TRUE SUMMITS - All participants must reach the actual summits of all Patch Mountains. Official summit timers will write down your summit times or you will sign in on a sheet located at the true summit. The official order of the mountains is:
Bare - Actual summit is another 1/3 mile further up beyond the bare spot .
Rattlesnake - To reach actual summit, first go to Lake Champlain lookout spot (where big boulder is). Continue on the small road that heads north along the ridge. You will pass one clearing, then at the second clearing turn left into the woods. This cutoff (and remaining route to top) is marked with flagging. You will find the highest point about 100 yards into the woods at a rock. Hard to miss.
Sugarloaf – A well marked trail travels to (and ends at) the exact summit of the mountain.
Sugarloaf to Poko - A flagged route will take you from the Sugarloaf Summit to Fieg-alley
Pok-O-Moonshine - If you can't find the top of Poko, reconsider doing this event
RIGHT-OF-WAY - Participants running down a mountain have the right of way. Participants on the way ascending must walk on the right hand side of the trail to allow participants running down to pass
AID STATIONS - The following 3 places throughout the course will have aid stations containing the following supplies:*:
-1812 Homestead - water, gatorade, chocolate, bananas, energy gel
-White's Road (located in back of truck at turn off) - water, gatorade, chocolate, bananas, energy gel
-Base of Poko (located in truck on Route 9) - water, gatorade, chocolate, bananas
Each Aid station will be equipped with a trash bag. Please leave trash in the trash bags.In addition to trash bags at all aid station
locations, there will be a trash bin at the junction of White's road / Reber Road and the base of Pok-O.
NORTHWAY TUNNEL - All participants must use the Northway Tunnel to cross underneath the Adirondack Northway (I-87). To reach the tunnel, bushwhack off of Sugarloaf to the road behind Sugarloaf.Take the road toward the Northway all the way to the end.At the end, about 100 yards from the Northway, you will see a small dirt mound and orange flagging on a downed tree.Go right at this marking.The trail, known as Fiegalley, is very well marked with orange flagging all the way to the tunnel
SUMMIT SUPPLIES - Volunteers will be assigned to carry your personal summit supplies to the top of Pok-O-Moonshine.Summit supplies include change of clothing, food, beverages, party favors, etc. Prepare your summit supplies and either give them to your assigned volunteer or drop them off in the carpeted room of the Pok-O-Queen by race time on Saturday morning. Please keep your supplies to 10 lbs or less . Trekkers must carry their own supplies.
Courtesy Rule #1 - Portions of the Patch Sprint are staged on private land. Should you see an unfamiliar face along the way, assume it is the land owner; please politely say "hello" and/or "thank you"!"
Courtesy Rule #2 - Should you see any other racer veering well off-course (in a manner that could lead them to getting lost), please alert them of this fact
AGE REQUIREMENTS:
10 and under: Must be chaperoned and may enter the Kindersprint, or trek the course.
11-17: May race or trek the course with a guardian, chaperone or "partner".
18-39: May trek; or race in the open or clydesdale division.
40 and over: May take part in any division.
CHAMPIONSHIP REQUIREMENTS:
-Victory in the OPEN MALE division and/or OVERALL CHAMPION (“The Janny”) will be recognized from the 10:00am start only .
-Victory in the OPEN FEMALE division and/or OVERALL WOMENS CHAMPION (MacCready Fitness Trophy) will be recognized from the 9:00 or 10:00am start only .
-MASTERS and CLYDESDALE champions may come from any start.
NO ONE MAY RACE OR TREK THE PATCH SPRINT WITHOUT HAVING PAID, OR MADE PRIOR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PAYMENT OF YOUR RACE FEE. ADDITIONALLY, ALL RUNNERS AND TREKKERS MUST SIGN A WAIVER OF LIABILITY. RACE NUMBERS MUST BE WORN.
THIS IS A PRIVATE, CHARITY EVENT, OPEN TO FRIENDS AND GUESTS OF POK-O-MacCREADY CAMPS and
THE ADIRONDACK SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION.
