2022 Interlaken Icicle Dash

02/05/2022

5k & 10k

Saturday, February 5, 9:30am start

Interlaken Park, Seattle, WA

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The fifty-one acres of dense forest that separate the urban neighborhoods of Montlake and Capitol Hill comprise Interlaken Park, named for a summer resort in Switzerland. Here you’ll find towering trees, an enchanting collection of dirt trails and a tree-canopied, wide, paved road that’s closed to motorized traffic and served as the principal bicycle and buggy path in the 1890s. Bicyclists still enjoy this quiet path as part of their city commutes today.

Join us for a 5-k or 10-k trail run at Interlaken Icicle Dash, the sixth event in the Winter Trail Series!

Want to keep motivated all winter long? Use the series registration page to sign up for more than one Winter Trail Series event at once!

2020-21 WINTER TRAIL SERIES

NOV 7 – CARKEEK COOLER – CONFIRMED
5k & 10k, Carkeek Park, Seattle, WA

NOV 21 -RAVENNA REFRESHER – CONFIRMED
4k, 8k, 12k, Ravenna Park, Seattle, WA

DEC 5 – REDMOND REINDEER ROMP – CONFIRMED
5-mile & Half Marathon, Redmond Watershed Preserve, Redmond, WA

DEC 19 – WOODLAND WONDERLAND – CONFIRMED
5k & 8k, Woodland Park, Seattle, WA

JAN 3 – ABSOLUTION RUN – CONFIRMED
5k & 10k, Paradise Valley Conservation Area, Woodinville, WA

JAN 23 – FROST EAGLE – CONFIRMED
5-mile & Half Marathon, Soaring Eagle Park, Sammamish, WA

FEB 6 – INTERLAKEN ICICLE DASH – CONFIRMED
5k & 10k, Interlaken Park, Seattle, WA

SERIES SWAG

Are you motivated by swag?

Consistency pays off! Participate in 4 or more of the Winter Trail Series events in the 2021-2022 season listed above and you’ll earn a free limited edition Northwest Trail Runs fleece blanket (50″ x 60″)! Colors are subject to availability.

SERIES COMPETITION

Are you competitive?

Your best 4 performances in the Winter Trail Series will rank you in the series standings!
If you want to do fewer events, that’s okay! Series events are open to everyone.
You may register for events individually, or use Series Registration to sign up for more than one event at once for your own convenience. Using Series Registration is not required to be part of the series competition.
If you complete any of the 2020-21 season Winter Trail Series events, you are automatically entered.
Points will be awarded to women and men separately (both the fastest man and woman will earn 100 points). After receiving points for placement within the women’s and men’s category, participants will then be divided into their age category for the series competition. (You may be the fastest in your category without scoring 100 points, if you are not the overall women’s or men’s winner).
The series rewards those with the most points, regardless of what distances they ran.
The 1st place woman and 1st place man in each event score 100 points, 2nd place scores 95, 3rd scores 92, 4th scores 90, 5th 89 and so on. Places 64th and lower score 30 points.
In the event of a tie, each runner’s highest point score is used for the tie-breaker. If two runners have identical highest point scores, then the next highest point scores are compared until the tie is broken.
The top series participants receive special recognition and free entry to a future trail run to be announced.
Awards will be presented in the following categories: Open Women, Open Men, Masters Women 40+, Masters Men 40+, Youth Girls 12/under, Youth Boys 12/under, Junior Girls 13-18, Junior Boys 13-18

Results & Photos
Registration
COVID-19 Safety Measures
Youth Runner Discount
Course Description
Schedule
Directions & Parking
Apparel
Safety, Etiquette & Dogs

Results & Photos

2022 Results & photos courtesy of Takao Suzuki

2021 Results, photos courtesy of Takao Suzuki, and Final Winter Trail Series standings

2020 Results & photos courtesy of Takao Suzuki

2019 Results & photos courtesy of Takao Suzuki

2018 Results & Photos courtesy of Yutaka Suzue

2017 Results & Photos courtesy of Taryn Graham

Registration

	Open (through 10/5)	Early (through 12/13)	Regular (through 2/3)	Day-of-Event
5k	22.00	25.00	29.00	35.00
10k	26.00	29.00	34.00	40.00

Use the dark green registration button on the right to register for multiple Winter Trail Series events at once. Register for two races to get a 5% discount on your entry fees, three races to get a 10% discount, and four or more races to get a 15% entry fee discount. The light green button on the left links to registration just for this race.

Online pre-registration closes Thursday, February 3 at 11:59pm.

