Little River Trail Runs
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Little River Trail Runs

Rougemont, North Carolina, United States View on map
Jan 09, 2027 (America/New_York local time)
Trail running

About this race

Read Racer Briefing HERE!

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The 21st Annual Little River Trail Runs will be held on Saturday, January 10, 2026 at Little River Regional Park in beautiful Rougemont, North Carolina. We have two race distances - 10 miles and 7 kilometers. Both races are run primarily on well-marked single track, and we'll have race volunteers and three aid stations along the course. As always, all proceeds from the races go towards support and maintenance of the park and trail system for the community. 

Cost:

$50 - 10 mi (we can not guarantee a t-shirt but we will do our best to have one for you!) $45 - 7k (we can not guarantee a t-shirt but we will do our best to have one for you!) Friends of the Forest Bundle - SAVE $20 by registering for both LRTR and PWTR!  

Flagging:

7k route will be BLUE
10 mile route will be ORANGE

Date: 

January 10, 2026

Distance and start times:

10 mile (9:00am) and 7k (9:30am)

Bib number and shirt pickup:

Friday, January 9, 2026 at Bull City Running (SoDu location, 202 W. NC 54, Durham), Time: 2:30pm - 5:30pm. 

2026 Sponsors

Bull City Running

Balanced Movement Studio

Brandwein's Bagels

Carrboro Coffee Roasters

Halchin Hives  

Open Eye Cafe   

Purple Bowl

TrailHeads.org

Weaver Street Market

Zenith Coaching   

Pick your distance

Trail running

Little River Trail Run 10mi

Jan 09, 2027 16.1K 9:00 AM
$50.00
Open

Little River Trail Run 7k

Jan 09, 2027 7K 9:30 AM
$45.00
Open

Typical race-day weather

Based on 10 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Rougemont, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 1.5° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 10.3°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) -2.8° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 8.8°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
17.6
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
6.3mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
75.6%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on January 9, 2027 (EST)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on January 9, 2027 (EST)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
9h 51m

The sun rises at 7:27 AM and sets at 5:18 PM local time (EST) in Rougemont on January 9, 2027 — 9h 51m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

The organizer hasn't released a route for this event, and we don't publish guesses. If you're the organizer, send us a GPX file and we'll draw the profile.

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Results — Little River Trail Runs

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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, 1 Rougemont event

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