Little BIG Dog Trail Run

♥ Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.      — Izaak Walton   


Join Us For This 3rd Annual Fun Trail Race with your favorite canine pal….

Little BIG Dog Trail Run

This is a 4k or a 14k trail run that you may run with your favorite canine buddy.  Race will be held on the great trails at Kershaw-Ryan State Park.  A 9am race start at the entrance into state park.

Save the Date > January 20th, 2024

Registration:

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CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
*With Canine Pal

  • 4K: $50 ~ 14K:  $55

Without Canine Pal

  • 4K: $40 ~ 14K:  $45

RACE LOCATION & TIMES

  • KERSHAW-RYAN STATE PARK,  CALIENTE NEVADA
  • 14K ~ START TIME > 9 am
  • 4K ~ START TIME > 9:45 am
  • RACE WILL START AT ENTRANCE OF KERSHAW-RYAN AND FINISH  AT THE POND WITHIN THE PARK AT GROUP USE AREA.  

Registration Includes:

  • Custom Race Swag
  • Custom Race Finishers Wood Medal
  • *Custom Personalized Race Finishers Pet Tag for Canine Pal
    • *For guaranteed custom personalized finisher pet tag, must register by January 4th, 2024.
  • Custom Personalized Race Bib for Human and Canine Runners
    • Register by Jan 4th for personalized bibs
  • Awards to 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place Overall Finishers Running w/ a Dog if enough entries in both distances and categories.  
  • Medals to 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place Overall Canine Finishers*
  • Bib number placed in Raffle Can for raffle items
  • Registration is available to run without a dog, all the above *except personalized finisher pet tag
    • Award to 1st place only for Overall Finisher Running w/o a Dog *unless several entries in each distance and categories, there be 1st-3rd.

**For guaranteed custom personalized finisher pet tag, must register by January 4th, 2024. Late registrants, after Jan 5th, will receive custom finisher pet tag but won’t be personalized.

REGISTER ONLINE OR CONTACT ME AT rockyroadadventures@yahoo.com FOR OFFLINE REGISTRATION.  ONLINE REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE END OF DAY JANUARY 18th @1pm.

*SAME DAY REGISTRATION WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM 8:00 am to 8:30 am ONLY AND THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL $5.00 FEE.  CASH ONLY!  

Also there is a State Park Entrance Fee of $5 per vehicle.  This entrance fee (day use fee) will get you into all our 5 state parks in the area for that day!  Or you may camp at any of the state parks including Kershaw-Ryan, dry camping is $15 per night and full hook-ups are $25 a night.   Please click here for Lodging in the area including state parks info                            Lodging & Restaurants

PARKING:  AFTER CHECK-IN, YOU MAY DRIVE UP TO GROUP USE AREA, PARK, THEN WALK DOWN TO START (APPROXIMATELY .5 MILE) OR PARK AT ENTRANCE/START AND WALK DOWN TO VEHICLE AFTER RACE.

WILL NEED TO ORDER ALL AWARDS BY JANUARY 4th TO GUARANTEE DELIVERY OF ITEMS IN TIME.  IF THERE ISN’T ENOUGH PARTICIPANTS TO JUSTIFY PERMITS, INSURANCE, AND PRIZES TRAIL RUN WILL BE CANCELLED.  BE SURE TO REGISTER SOON 🙂  THANK YOU!

DOGS MUST BE ON LEASHES AT ALL TIMES. WAIVERS MUST BE SIGNED BEFORE PARTICIPATING IN RACE.

*There will be no refunds for this race.*

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

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COURSE

4K

Approximately 2.7 mile trail run, 560 elevation gain, single-track & hiking trails, awesome scenery, and a great workout.

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILED 4K COURSE

RACE WILL START AT ENTRANCE OF KERSHAW-RYAN, RUN ALONG SIDE THE PAVED ROAD ON NEWLY DEVELOPED TRAIL FOR .6 OF A MILE, RUN THE PAVED LOOP THEN BY THE RESTROOMS TO THE OVER-LOOK LOOP, UP THE ROCK STAIRS.  FROM HERE THE COURSE WILL CONTINUE ON THE NEWLY DEVELOPED MNTN BIKE TRAILS AND SOME OF THE EXISTING HIKING TRAILS.  WILL FINISH AT THE POND WITHIN THE PARK.

14K

Approximately 8.8 mile trail run, 1230 elevation gain, single-track & hiking trails, awesome scenery, and a great workout.

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILED 14K COURSE


AID STATIONS

4K – WILL HAVE SOMEONE AT BENCH #2 (ALSO #4) WITH SOME WATER, CUPS, SNACKS FOR HUMANS, AND TREATS FOR THE PUPS .  ALSO, AT THIS BENCH, VOLUNTEER WILL HELP DIRECT WHERE TO GO ON THE COURSE.

14K – WILL HAVE THE SAME AID STATIONS AS 4K ABOVE AND ALSO THERE WILL BE AN AID STATION AT MILE 5 (4.95).  THIS AID STATION COULD BE UNMANNED, JUST A COOLER WITH WATER, SNACKS, AND FIRST AID KIT.


WEATHER

WEATHER COULD BE COLD WITH POSSIBLY OF RAIN OR SNOW.  WARNING NOTE: COURSE COULD HAVE SNOW ON THE COURSE AND COULD BE SLICK IN SOME SPOTS.  FINISH LINE WILL HAVE A FEW HEATERS TO GET WARM AFTER RUN.

ONCE RACE GETS CLOSER A MORE ACCURATE WEATHER TEMP WILL BE LISTED!


RAFFLE ITEMS

Get your bib number placed in the RRA Raffle Can and have a chance to win some cool items ♥


LODGING & RESTAURANTS

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LOCAL LODGING & RESTAURANTS

 


DIRECTIONS

Link for LAS VEGAS, NV to KERSHAW-RYAN STATE PARK, CALIENTE, NV

Link for ST. GEORGE, UT to KERSHAW-RYAN STATE PARK

Link for ELY, NV to KERSHAW-RYAN STATE PARK


Race Results & Photos

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2019 Race Day Photos

2019 Race Results

 

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2020 Race Day Photos

2020 Race Results

2021 Race Day Photos

2021 Race Results

2022 Race Day Photos

2022 Race Results

2023 Race Day Photos

2023 Race Results


Participants Survey

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RRA MERCHANDISE

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Picture Video

 

 

 

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