Trails to Taps Relay

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Sunday, October 10, 2027 · Bellingham, WA

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Total distance: 33.1mi
Legs: 8
Runners per team: 4–8
Longest leg: 5.4mi
Average leg: 4.1mi
Total climb: +1,347ft
Total descent: −1,791ft
Highest point: 463ft

The course

StartBellingham, WALake Padden, Bellingham, WA

FinishBellingham, WAKulshan Trackside, Bellingham, WA

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+1,347 ft climbing, −1,791 ft descending, highest point 463 ft.

Legs to know

Elevation is measured along the organizer's published route. Handoff reviews each route before it goes live and aims to get it right, but routes can shift slightly from year to year and organizers don’t always update their maps. Check the official race guide.

How Handoff measures climb and descent

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Elevation: Mapzen terrain tiles (USGS 3DEP, SRTM and others), hosted on AWS Open Data

Every leg

LegProfileDistanceClimbDescentTerrainDifficulty

Getting there

The airports closest to the race, and about how far each is by car from the start area and from the finish area.

BLIBellingham · Regional15 min from the start area · 15 min from the finish areaClosest to both ends
YVRVancouver · Major1 hr from the start area · 1 hr from the finish area

The two ends are about 15 min apart by road, so plan where each van and car ends up.

Drive times without traffic, rounded, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT, on map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Airports from OurAirports.

Race weekend weather

The last 5 race weekends, for a team starting at 7 AM and running 10-minute miles. A guide to what to pack, not a forecast.

Start · Sun 7 AM49°F on average

Lake Padden, Bellingham, WA. Between 45 and 52°F over 5 years.

Coldest on course49°F low

The coldest hour, on average. The whole run is in daylight.

Finish · Sun 12:30 PM57°F on average

Kulshan Trackside, Bellingham, WA. Between 54 and 65°F over 5 years.

Low to high on course, each year

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2025
2024
2023
2022

Daylight across a typical team's 6 hours

Sun

Other data sources