Clearwheezin' 2026 | 24 Hour Endurance Challenge

The Challenge

One loop. Every hour. Up to 24 hours.

5 km

per loop

300 m

gain per lap

24

hourly starts

Clearwheezin’ 24 Hour Endurance Challenge

Participants attempt to complete one demanding loop every hour, on the hour, for up to 24 hours. Finish your loop within the hour and you earn the privilege of starting again. How you get it done is up to you. Running is optional. Poor decisions are part of the experience.

Last person standing is the winner. If there are multiple competitors crazy enough to last 24 hours, the winner will be the first one to complete the 24th lap.

Each loop is 5 km of trail with approximately 300 metres of elevation gain. It is long enough to hurt and steep enough to feel personal by mid afternoon.

If you are curious about the math, here it is. Complete all 24 laps and you will cover 120 km with 7,200 metres of elevation gain. This information is provided now so you cannot say you were not warned.

Not a traditional race

There are no early leaders and no finish tape waiting for you. Clearwheezin’ rewards patience, pacing, fueling, and the ability to repeatedly convince yourself that one more lap is reasonable.

When you decide you are done, you will ring the gong. Loudly. Publicly. With feeling.

The final hour

If there are multiple competitors nuts enough to make it through 23 loops, the format changes. The 24th lap becomes a timed race. No buffer. No next hour. No reason to save anything. Whatever you have left gets spent all at once.

Why would I do this?

This remains the correct question.

You might do this because one loop sounds manageable, and you are very good at ignoring future consequences. Or because you want to see what happens to your brain after a full night of broken naps, bad fueling, and repeated climbs that keep getting steeper for no obvious reason.

You might do this because quitting is allowed, but staying feels more interesting. Because shared suffering creates fast friendships. Because ringing a gong to announce your own defeat feels oddly therapeutic.

If none of this sounds appealing, congratulations you sane sunnofabitch. Sign up anyway!

Runners climbing a lush green trail — Lush trails, and trauma bonding await.

Where Your Registration Goes

Clearwheezin’ is a fundraiser for the Clearwater Ski Club, a local non profit that operates and maintains the Clearwater Ski Hill.

All proceeds from this event go directly to the Clearwater Ski Club and are used to cover annual operating costs, ongoing maintenance, and the behind the scenes work required to keep this community facility alive.

In short, you are not just suffering for fun. You are suffering for a very practical cause.

The Final Hour and 5K Race

Stubborn endurance becomes poor decision making at speed.

Participants who successfully complete 23 laps will line up for the 24th lap, which becomes a timed 5 km race. This lap determines final placement for Clearwheezin’ competitors who make it to the end. No pacing, no buffer, no next hour. Whatever is left gets used.

At the same time, a standalone 5K race will start on the same course. This race is open to registered 5K participants and to Clearwheezin’ competitors who have dropped out earlier and choose to re-enter.

Yes, this means that some people starting the 5K will be fresh, and some will be operating on 23 hours of cumulative regret. This is intentional.

Ready to make a bad idea official?

Register for Clearwheezin’ or the standalone 5K race.

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