Elk-Kings Trail Races
11M · 11.4 miles
Registration closed
Online registration closed October 9. Day-of signups are available at the race.
Race dateOctober 17, 2026
Start9:00am
When7 days ago
First held2013
Who's going to Elk-Kings Trail Races?
Free. You can start with nothing.
Free, and always will be. NavRun makes money from race-day planning for runners who want it, never from this.
Ultras change constantly, sometimes the morning of. Always confirm with the race director and the official website before you rely on anything here.
Distance
The race
11.4 miles
Descent
The race
2,400 ft
High point
not checked yet
Time limit
does not apply to this race
Finish rate
not checked yet
The course
Where it goes
point to point · 3 aid stations
Course line from the race's own GPX.
Source file.
Recorded 2026.
A new point-to-point course that starts with the 25K at Elk Creek and stays on the Wilson River Trail the whole way to the Smith Homestead, with no climb up Elk or Kings mountains.
It is a running race. You can walk sections, but the race asks that nobody sign up with the intent of walking the whole thing.
The race
What this one is
Trail races in the Tillamook State Forest, in Oregon's Coast Range: a 50K, a 25K and an 11-miler, all finishing at the Smith Homestead beside the Tillamook Forest Center. The 50K stays on the Wilson River Trail. The 25K climbs both Elk and Kings mountains with scrambling and exposure. The 11-miler is a point-to-point on the Wilson River Trail.
These were the first trail races in the Tillamook area. Go Beyond Racing semi-retired the race after 2023 to make room for the Oregon 200, then brought it back in 2026.
Getting in
Getting in
Entry, lottery and what the race asks of you before race day.
- Lottery
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not checked yet
- Lottery opens
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not checked yet
- Lottery draw
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not checked yet
- Field cap
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not checked yet
- Registration
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UltraSignup
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- Qualifying
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not checked yet
- Minimum age
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not checked yet
- Transfers
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No
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- Deferrals
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not checked yet
Running, crewing, pacing or still deciding
How NavRun helps with Elk-Kings Trail Races
You are running it
You reach Wilson, mile 3.6, and you already knew this morning what time that would be.
An arrival time for all 2 stations, worked out from your own training.
Start free →
You are deciding
You find out Elk-Kings Trail Races is months of work away, not years, and you enter.
Put in a race you have already run. NavRun shows you where this one sits from where you are.
No account needed →
Crew access, pacers and drop bags
The rules that shape your day
Anything marked "not checked yet" is a gap in what we hold, never a no from the race.
- Crew allowed
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No
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- Vehicles per runner
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not checked yet
- Pacers
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not checked yet
- Muling
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not checked yet
- Drop bags
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not checked yet
- Cupless
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Yes
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- Course marking
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not checked yet
- Night running
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not checked yet
- Dogs
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Not allowed
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- Headphones
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not checked yet
- Crew rules
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There is no crewing at this race. Fans can watch runners finish at the Smith Homestead, parking at the Jones Creek Day Use Area. Spectators can also see their runners at the Elk Creek and Diamond Mill aid stations if parking is available. There is no race parking at the Kings trailhead lot for the Wilson aid station.
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- Pacer rules
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not checked yet
- Drop bag rules
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not checked yet
- Cutoff philosophy
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not checked yet
Aid stations
Every stop, and what you get there
● yes ○ no ? nobody has checked – does not apply to this race
| Mile |
Station |
Cutoff |
Crew access |
Bag |
Pacer |
Med |
To next |
| 3.60 |
Wilson
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? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
5.50 |
| 9.10 |
Diamond Mill
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? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
2.30 |
| 11.40 |
Finish
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Same race, other lines
Other distances and other years
What it looks like out there
Somebody has been out there with a camera
the tables say the climb is long. these say what long feels like.
3 people have been out there with a camera or a microphone.
These are other people's work and we link straight to them. Watching costs nothing and needs no account.
More of them: every race we hold, on film.
Add to this page
What you know
every one of these is read by a person before it changes anything
Ran this race? Tell the next runner what you know.
Nobody sees it until we have read it. No account, no sign-in.
See something wrong or out of date? Suggest an edit.
This changes nothing on the page on its own. Somebody checks it against the race first.
Were you out there? Say which stops a text got out from.
Nobody sees it until we have read it. No account, no sign-in.
Seen a course preview or a film of this one? Send it over.
Somebody watches it before it goes anywhere near this page. What we are after is footage of this course, on the ground. If it would be just as true of any other race, it is not this.
Have the GPX? Send us the link.
We want the address of the file the race publishes, not the file. We download it from there so the page can say where the line came from.
Are you the race director? Get in touch and we'll make it right.
We read every one of these and we write back. Every fact here carries the source it came from, and the way a wrong one gets fixed is a person checking it against what you tell us.
Where this came from.
Every fact on this page records its source and when we last checked it: 54 sources for this race. Hover a source link to read the sentence it came from.
31% of what we track for a course is filled in. The rest says "not checked yet" rather than guessing.
Ultras change. We will tell you when this one does.
Cutoffs move, races get postponed, lotteries open and close. We read the race's own sources and record where every fact came from. Put your email in and we will send you what changed, and where we read it.
No account, and nothing to cancel.
What happens to your email. Nothing else. I do not sell it, and I will not send you anything except this race changing. One click gets you out.
I keep this catalog because the information is scattered and hard to trust. Telling you when it moves is the same job.
