Summit Series Run @ Mt. La Crosse
About this race
Mt. La Crosse Trail Running Challenge
Get ready for an epic "mountain" running experience that happens just once a year!
Event Options:
- Long Course Challenge: 2-mile trail run with a challenging 1000 feet of elevation gain
- Sprint Challenge: Race up Damnation (Mid-America's steepest ski slope) and back down its twisty sister trail, Salvation!
- Kids Race: A fun, short race designed especially for young runners
- MOTUS Misogi (RUCK Challenge): A RUCK Challenge. Carry a weight up a hill and back down. Weights provided.
Join us for an incredible day of mountain running and support local school groups working to get kids outdoors!
Pick your distance
Running
Sprint
Sprint up Damnation, Mid-America’s steepest ski slope, and back down it’s twisty sister, Salvation!
"Long" Run
Start at the Chalet and work your way around the slopes, taking in all the amazing views Mt. La Crosse offers! 2 mile run , 1000′ vertical gain and decent.
Kid's Race
Available to anyone under 18 with some energy to burn! This will feature one small climb for the kids to run.
Huge Gains Challenge
Feeling crazy? Take on the ultimate slope challenge, run both the Sprint and Long Run events at a discount!
MOTUS Misogi (RUCK Challenge)
MOTUS Misogi (RUCK Challenge): A RUCK Challenge. Carry a weight up a hill and back down. Weights provided. This is an untimed fun event to challenge yourself.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 1 year of historical conditions on this event's race dates in La Crosse.
Course
Route map and elevation profile
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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- La Crosse 5K Races 8 races
- 10K Run Events in La Crosse 2 races
- La Crosse Half Marathons 2 races
- La Crosse Running Calendar 2026 11 races
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, 14 La Crosse events
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