You will start in the beautiful flats around the Hidden Valley Ski Resort, winding around the country, around the lake, and begin a sharp assent. This will give you enough time to warm up your legs from the lowest course elevation before you conquer the first daunting 400 ft climb through the trails around Hidden Valley.

You’ll be faced with several 13% grades, but for every uphill there is a downhill to recover on. The final climb crests on a hill so high you can (yes, this is true) see the Arch from Wildwood.  The run promises to challenge your fitness like never before.  You’ll leave with bragging rights appropriate to the toughest 5k in Missouri.

​If this still isn’t enough then do the trail run and the hill run the next day!!