Day-of-event registration is available by cash, card or check made payable to Northwest Trail Runs.

COVID-19 Safety Measures

Part of our duty as event organizers is to plan carefully for safety, and that includes COVID-19 safety. We appreciate the trust you place in us by coming to our events, and we ask that we be able to trust you to take part in the simple measures we’re employing for COVID-19 safety. Thank you!

Please read this page for an overview of our general measures.

Here are some specific considerations for this event:

We ask that everyone please wear a mask in more congested areas where it is generally not possible to keep your physical distance from others. This includes the registration/check-in area and the post-run refreshments table.
Vaccinated people need not wear a mask at other times around the start/finish area.
Unvaccinated people please wear a mask around the start/finish area.
We ask that everyone please wear a mask when gathering for the pre-start briefing.
Everyone may take off their mask for the race itself.
While you are running, you may wish to be mindful to avoid following immediately behind another runner (touching distance), where you could possibly be breathing a high concentration of their exhaled air.
While you are running, please facilitate passing taking place with as much distance as practical and as briefly as practical. Announce that you are passing as you approach another runner from behind.

Thank you again for helping us make this a safe and fun event!

Youth Runner Discount

Runners in elementary, middle, or high school are eligible to receive a $10 discount on online pre-registration prices for all Northwest Trail Runs events. The discount will be auto generated based on your birthday.

Young runners registering at the event may receive $5 off day-of-event registration (if available).

Course Description

The course starts with an out-and-back tour of the fairly flat, paved Interlaken Boulevard, where it is closed to car traffic through this forest park. The course then turns up a short staircase and onto dirt trails, including a climb to the top of the park and back down to Interlaken Boulevard for the short return to the start/finish. Each loop is 2.5 km. The 5k is two loops, and the 10k is four loops.

View a PDF of the course map here.

Aid Station
The aid station is located at the start/finish. 5k runners will pass the station halfway through their race (2.5k) as they begin their second loop. 10k runners will pass the aid station at 2.5k, 5k, and 7.5k.

The aid station offers water, electrolyte drink, and some carbohydrate-rich or salty foods, such as cookies, pieces of energy bar, gels, chews, chips, bagel, fruity candy, fig bars, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and bananas.

Schedule

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5*

8:30am – Check-in and day-of-event registration opens
9:22am – Pre-start briefing
9:30am – Start**
11:30am – Series awards
12:00pm – Course closes

* The schedule is subject to change, per the COVID-19 measures in place on the date of the run.

** Those who are not comfortable participating in the mass start have the option of starting individually shortly after the mass start (up to a maximum of 10 minutes). Runners who start separately will have their results listed separately, will not be eligible for placement in the field with the mass started runners, and will be awarded the minimum 30 series points for finishing.

Directions & Parking

Interlaken Park divides the Montlake and Capitol Hill neighborhoods of Seattle. The event will begin near the intersection of 21st Ave E and E Interlaken Blvd. Street parking is available adjacent to check-in and the start/finish point.

Google Map

Apparel

The Northwest Trail Runs apparel merchandise for 2022 is here!

You can add Northwest Trail Runs apparel to your race registration and pick them up at the event, or order them here and have them shipped.

You don’t see your preferred size? Email us!

$18.10 + tax – short sleeve tech shirts, in unisex, women’s cuts & youth

$22.70 + tax – long sleeve tech shirts, in unisex and women’s cut

$18.10 + tax – short sleeve cotton blend shirts, unisex
$27.20 + tax – cotton hoodie, unisex

Safety, Etiquette & Dogs

SAFETY
The trails will be open to other users during the event, including pedestrians with pets, and cyclists. Participants are responsible for their own safety while participating, and the organizers are neither qualified nor equipped to render medical care in the event of a serious injury. In case of an emergency, call 9-1-1. You are encouraged to bring a cell phone with you as a safety precaution, if you wish.

PASSING ETIQUETTE
Where the trails are narrow, please let other participants pass you if they want to get by. It is a passing runner’s job to tell the person in front that they wish to pass.

HEADPHONES
If you’d like to listen to music while you’re on the course, please use headphones or earbuds, so that runners around you can’t hear it. Others may prefer a quieter event experience or may have different musical tastes. Runners playing music in the open air may be asked to leave the event.

Also, keep the volume low enough that you can hear someone talking to you in a normal voice, for example, another runner saying they would like to pass on your left.

DOGS
Our events are USATF sanctioned and subject to USATF policies, and so dogs are not allowed to accompany runners on the course.