trail race or to just join in the weekend fun.Race Weekend TimelineFriday, November 6, 2026(4:00 PM) Packet Pickup and Cabin Assignments(6:00 PM) Pasta Dinner(7:00 PM) Pre-Race Meeting(10:00 PM) Quite Hours Begin (Time to rest and allow others to rest for the race)Saturday, November 7, 2026(6:30 AM) Pre-Race Breakfast for all runners(6:30-7:30 AM) Last-Minute Bib Pickups(7:45 AM) Brief Pre-Race review and Pre-Race entertainment(8:00 AM) 50K, 100K, and 100 Mile Race Start(6:00 PM) 50K Race Cut-Off (All runners must be finished to have an official time)Sunday, November 8, 2026(4:00 AM) 100K Race Cut-Off (All runners must be finished to have an official time) (4:00 PM) 100 Mile Race-Cut Off (All runners must be finished to have an official time)

Event's current local time: 5:00 AM ET

2026!!!!!! Race Spotlight Race Manual CLICK HERE TO VIEW Crowders Mountain This is more than a race. It’s a battle—against the mountain, against the clock, and most of all, against yourself.You will run every trail, summit both peaks, and face the rugged beauty and brutal challenges Crowders Mountain throws at you. The lake views will reward you, but the journey will test every ounce of grit and heart you have.Choose your fight:100 Mile Ultra: 34 hours to push through pain and fatigue, to prove your limits are just the starting line.100K Ultra: 30 hours to grind 62 miles of relentless terrain and find strength when your body begs to stop.50 Miler has 30 Hours to sweatMarathon: 10 hours to face the mountain’s fury and rise above it.Half Marathon: NO TIME LIMITThis race is for the fighters—the ones who understand that true victory is earned step by step, breath by breath, when the world tells you to quit.Finish, and you don’t just get a medal and buckle—you earn a symbol of resilience, a

testament to your will to overcome.Crowders Mountain awaits. Will you answer the call? NEW 100 Miler Route Course Details - 100 Miles 2025 Course Route!!!!100 Miler - We will be starting at Crowders Ridge Start/Finish Line. Head Left up Tower Trail, and take a left on Rocktop Trail down to taking a right onto Crowders Trail. We will travel on Crowders Trail until it turns into Pinnacle Trail. Then Take a left turn onto Turnback Trail. Head down that Trail on your way to Wolf's Den Aid Station. After this Aid Station you will take a right turn onto Fern Trail and head back out on your way back to Turnback Trail. When you head back to Pinnacle Trail. You will continue Straight up Pinnacle Trail. Right before you head into the Summit of Pinnacle you will make a left turn onto Ridgeline Trail. Follow it for a long while till you reach the 161 Aid Station. Then another stretch towards Boulders Access Aid Station. This is your turnaround point to head back. At this point you are at 13.4 Miles

into the Route. At this turnaround point you will head back to Ridgeline Trail and make a right turn. You will NOT be running to SC!!! From this point you will follow Ridgeline Trail passing 161 Aid Station for a Second time. Continue on till you reach Pinnacle Trail and from here you will make a right turn onto Pinnacle and follow it all the way to Turnback Trail. While running on Turnback Trail you will run back into Wolf's Den Aid Station for a Second time on this route. After Wolf's Den Aid Station you will make the right turn onto Fern Trail. Make a right turn onto Turnback Trail, and follow it until you reach Pinnacle Trail. Make a right turn onto Pinnacle and continue to follow the Trail until it turns back into Crowders Trail. Finally reaching from Crowders Trail you will make a left turn onto Rocktop Trail. Follow this trail until you reach Tower Trail and turn right. Follow it ALL the way down to a right turn that leads you into the Crowders Ridge Trails taking you back to the

