King of The Mountain
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King of The Mountain

Lynchburg, Virginia, United States View on map
Mar 06, 2027 (America/New_York local time)
Trail running

About this race

Campus Recreation is proud to present its annual King of the Mountain Trail Race hosted at Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre on Saturday, March 6, 2027. The King of The Mountain course is a single track, one mile course straight up Liberty Mountain! The race will start at Snowflex following Falwell Road, and the finish will be located at the very top of Snowflex. We will have water and Gatorade at the top waiting for and volunteers will be around to help guide you. This is the culminating event in the Liberty Mountain Trail Series!

DATE | March 6, 2027
LOCATION | Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre
4000 Candlers Mountain Rd
Lynchburg, VA 24502
DISTANCE | 1 mile

START TIME | 11:30 A.M.
PACKET PICKUP | March 5 – LaHaye Rotunda from Noon-6 P.M. | March 6 – Snowflex from 10:30-11:15 A.M. (before the race)
T-SHIRT | Featured giveaway racer tank top is guaranteed before Feb 25th registration.  A limited number of extra shirts will be available on a first-come basis at packet pickup.
AWARDS | Awards will be given to the top 3 male & female overall winners, top 3 male & female in each age group, and top male & female masters (>40 years of age) overall winners. Overall awards will be ranked by gun time, age group awards will be ranked on chip time. 

Door prizes will also be given out throughout the event.

*LMTS FINISHER AWARDS | Awards will be given to all runners who participate in all 5 LMTS 2026-2027 races in April 2027 (Deep Hollow, Valley View, Reindeer Run, Arctic 5k, King of the Mountain).

REFERRAL DISCOUNT | Be sure to refer your friends/family using your custom code after you register for the race.  Refer 3 registrations and we will refund you $20!

*Student discount applied at checkout 

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Trail running

King Of The Mountain

Mar 06, 2027 1.6K 11:30 AM
$25.00
Open

Typical race-day weather

Based on 12 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Lynchburg, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 2.0° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 15.8°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) -2.2° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 15.5°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
18.5
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
0.9mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
61.0%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on March 6, 2027 (EST)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on March 6, 2027 (EST)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
11h 34m

The sun rises at 6:40 AM and sets at 6:15 PM local time (EST) in Lynchburg on March 6, 2027 — 11h 34m of daylight.

Course

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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.

  • Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
  • Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
  • Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 22 Lynchburg events

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