Snoqualmie Pass • September 14 2023 • 15K
Back for 2024!
A new race at Snoqualmie Pass! This race, known as the Brown Bear Salmon Run, features an amazing course up, down, and around the Snoqualmie Pass area for 15 kilometers.
In 2024, we will be hosting this race for the second time in partnership with Brown Bear Car Wash. The size of the race will still be limited due to permit limitations, but we get to increase numbers!! We hope to continue to expand the size of the race in 2025.
Snoqualmie Pass needs no introduction! Well known as a ski area in the winter and a mountain bike park in the summer, this will be the first trail run to be held at Snoqualmie Pass (that we are aware of!). The course will feature a fun selection of trails and Forest Service/Ski Area Access roads. For the final stretch of the course you’ll be exposed to stunning views of the expansive scenery around the pass.
Woodland Speeders Kid’s Race
As part of our Woodland Speeders program, we offer free kid’s races at all of our events. Parents are welcome to run with their kiddos. You can register your child during the registration process for your own race or sign them up later. The kid’s course at Brown Bear Salmon Run is about 1 mile long.
Brown Bear
Salmon Run
at a Glance
September 14th, 2024
15k
Moderately challenging run with 1900′ elevation gain at a well-known ski area.
Detailed Race Description
The Brown Bear Salmon Run race starts and finishes at the Summit West Base area. The race course comprises of scenic singletrack and 4wd roads. The run starts out along a pleasant stretch of singletrack. After 4 miles, the race course veers off the singletrack and takes you up a Forest Service Road towards the Summit at Snoqualmie Nordic Ski Area near the top of the mountain. After winding along on skinnier trails and wider nordic trails, you’ll make your way to the Snoqualmie Ridgeline on ski area access roads. The views are stunning along the ridgeline. You’ll follow along the undulating ridgeline or close to it with surprisingly enjoyable ski area access roads before you descend back to the Summit West base area to finish.
Brown Bear Salmon Run takes place on lands historically inhabited by the following Native American tribes:
We thank these caretakers of the land who have lived and continue to live here since time immemorial.
In 2021 the Snoqualmie Tribe launched the Snoqualmie Tribe Ancestral Lands Movement in response to the recreation impacts on their ancestral lands. Through the movement, the Tribe seeks to spread awareness of the importance of these lands to the Tribe, and how all of us as individuals can practice Tribal acknowledgement by recreating in a mindful and respectful manner. Please consider following the Snoqualmie Tribe Ancestral Lands Movement on Facebook or Instagram to learn more about it.”
This race is fully sanctioned/permitted by the US Forest Service, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF.
Finisher swag
Every finisher at an Evergreen Trail Run event receives a piece of handmade finisher swag! We make our awards using solar power in Anacortes, Washington.
HOW WE ARE HELPING SAVE THE PLANET
There are no higher stakes than being kind to the earth; we care deeply about keeping our planet viable for the next generation.
To that end, we organize our events with an eye towards minimizing our impact on the planet. Read more here.
We Welcome All
Committed to Making All Feel Welcome
Evergreen Trail Runs is making a new effort to make sure that everyone feels welcome and safe at our running events and in our trail running community. There is space for all on the trails. We have a non-binary registration option and a non-binary category for overall awards.
If you have a suggestion or idea for how we can improve our events in this regard, please let us know!
Course Notes:
There is one distance offered for this race: 15 kilometers. The trails are a little more technical, so we don’t recommend minimalist shoes.
Please note that the trails will be open to other users during the event, including pedestrians and cyclists on some stretches. See our FAQ page for more information about sharing the trails. In particular, the course passes along a small sections of the Snoqualmie Bike Park. Course monitors will be in all locations where we interface with bike trails to ensure there’s no interference. There will be a water drop and an aid station in the race, and the course is well-marked with signs at intersections. As always, there will be a good selection of grub at the finish to replenish you after your hard work.
This is a cupless race! All runners please carry a refillable container that you can run with for refilling at aid stations. There will be a limited number of cups for emergency situations.
Courses and aid stations
15k course
Directions
Registration
Online registration will close the Friday before the race at noon.
Half Marathon:
Regular $80
February: $90
May: $100
Race day: $110
Parking
As always, we strongly encourage you to carpool with other runners! There is plenty of parking at the ski area and we do not anticipate running out of parking on race day.
Schedule
Packet Pick-up opens at 6:30am at the start/finish area.
Pre-race briefing
5 minutes before race start
Race starts
8:00am: 15km
9:00am: Kid’s race
Course closure
12:00pm
Youth Pricing
Participants 24 years of age and under automatically receive a discount of 20% on their registration fee.
Evergreen Trails is proud to serve GU Energy products on course.
We are Trail Sisters approved! That means that we have made a commitment to provide women the race day they deserve. Learn more about what that means.
Evergreen Trails is proud to have Tailwind as our official hydration sponsor.
Running Evolution is the training community for people who might not want to win the races, but have a darn good time out there.
Locally made Partner’s Crackers provides post race snacks for all runners.
Washington Trails Association
Evergreen Trail Runs wants to do all we can to support our local PNW community. That’s why all of the Evergreen races support the Washington Trails Association. Both Evergreen and the WTA support environmental stewardship and the protection of our public lands.
PDF Course Map
Below is a high quality downloadable race map. If you’d like to open an online interactive course map, scroll just a little further down.
Please note that distances and elevations noted below and on maps below are approximate and are derived from online mapping programs. Your recorded distance and elevation gain on race day may vary.
Elevation Profiles
15km Course Map
Kid’s Race Course Map
Approximately 1 mile long
Notes
Aid station locations:
Elevation gain:
1900′
Directions
As is often the case it’s tough to “plug in and go” for this race location. Using the Summit at Snoqualmie Address mainly takes you to Summit East or Central, but you want to go to Summit West. Type “West Summit at Snoqualmie” into your mapping app to find the appropriate location, and then follow signs to the parking lot, located at the northernmost end of the entire ski area.
Alternatively, parking is at these GPS Coordinates: 47.425669, -121.417812
Better yet, just follow these directions:
If you’re on I-90 East coming from Seattle: Take Exit 52 to West Summit. Turn right at the fork, following the sign for Snoqualmie Summit. Take your first right, towards the parking lot, and follow the race signs by heading to the uppermost lot, closest to the ski hill.
If you’re on I-90 West, take Exit 53 which says towards East Summit. Go left under the interstate towards Snoqualmie Pass Recreation Area. When you get to the “T” after the tunnel, take a right towards Summit West on WA 906. Just before you take the sweeping right turn that goes back under the interstate, take a left (or go “straight”) into the large parking lot. Make your way to the uppermost parking lot, closest to the ski hill, for race parking.
Race Location
1001 WA-906, Snoqualmie Pass, WA 98068