Wander The West Virtual Challenge
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Wander The West Virtual Challenge

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States View on map
Aug 01, 2025 – Aug 31, 2026 (America/Denver local time)
Running

About this race

Wander The West Virtual Challenge

Join us!

Join us on a virtual road trip to visit eight amazing national parks! Throughout the month, you will learn about these amazing places, "run" some of their amazing trails, and discover how you can support the organizations working to preserve them.

How it works:

1) Register for free to go on this virtual road trip covering 8 national parks over the course of the 8th month!

2) Every 4/5 days you will receive an email with insights from a new national park partner and a highlighted trail around the park.

3) Run miles or collect donations matching the distance of the trail.

4) Various prizes will be awarded to top participants!

Support:

All funds from the virtual challenge will be donated evenly to our seven national park partners:

Rocky Mountain Conservancy, Grand Teton National Park Foundation, Glacier Conservancy, Washington's National Park Fund, Yosemite Conservancy, Joshua Tree National Park Association and Friends of Arches and Canyonlands Parks 

Your donation is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Our tax ID is: 83-1778644

Pick your distance

Running

Arches and Canyonlands Virtual Challenge

Aug 01, 2025 Arches and Canyonlands Virtual Challenge 12:00 AM
Closed

Joshua Tree Virtual Run

Aug 01, 2025 Joshua Tree Virtual Run 12:00 AM
Closed

Yosemite Virtual Run

Aug 01, 2025 Yosemite Virtual Run 12:00 AM
Closed

Washington Virtual Run

Aug 01, 2025 Washington Virtual Run 12:00 AM
Closed

Glacier Virtual Run

Aug 01, 2025 Glacier Virtual Run 12:00 AM
Closed

Grand Teton Virtual Run

Aug 01, 2025 Grand Teton Virtual Run 12:00 AM
Closed

Rocky Mountain Virtual Run

Aug 01, 2025 Rocky Mountain Virtual Run 12:00 AM
Closed

Wander The West Virtual Challenge

Aug 01, 2025 Wander The West Virtual Challenge 12:00 AM
Free
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 12 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Salt Lake City, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 4.1° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 15.9°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 0.7° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 14.7°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
17.3
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
1.8mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
49.7%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on August 1, 2025 (MDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on August 1, 2025 (MDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
14h 18m

The sun rises at 6:24 AM and sets at 8:43 PM local time (MDT) in Salt Lake City on August 1, 2025 — 14h 18m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

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2025 results — Wander The West Virtual Challenge

81 finishers across 7 distances · leading places in the Arches and Canyonlands Virtual Challenge

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Leading finishers of the 2025 Wander The West Virtual Challenge
Place Name Time Pace
1 Meghan-Joy Boyd 7:46:45 8:19 /mi
2 Taylor Verville 12:06:48 13:26 /mi
3 Jeffry Hammond 9:00:07 13:59 /mi
4 Stephanie Francis 2:34:31 11:02 /mi
5 Anne Weiss 2:56:51 13:26 /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, 27 Salt Lake City events

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