By Mathias Eichler

Sponsor:
Saturnalia
Winter, trails, darkness, and all the weather.
One last hurrah before the end of the year. Runners, get ready for a fun and festive holiday treat along the trails of Squaxin Park.

Winter, trails, darkness, and all the weather.
One last hurrah before the end of the year. Runners, get ready for a fun and festive holiday treat along the trails of Squaxin Park.

Beast of Big Creek 2023 – Gender Split

3 August 2023

I haven’t done one of those in awhile.

Here’s the gender split for this weekend’s skyrace in Hoodsport, WA above Lake Cushman in the Olympic Mountains:

For the two events combined 126 racers signed up, 51 are women or 40% of the overall runners.

Summit Race (Skyrace): 81 total runners, 23 female (28%)
Forest Loop: 45 total runners, 28 female (62%)

The race is seeing an overall increase in signups of 23% compared to 2022. A 4% increase in women racers with the majority coming from the shorter distance. The Summit Race had an overall increase of 8%, but a drop of women runners by 4% points. The Forest Loop saw an overall increase of 56% and a women runner increase of 15% points.