Start/Finishline. You will do this Route a total of 3 Times. On the 4th time you will Run the route until you reach the 161 Aid Station and turn around to head back to Wolf's Den Aid Station Then to the Finish. The total distance for what you are covering is 101 Miles. NEW 100K Route Course Details - 100K 2025 Course Route!!!!100K - We will be starting at Crowders Ridge Start/Finish Line. Head Left up Tower Trail, and take a left on Rocktop Trail down to taking a right onto Crowders Trail. We will travel on Crowders Trail until it turns into Pinnacle Trail. Then Take a left turn onto Turnback Trail. Head down that Trail on your way to Wolf's Den Aid Station. After this Aid Station you will take a right turn onto Fern Trail and head back out on your way back to Turnback Trail. When you head back to Pinnacle Trail. You will continue Straight up Pinnacle Trail. Right before you head into the Summit of Pinnacle you will make a left turn onto Ridgeline Trail. Follow it for a long while till you

reach the 161 Aid Station. Then another stretch towards Boulders Access Aid Station. This is your turnaround point to head back. At this point you are at 13.4 Miles into the Route. At this turnaround point you will head back to Ridgeline Trail and make a right turn. You will NOT be running to SC!!! From this point you will follow Ridgeline Trail passing 161 Aid Station for a Second time. Continue on till you reach Pinnacle Trail and from here you will make a right turn onto Pinnacle and follow it all the way to Turnback Trail. While running on Turnback Trail you will run back into Wolf's Den Aid Station for a Second time on this route. After Wolf's Den Aid Station you will make the right turn onto Fern Trail. Make a right turn onto Turnback Trail, and follow it until you reach Pinnacle Trail. Make a right turn onto Pinnacle and continue to follow the Trail until it turns back into Crowders Trail. Finally reaching from Crowders Trail you will make a left turn onto Rocktop Trail. Follow this

trail until you reach Tower Trail and turn right. Follow it ALL the way down to a right turn that leads you into the Crowders Ridge Trails taking you back to the Start/Finishline. You will do this Route a total of 2 Times. On the 3rd time you will Run the route until you reach the Wolf's Den Aid Station and turn around to the Finish. The total distance for what you are covering is 67.35 Miles. NEW 50 Miler Route Course Details - 50 Miles 2025 Course Route!!!!50 Miler - We will be starting at Crowders Ridge Start/Finish Line. Head Left up Tower Trail, and take a left on Rocktop Trail down to taking a right onto Crowders Trail. We will travel on Crowders Trail until it turns into Pinnacle Trail. Then Take a left turn onto Turnback Trail. Head down that Trail on your way to Wolf's Den Aid Station. After this Aid Station you will take a right turn onto Fern Trail and head back out on your way back to Turnback Trail. When you head back to Pinnacle Trail. You will continue Straight up Pinnacle

Trail. Right before you head into the Summit of Pinnacle you will make a left turn onto Ridgeline Trail. Follow it for a long while till you reach the 161 Aid Station. Then another stretch towards Boulders Access Aid Station. This is your turnaround point to head back. At this point you are at 13.4 Miles into the Route. At this turnaround point you will head back to Ridgeline Trail and make a right turn. You will NOT be running to SC!!! From this point you will follow Ridgeline Trail passing 161 Aid Station for a Second time. Continue on till you reach Pinnacle Trail and from here you will make a right turn onto Pinnacle and follow it all the way to Turnback Trail. While running on Turnback Trail you will run back into Wolf's Den Aid Station for a Second time on this route. After Wolf's Den Aid Station you will make the right turn onto Fern Trail. Make a right turn onto Turnback Trail, and follow it until you reach Pinnacle Trail. Make a right turn onto Pinnacle and continue to follow the

Trail until it turns back into Crowders Trail. Finally reaching from Crowders Trail you will make a left turn onto Rocktop Trail. Follow this trail until you reach Tower Trail and turn right. Follow it ALL the way down to a right turn that leads you into the Crowders Ridge Trails taking you back to the Start/Finishline. You will do this Route a total of 2 Times. The total distance for what you are covering is 53.79 Miles. NEW Marathon Route Course Details - Marathon 2025 Course Route!!!!Marathon - We will be starting at Crowders Ridge Start/Finish Line. Head Left up Tower Trail, and take a left on Rocktop Trail down to taking a right onto Crowders Trail. We will travel on Crowders Trail until it turns into Pinnacle Trail. Then Take a left turn onto Turnback Trail. Head down that Trail on your way to Wolf's Den Aid Station. After this Aid Station you will take a right turn onto Fern Trail and head back out on your way back to Turnback Trail. When you head back to Pinnacle Trail. You will

