Lope for Loons 6k Trail Run
About this race
6K Trail Run
- Start time: 9:00 AM
- Professionally timed
- Trail terrain, dirt, sand, roots, tough climbs (ski hill)
- Get a loon T-shirt with your registration fee. The design is done by the same artist as Charlevoix Running Company's logo (emily cooper creations).
- Top finishers overall and masters level win a FREE pair of ALTRA trail shoes
- Loon cookies, bananas and snack at the finish
- One aid station near the lodge
Fun Run
- Start time 8:45 (right before 6k)
- Kids run 1000m or less from the playground to the finish line
- Shirts for kids
- Running clock
Who Will Benefit?
Money raised will go to the Little Traverse Conservancy to provide updated signage to help protect loons at boat launches around our area. Money will also go to support Mt. McSauba's outdoor education infrastructure.
Registration
Packet pickup is at Charlevoix Running Company (327 Bridge st) Friday From 2-6pm. Or right before the race 8-8:45AM outside Mt McSauba Ski Lodge.
Parking
- Park in Mt. McSauba ski hill parking lot
- Bathrooms available
SPONSORS
CHARLEVOIX RUNNING COMPANY
ALTRA
THE CLOTHING COMPANY
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Trail running
Lope for Loons 6K Trail Race
The course goes up the ski hill right at the start. It then winds down the hill and around to North Pointe woods for mile 1 and nearly 2. Coming back we will come by the ski lodge again through a single track and water station and head towards the ice rink and up the back side single track trails. The last mile is down and around North Pointe woods and back to the finish at the lodge where we start. Expect steep terrain, single tracks, two tracks, roots, grass, and a bit (not much) of sand.
Kids Fun Run
Typical race-day weather
Based on 2 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Charlevoix, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:34 AM and sets at 8:59 PM local time (EDT) in Charlevoix on August 8, 2026 — 14h 25m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
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2026 results — Lope for Loons 6k Trail Run
Lope for Loons 6K Trail Race · 83 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arianne Olson | 24:22 | 6:32 /mi |
| 2 | Reeve Oberman | 24:56 | 6:41 /mi |
| 3 | Jack Frentz | 25:22 | 6:48 /mi |
| 4 | Nate Rauh-Bieri | 25:22 | 6:48 /mi |
| 5 | Griffin Frentz | 26:30 | 7:07 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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Different organizers, within 40 miles, in the next three months
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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, 4 Charlevoix events
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