As the Laurel Highlands Ultra moves into its fifth decade of racing, we are pleased to announce
a transition in race management.
After twenty years of managing the Laurel Highlands Ultra Races, current management has determined that it is time
to pass the baton. Joe and Paul Butchko started the Laurel Highlands Race forty years ago, following the opening
of the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail. After twenty years of managing the Race, the Butchko's passed the torch to
current race management and in similar manner, current race management are happy to announce that Redpoint
Productions will take over management of this event following required permit transfers. Current management will
assist with the 2020 Race and intend to remain with the Race as volunteers.
We are thankful that we are able to transfer management of the Race to such a capable group as Redpoint,
who understands, appreciates and intends to maintain the unique culture of this event. Redpoint's President,
Dann Landau-Gahres, who serves as the Senior Race Director, acknowledges Laurel Highlands Ultra's rich history
of endurance running as remarkable and is passionate about keeping this tradition alive in Western Pennsylvania.
Redpoint has produced over two hundred (200) race events and has been engaged in race management for ten years. Redpoint
is unique in its community-first approach to event planning and focuses on participant experience and in
maintaining unique community cultures.
More likely than not, racers will not even realize that there has been a transfer of management because
Redpoint is committed to maintaining Laurel Highlands rich and unique race traditions.
Thank you for accepting and welcoming Redpoint Productions as your new race management and director.
Respectfully,
Tim and Loreen Hewitt
Rick Freeman
Welcome to the home page for the Laurel Highlands Ultra races. Each year the race is held on the second Saturday in June. 2020 will be the forty-first running of the 70.5 mile race and the fifteenth running of the 50K race. The races will start in Ohiopyle, PA, with the 70.5 mile individual and relay races running the entire length of the trail and the 50K races finishing at the 31 mile point near the intersection of Route 31. All of the races are point-to-point along the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail. For more information, please click on one of the race links above.
Special thanks to the Pennsylvania state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) for allowing the use of the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail for this race.
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