Volunteer Updates

Listed below are copies of the emails sent to volunteers so you can stay up to date if you are coming late to the game, if your email server spammed our emails or you just need to reference back to something we sent out.

 

2023
Communication 1 – Sent May 31, 2023
Communication 2 – Sent June 20, 2023

 

2022
Communication 1 – Sent April 30, 2022
Communication 2 – Sent June 8, 2022
Communication 3 – Sent June 21, 2022

 

2021
Communication 1 – Sent June 16th, 2021
Communication 2 – Sent June 20th, 2021 (To Aid Station Captains Only)
Communication 3 – Sent June 24th, 2021

 

2019
Communication 1 – Sent May 24th, 2019
Communication 2 – Sent June 21st, 2019
Communication 3 – Sent June 28th, 2019

 

2018
Communication 1 – Sent May 7th, 2018
Communication 2 – Sent June 18th, 2018
Communication 3 – Sent June 28th, 2018
Communication 4 – Sent June 28th, 2018 (Parking Volunteers Specific)

 

2017
Communication 1 – Sent May 9th, 2017
Communication 2 – Sent June 16th, 2017
Communication 3 – Sent June 20th, 2017
Communication 4 – Sent June 25th, 2017 (Late Volunteers Email)
Communication 5 – Sent June 25th, 2017 (Parking Volunteers Specific)

 

2016
Communication 1 – Sent May 16th, 2016
Communication 2 – Sent June 21st, 2016
Communication 3 – Sent June 28th, 2016 (Parking Volunteers Specific)
Communication 4 – Sent June 29th, 2016 (Late Volunteers Email)
Communication 5 – (Volunteer Thank You)

 

2015
Communication 1 – Sent May 28th, 2015
Communication 2 – Sent June 17th, 2015
Communication 3 – Sent June 23rd, 2015
Communication 4 – (Volunteer Thank You)

 

2014
Communication 1 – Sent June 2nd, 2014
Communication 2 – Sent June 19th, 2014
Communication 3 – Sent June 25th, 2014
Communication 4 – (Volunteer Thank You)

 

2013
Communication 1 – Sent June 27th, 2013
Communication 2 – (Volunteer Thank You)

Afton Trail Run
50KM & 25KM Trail Races
Afton State Park – Hastings, Minnesota
Saturday July 4, 2020
• 50KM 6:30AM
• 25KM 7:30AM

Registration:
Opens Wedneday January 1, 2020 at 12:01AM CST
Closes Friday June 26, 2020 at 11:59PM CST
*Or once the field limit has been met
Complete Registration Details HERE

Directions to Race Start:
Afton State Park
6959 Peller Avenue South
Hastings, MN 55033
Hastings, Minnesota
Google Maps Directions HERE
Approx 25 minutes East of St. Paul, MN and 40 minutes East of Minneapolis, MN

Terrain / Course Description:
The Afton Trail Run consists of a hilly 25K loop (two loops for the 50K), winding through Afton State Park’s trail system. The race is held 100% off road, primarily on very runnable / not very technical single double and single track. There are 7 long climbs per loop, rising from the river valley and down again with a good mix of rolling and flat terrain between the hills.  Be sure to see maps, elevation charts and stats provided on this website HERE.

50KM:
2 x 15.5 mile loops =  31 miles
Elevation Gain 4,670 FT
Elevation Loss 4,670 FT
NET Elevation Change 9,340 FT
11 Aid Stations
9 hour time limit
Complete 50KM Info HERE

25KM:
1 x 15.5 mile loop = 15.5 miles
Elevation Gain 2,335 FT
Elevation Loss 2,335 FT
NET Elevation Change 4,670 FT
5 Aid Stations
8 hour time limit
Complete 25KM Info HERE

More About the Race / Area:
The Afton Trail Run is one of the most challenging and beautiful trail races around.  The race was established in 1994 and is now one of the oldest, largest and most competitive trail races in the country and routinely draws runners from all 50 states and beyond.  The race takes place entirely within the borders of Afton State Park.  Afton State Park lies on a glacial moraine, scribed with deep ravines running down to the St. Croix River.  The 169 mile St. Croix River was one of the original eight United States rivers to have significant portions placed under protection by the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968.  Within the park sandstone outcrops have been exposed in some of the ravines. The vertical drop from the blufftop to the water is 300 feet.  A few patches of remnant prairie survived the decades of farming that took place on the blufftop. Today the former fields are being restored to prairie and oak savanna. The ravines leading down to the riverbank are thickly wooded with oak, aspen, birch, and cherry.