Are drop bags allowed on the 50K course?

Yes, drop bags are allowed on the 50K course. Drop bags can not exceed 18” x 18” x 24”. Any drop bag exceeding this size will be left behind. All drop bags must be labeled with race distance, first initial and last name, bib number, and check point #. Drop bags should be dropped off at packet pick-up no later than 10pm Friday.

Are pacers allowed on the 50K course?

No, pacers are not allowed on the 50K course.

What is the cutoff time for the 50K course?

The overall time limit for the 50K course is 13 hours from the start. There is a generous cut-off time of 13 hours.

Ultras · US · WV

West Virginia Trail Fest

50K · 29.6 miles

Registration open

Registration is open.

Race dateMay 29, 2027

Start7:00am

Whenin 217 days

First held2024

Who's going to West Virginia Trail Fest?

I'm running itPlan your weeks and your aid station times I'm crewingWhen to leave, where to park, at every stop I'm pacing or cheeringAsk your runner for their Out Here link

Free. You can start with nothing.

Official website Entry Aid stations Notify me if this race changes

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

29.6 miles

Climb

not checked yet

Descent

not checked yet

High point

not checked yet

Time limit The race

13:00:00

Aid stations

Started

not checked yet

Finished

not checked yet

Finish rate

not checked yet

The course

Where it goes point to point · 8 aid stations

The Full Moon 50K is a point-to-point race that starts in Cass Scenic Railroad State Park and heads north on the Allegheny Trail to Hosterman, where runners cross the river on a swing bridge. Fire roads and singletrack lead to Bald Knob and the aid station at the base of its fire tower, then on around Snowshoe, with the option to climb the Snowshoe fire tower, to the finish in Snowshoe Village. A bus from Snowshoe takes runners to the start in Cass.

The race

What this one is

A family-oriented trail running weekend each May in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, built around Snowshoe Mountain Resort. The Dark Skies 100K starts at midnight at Seneca State Park, the Full Moon 50K starts in Cass, and the Stargazer 30K, Twilight 5K and Kids Mile run from Snowshoe Village. The routes use fire roads and singletrack past Green Bank Observatory, up to Bald Knob and to historic fire towers. The weekend also has a movie night, kids activities, a Cass Scenic Railroad ride, an awards ceremony and a Mother's Day breakfast.

The West Virginia Trail Fest was first run in Pocahontas County in 2024. In 2026 it moved to Memorial Day weekend, the finish line moved in front of the new Shaver's Center, and the courses changed.

Getting in

Getting in Entry, lottery and what the race asks of you before race day.

Lottery: not checked yet

Lottery opens: not checked yet

Lottery draw: not checked yet

Field cap: not checked yet

Registration: UltraSignup wvtrailfest.com

Qualifying: not checked yet

Minimum age: not checked yet

Transfers: not checked yet

Deferrals: Yes wvtrailfest.com

Running, crewing, pacing or still deciding

How NavRun helps with West Virginia Trail Fest Thirteen hours, and six stations with a clock on each.

You are running it

You reach FR 235 & Back Mtn Road, mile 13.1, before its 11:30am cutoff, and you already knew that this morning.

An arrival time for all 6 stations, each next to its cutoff, worked out from your own training.

Start free →

You are deciding

You find out West Virginia Trail Fest 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: not checked yet

Vehicles per runner: not checked yet

Pacers: No wvtrailfest.com

Muling: not checked yet

Drop bags: Yes wvtrailfest.com

Cupless: not checked yet

Course marking: Fully Marked wvtrailfest.com

Night running: not checked yet

Dogs: not checked yet

Headphones: not checked yet

Crew rules: not checked yet

Pacer rules: not checked yet

Drop bag rules: Drop bags can not exceed 18” x 18” x 24”. Any drop bag exceeding this size will be left behind. All drop bags must be labeled with race distance, first initial and last name, bib number, and check point #. Drop bags should be dropped off at packet pick-up no later than 10pm Friday. wvtrailfest.com

Cutoff philosophy: There is a generous cut-off time of 13 hours. wvtrailfest.com

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
0.00	Cass NoneSignal wrong?	?	?	?	?	?	7.20
7.20	GBO NoneSignal wrong?	9:00am	?	○	?	?	5.90
13.10	FR 235 & Back Mtn Road NoneSignal wrong?	11:30am	?	○	?	?	8.00
21.10	Bald Knob Fire Tower NoneSignal wrong?	1:30pm	?	○	?	?	3.70
24.80	Shaver's Fork NoneSignal wrong?	2:30pm	?	●	?	?	2.00
26.80	Snowshoe Fire Tower NoneSignal wrong?	6:30pm	?	○	?	?	2.00
28.80	Shaver's Lake NoneSignal wrong?	7:30pm	?	○	?	?	0.80
29.60	Snowshoe Ski Village NoneSignal wrong?	8:00pm	?	?	?	?	?

Same race, other lines

Other distances and other years

Other distances: 100K (62.8 miles)
30K (20.3 miles)
5K (3.21 miles)
1M Kids Run

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.

4 people have been out there with a camera or a microphone.

Social account

WV Trail Fest Instagram

Social account

West Virginia Trail Fest Facebook page

Social account

Official channel

WV Trail Fest YouTube channel

Official channel

2025 West Virginia Trail Fest

Recap

All (4) Recap (1) Official channel (1) Social account (2)

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.

Which distance? Leave blank if it applies to the whole race.

Which stop? Leave blank if it is not about one particular stop.

Give it a short title: Optional. Something like “Cal Street, mile 62 to 78”.

What do you wish someone had told you? Write it the way you would say it to someone at the start line.

Were you there? Optional, and it decides nothing. It only tells the next runner where this is coming from.

What year? Optional.

Your email: Optional, and never shown on the page. Only so we can ask you a question about this note.

Website: Leave this field blank.

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.

Which detail? Optional. Filled in for you when you start from a specific line on the page.

What does the page say now? Copy it as it appears, so we can find it.

What should it say? The corrected value.

How do you know? Required. Where it came from: the race email, the runner manual, what you saw on the day.

A link that shows it: Optional.

Or a photo of it: Optional. A screenshot or a photo of the sign works.

Were you there? Optional, and it decides nothing.

What year? Optional.

Your email: Optional, only so we can come back to you about this correction.

Which distance? Leave blank if it is about the whole race.

Which stop? Leave blank if it is not about one particular stop.

Website: Leave this field blank.

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.

What does it show that the page cannot? Required. A line is plenty. Where the climbs are, what the footing does, what the last twenty miles look like.

Were you there? Optional, and it decides nothing.

What year? Optional.

Your email: Optional, and never shown on the page. Only so we can ask you a question about this one.

Where is it? A YouTube link, a race report, a photo gallery, whatever it is.

What kind of thing is it?

Who made it? Optional, and we credit them on the page.

Website: Leave this field blank.

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: 65 sources for this race. Hover a source link to read the sentence it came from.

23% of what we track for a course is filled in. The rest says "not checked yet" rather than guessing.

See something wrong or out of date? Suggest an edit
Ran this race? Tell the next runner what you know
Were you out there? Say which stops a text got out from
Got footage of this course? Send us the link
Are you the race director? Get in touch and we'll make it right.
Anything else: [email protected]

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.