Spider Mountain Trail Race

📅 Event Date

MAY 16th, 2026.

🌌 Race Overview

• Location: Join us in Burnet, TX for a totally unique night-time race at the Spider Mountain Bike Park!
• Venue: This venue is home to Texas' first & only lift-served mountain bike park.
• Experience: Hone your climbing & descending trail running skills, experiment with long distance & mountain running equipment, and dial in your night time running technique & nutrition.
• Preparation: This race is a perfect way to get ready for Summer events like Capt’n Karl's Night Time Trail Series & other long distance mountain events.

🎁 Registration and Swag

• Swag: While every racer will get some cool swag, the deadline to get a shirt is Friday, April 24.
• Post-Deadline: If you register after April 24, you will get some cool Race Swag! This could be a variety of items like a trucker cap, neck gaiter, etc.

🏁 Start Options

• Mass Start: We will have a mass start per distance. Sometimes we start more than one distance together.
• Casual Entry: We leave the start line open for a little while longer for those who want to avoid the mass start.

⏱️ Timing and Scoring

• Gun Time: The time from the mass start until you cross the finish line: this is everyone’s official time.
• Chip Time: The time from when you actually cross the start line until you finish: not used for official times or awards.

🗓️ Event Schedule

• Packet Pickup: Saturday, 5:30pm - 8:15pm
• Pre-Race Briefing: Saturday at 6:30pm
• 6hr, 9hr, 12hr, Relay: Gun Start at 7:00 PM
• 4mi, 4mi Ruck, 8mi, 12mi, 12mi Ruck: Gun Start at 7:30PM

👦 Youth Mile

The Youth Mile will be starting at 6:30pm on the dot. We will ride the chairlift as a group at 6:45 up to the top of Spider Mt, and run the course downhill to the finish line. A parent is required to ride the chairlift with their child to the start of the mile, NO EXCEPTIONS. We want this event to be fun and safe for everyone, therefore we will have volunteers guide children along the course so that parents do not have to run the mile down and can catch them at the finish line.

🔗 More Information

For additional details and to register, visit the official race page.