Spring Into Steep Rock Hiking Challenge
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Spring Into Steep Rock Hiking Challenge
March 20 – June 18, 2026
Join us for the Spring Into Steep Rock Hiking Challenge — a self-paced adventure to hike 30 miles during the spring season across any of our preserves: Hidden Valley, Steep Rock, Macricostas, and West Mountain.
Spring is one of the most beautiful times to explore the preserves. Watch for blooming spring ephemerals like trout lily, budding trees, returning birdsong, and longer, brighter days. Let’s welcome the season together — one mile at a time.
Hike a little at a time or log longer treks — miles can be completed on any SRA trails between March 20 and June 16. Track your mileage and submit your total by the final day of the challenge. Easily log your miles online. Alternatively, you can track your miles on your own and email your final results to info@steeprockassoc.org to ensure we can confirm you've completed the Challenge.
Additional info: https://steeprockassoc.org/spring-into-steep-rock/
Join us at our Summer Firepit Event on June 18 as we celebrate everyone who took on the challenge and award prizes.
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Spring Into Steep Rock Hiking Challenge
Typical race-day weather
Based on 1 year of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in New Preston, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:56 AM and sets at 7:05 PM local time (EDT) in New Preston on March 20, 2026 — 12h 09m of daylight.
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2026 results — Spring Into Steep Rock Hiking Challenge
Spring Into Steep Rock Hiking Challenge · 36 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danielle Brightman | 78:15:20 | 16:58 /mi |
| 2 | Andria Budd | 39:20:19 | 24:35 /mi |
| 3 | Anne Martin | — | — |
| 4 | Julie Ziebold | 23:25:00 | 20:42 /mi |
| 5 | Alitz McDonald | 17:41:00 | 27:14 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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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, 2 New Preston events
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