You could say this 200-mile race was inspired by trail work. After helping out on the Middle Fork of the Willamette River a few years ago, we knew this area was special and that runners would love it and that we needed to create a trail race here. The Middle Fork trail alone is amazing enough, but why stop at a 50K when there is so much more to see and experience? We added in sections from the Oregon Timber Trail’s Kalapooya section including Timpanogas and little Indigo lakes, and even incorporated one of our favorite Oregon hidden gems, the North Umpqua River trail, to create an amazing 200-mile race (actually 204 miles). We present an adventure that will take you through some of the best of the Willamette and Umpqua National Forests with a route that is very crew-accessible and crew-friendly. This race is an out-and-back with 26,200 feet of gain and loss, with 13 aid stations to support you along the way. You have 102 hours to get to that finish line.
If you are on of the many who were excited for this race to happen in 2022, you’ll notice the course has changed. The 2022 Cedar Creek fire burned much of the Bunchgrass and Waldo portions of our original course, so we’ve created yet another reroute in order to give you 200 delicious miles to run. This race now starts and finishes in Oakridge.
$1275 (March 5 – 18, 2023)
$1350 (March 19 – April 30)
$1450 (May 1 – July 31)
Fee includes race registration, optional camping at Greenwaters Park, swag, post-race brunch, on-course food, and all the other support you expect from a Go Beyond Racing race.
Race is capped at 150 runners this year. A wait list is activated when the race fills.
Optional shirts and merchandise are available for purchase during registration.
Please note that there are no transfers to other runners and no refunds. If you need to cancel your registration and it’s more than 30 days prior to the race, you will receive a 50% credit toward a future Go Beyond Racing race. If your cancellation is 30 days or less from race day, there is no credit. By registering, you agree to this Cancellation Policy.
For a thorough course description, visit the Course page.
This race is mostly single-track, and sweet single-track at that. We’re talking almost 200 miles of riverside, lakeside, forest-bathing, dirt trail. You climb and descent 26,200 feet.
Single track: 70%
Forest road (dirt/gravel): 24%
Paved road: 8%
There are 13 fully-stocked and manned aid stations and nine sleep stations. The furthest you’ll go between aid station is 20 miles.
Oakridge’s Greenwaters Park is the home base for the race. Race headquarters is set up here. This is where bib pick up and the race briefing occurs, where the start and finish lines are, where pacers sign a waiver and pick up their bibs, and where the post-race awards celebration and brunch occur. There are plenty of accommodation options and amenities (gas, food, grocery, etc).
Crew is allowed and encouraged, but certainly not required. You can do this race on your own using the aid stations and your drop bags. It is a very crew-friendly course though, with access at eight of the 13 aid stations. More information about Crew here.
Drop bags are allowed at most of the aid stations along the course:
You will drop off all of your drop bags during bib pickup on Thursday afternoon before the race meeting. Each drop bag must be labeled with your last name and bib number. Drop bags are returned to Greenwaters Park after each aid station shuts down.
This represents that gear that you are required to carry with you during the entire race:
Considerations/Recommendations to carry and/or have in drop bags:
Note: Pacers are required to carry the same required gear minus the SPOT.
Pacers are allowed and can join and leave you at any of the crew accessible aid stations starting at the Sacadanga aid station (mile 40). Runners can have more than one pacer for the race, but are allowed only one pacer on course at a time. Pacers must pick up a bib and sign a waiver at the Greenwaters Park in Oakridge or at the aid station. A pacer bib is required whenever a pacer is with you on course.
Pacers are responsible for their own transportation to and from the course and are not allowed to leave a car parked at an aid station. More information on Pacing is here.
Go Beyond Racing strongly believe that all of us should give back by volunteering to do trail work on a regular basis. For the Oregon 200, all racers must complete a total of eight (8) hours of trail work. The trail work doesn’t need to be done before registering; just sometime after October 1 and before July 31. This required form is signed by the trail work site manager and emailed (to the address on the form) before the deadline. Entrants and waitlisters without the required trail work will forfeit their spot on August 2nd, and the next on the wait list is invited to take the spot.
We define trail work as maintenance of existing trails and development of new. This can include cutting/clearing logs, improving drainage and tread, benching, trimming overgrowth, etc. It does not include picking up trash. The trails can be anywhere in the world. This report shows all current entrants and notes those who have completed all 8 hours. Waitlisters won’t show on this report until they are actually in the race, even if you’ve submitted your hours.
Go Beyond Racing hosts several trail work events throughout the year – check our Events Calendar for those. We will also post opportunities we hear of in the Oregon 200 Facebook Group.
All racers will carry a race-provided GPS-enabled device, which will track their progress. You are required to use the device we provide; personal devices are not allowed as a substitute.
Every racer is also required to have the course map downloaded on a personal GPS device with them during the entire race, so that they can check that they are on course at any time. We recommend using the Avenza app and the Oakridge, Oregon Trail Map – 2020 and the Diamond Lake Ranger District Map on your phone (and having a charger in your pack and/or drop bags). Of course you can use the Caltopo race app with the course map. Be sure to download the layers before going out of service. See the Course page for details about the route.
The race starts and finishes in Oakridge, Oregon. Runners can park their cars here for the entirety of the race.
Driving directions to Greenwaters Park:
From Portland
From Eugene
From Bend
We are providing free dry camping at the start/finish at Greenwaters Park for runners and volunteers. This is a pitch your tent on the grass situation with your fellow racers.
There are numerous lodging opportunities in Oakridge and campgrounds all over the course.
Current conditions:
Oakridge (start/finish)
Timpanogas Lake
Toketee Lake (turnaround)
Average temperatures:
Oakridge: 80 degree high/48 low/64 average
Timpanogas: 72/39/56
Toketee: 82 high/49/65
There are a few Oregon 200 beneficiaries. The first is the organization that inspired much of it; the Oregon Timber Trail Alliance. This non-profit created the Oregon Timber Trail mountain bike route through the entire state of Oregon. Since launching in 2015, the OTT has developed additional routes throughout Oregon and contributes hundreds of hours every year to trail building and maintenance. The OTT is dedicated to stewardship, education, community, and quality trail experiences throughout the Oregon Timber Trail corridor. We’ve personally worked shoulder-to-shoulder and shovel-to-shovel, and shared some miles and cold ones with this organization over the years and are thrilled to support their efforts and cause.
Both the Oakridge and Glide High Schools’ cross country and track teams are also recipients.
There is a Facebook Page where you can stay current on happenings related to this 200 mile race. We also have a Facebook Group just for racers, volunteers, and crew, where you can connect and interact with each other.
Want to help spread the word about the race? You can download this flyer PDF and share it online.
We acknowledge that this race occurs on the traditional homelands of the Molalla Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, Klamath Tribe, Kalapuya Tribe, Yoncalla Tribe, and the Winefelly Tribe.
