Spring Into Steep Rock Hiking Challenge
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Spring Into Steep Rock Hiking Challenge

New Preston, Connecticut, United States View on map
Mar 20, 2026 – Jun 16, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
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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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Running

Spring Into Steep Rock Hiking Challenge

Mar 20, 2026 48.3K 8:00 AM
Free
Closed

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.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 7.1° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 18.3°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 4.2° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 18.5°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
19.3
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
2.7mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
66.6%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on March 20, 2026 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on March 20, 2026 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
12h 09m

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.

Course

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2026 results — Spring Into Steep Rock Hiking Challenge

Spring Into Steep Rock Hiking Challenge · 36 finishers

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Leading finishers of the 2026 Spring Into Steep Rock Hiking Challenge
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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