continue Straight up Pinnacle Trail. Right before you head into the Summit of Pinnacle you will make a left turn onto Ridgeline Trail. Follow it for a long while till you reach the 161 Aid Station. Then another stretch towards Boulders Access Aid Station. This is your turnaround point to head back. At this point you are at 13.4 Miles into the Route. At this turnaround point you will head back to Ridgeline Trail and make a right turn. You will NOT be running to SC!!! From this point you will follow Ridgeline Trail passing 161 Aid Station for a Second time. Continue on till you reach Pinnacle Trail and from here you will make a right turn onto Pinnacle and follow it all the way to Turnback Trail. While running on Turnback Trail you will run back into Wolf's Den Aid Station for a Second time on this route. After Wolf's Den Aid Station you will make the right turn onto Fern Trail. Make a right turn onto Turnback Trail, and follow it until you reach Pinnacle Trail. Make a right turn onto

Pinnacle and continue to follow the Trail until it turns back into Crowders Trail. Finally reaching from Crowders Trail you will make a left turn onto Rocktop Trail. Follow this trail until you reach Tower Trail and turn right. Follow it ALL the way down to a right turn that leads you into the Crowders Ridge Trails taking you back to the Start/Finishline. NEW Half Marathon Route Course Details - Half Marathon 2025 Course Route!!!!Half Marathon - We will be starting at Crowders Ridge Start/Finish Line. Head Left up Tower Trail, and take a left on Rocktop Trail down to taking a right onto Crowders Trail. We will travel on Crowders Trail until it turns into Pinnacle Trail. Then Take a left turn onto Turnback Trail. Head down that Trail on your way to Wolf's Den Aid Station. After this Aid Station you will take a right turn onto Fern Trail and head back out on your way back to Turnback Trail. When you head back to Pinnacle Trail. You will make a right turn onto Pinnacle Trail. It will turn back

into Crowders Trail. After Crowders Trail you will turn left onto Rocktop Trail. Follow it till you reach Tower Trail. Take that right and head down Tower Trail. Then you will make another right turn onto Crowders Ridge Trails to the Finish. ELEVATION Half Marathon - 2,326 in GainMarathon - 4,766 in Gain50 Miler - 9,538 in Gain100K - 11,862 in Gain100 Miler - 17,925 in Gain Aid Stations We will have 4 aid stations on course:Crowders Ridge - Wolf Base - The 161 Aid Station - Boulders AccessMajor Aid Station Food:All aid stations will have basic food choices: Pickles wrapped in Bacon, Cereal, Gummies, Salt Pretzels, Candy, FruitsHot Food during the race will include: Hot Bacon, Soup, Probably a surprise or twoDrink Choices:Tailwind and WaterSoda - Mountain Dew, Coke, Ginger Ale Gear / Pacers Trekking Poles are completely ok to use. Pacers are fully allowed only for the 100K, and 100 miler after 50 miles. Time Cutoffs Half Marathon: NoneMarathon: 10 hours ( 6 pm Saturday)50 Miler: 30 Hours (9

am Sunday)100K: 30 Hours (9 am Sunday)100 Mile: 34 Hours (6pm Sunday) "TRAIL SISTERS Approved Race" Welcome to the Beast of the East 2023. in addition to our classic race distances (Half Marathon, Marathon, 50M, 100K & 100M) we have a 15 miler/25k-ish race. We are now a "TRAIL SISTERS Approved Race". This is great news and we hope to see more ladies out on the trail this year. This is a great race for those who don't have the time to spend all day at. the park because you have to finish your Christmas shopping! Event's current local time: 5:12 AM ET

Join us for the 26th Annual Jingle Bell Rockin' Run 5k Walk/Run! We will offer a virtual option, but we are looking forward to gathering in person on the morning of December 6th for the 5K race. Not only will we have an awesome 5K race, but we will also have the 1/2 mile kids fun run, customized Jingle Bell 25th anniversary swag for participants, photo ops with Santa, Mrs. Clause & Dasher, & SO MUCH MORE!

Awards will be 1st-3rd place overall male/female, 1st-3rd place masters male/female, and 1st-3rd place male/female for the following age groups: 9 & under, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, and 70+

The great benefit of running the Jingle Bell Rockin' Run is that you get to run a race that makes a difference this holiday season. The proceeds from the race will go directly to those in need of financial assistance to have access to YMCA programs!