Frick Summer Trail Race Series Presented by Paper + Dirt

The first race is 5.16 miles long and roughly 500 feet of elevation gain.

Strava route here: https://www.strava.com/routes/3242623683119861678

Route Description:

"Start at the top of Tranquil Trail inside Homewood Cemetery gate entrance. Cruise down the hill, pass under the Fern Hollow Bridge and make a right on Biddle trail and be ready to climb. At the top of the hill, make a soft right on South Clayton, up the hill and hop on North Clayton. Make a sharp right onto Biddle down the hill.

At the bottom of Biddle, turn right back onto Tranquil Trail. Take Tranquil all the way to the lower parking lot and soccer fields, make the left at the bulletin board and hop on Firelane Trail. Take Firelane for a short moment and then make a left onto Nine Mile Run trail. Take a left onto Braddock Trail. Stay on Braddock and cross over Lancaster Ave. Once you get to the South Braddock Ave parking lot/clay court tennis court lot, make a left down the hill by taking stairs or trail onto Biddle Trail. At the bottom of the hollow, turn right back onto Tranquil Trail. Stay on Tranquil, cross under the Fern Hollow Bridge again and then make the right on to Homewood Trail up the hill. Take Homewood all the way up to the flat, pass the Reynolds Street Gatehouse entrance and follow trail all the way back to the staring line near the Homewood Cemetery entrance.

This event will have no a set route or course. Instead, you'll receive a map of Frick Park at the start line. The map will include several controls, or checkpoints, marked on the map. Racers will have to pick their own routes to collect as many checkpoints as possible and return to the finish line before the 90-minute cutoff. Don't be late!

Many thanks to the Western Pennsylvania Orienteering Club for lending us their orienteering map of Frick Park! Learn more about WPOC and orienteering at http://wpoc.org/welcome.php.

HILLS HILLS HILLS - course by Xander zinsmaier. Not for the faint of heart or exertion. Xander will be having you climb and then climb some more. Not many PR's this week, but certainly good for marathon and ultra training! Approx. 6 miles of all the trails you've thought "hmm... I should check that out one day."

Strava Course Route here: https://www.strava.com/routes/3250832064402265628

5.97 Miles and 991 feet of elevation

Strava Route here - https://www.strava.com/routes/3254446803002305656

Distance - 5.3 miles
Elevation - 623 feet

Take Tranquil Trail down the hill for approx. 1 mile before making a right onto Falls Ravine Trail, where the port-a-john and community board are on your right. Stay left at the intersection and continue on Falls Ravine Trail. Make a left at Trough Trail. Continue on Trough Trail and make a left onto Lower Riverview Trail. Make a right onto Upper Concrete Block Trail. Left onto Irongate Trail to go down the hill. At the bottom of Irongate, soft right onto Deer Creek Trail. Make a left onto Nine Mile Run Trail where Deer Creek trail ends. Continue onto Nine Mile Run until you make the left onto Dinky Bridge Trail. Take Dinky Bridge up the hill before making the left onto Braddock Trail.