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Train Hard – registration for Arrowhead 2024 (Jan 29th to Jan 31st) will open 9-1-23 8 am central time..
The Arrowhead 135 is recognized in the book “The World’s Toughest Endurance Challenges” by Richard Hoad and Paul Moore as one of the 50 toughest races in the world. It is a human powered Ultra Marathon taking place in the coldest part of winter in the coldest city in the lower 48 states. Our average finish rate is close to 50%, the finish rate for new racers is much lower. 2019 finish rate was 35%.
135 miles Deep Winter across Northern Minnesota on rugged, scenic Arrowhead State Snowmobile Trail from Frostbite I-Falls to Tower, MN Fortune Bay Casino. Pick your mode of transport at start: bicycle, ski or foot. This is our 20th year of Arrowhead – we attract some of the best winter ultra-athletes in the world.
Historically coldest gosh darn race anyplace even the Arctic, check our average temps, virtually every year luck has us -30 to -40C/F, we have frostbite to prove it. Snowstorms are another possibility! Arrowhead 135 is an organization of local folks dedicated to the promotion of human powered ultra-endurance events across beautiful Arrowhead Region of Northern Minnesota. Our Race Mission is fostering national and international amateur endurance sports such as winter-biking, skiing and trail running.
Our goal is to offer, fun, educational, yet challenging ultra-endurance event in extreme trail and weather conditions for economic and health benefit of communities in Northern Minnesota.
Our entry fee is modest and monies left over from race expenses are donated to Special Operations Warrior Foundation Charity, providing college scholarships to children of US Spec Ops Soldiers killed and wounded, the Falls Food Shelf, and bikes are donated to local kids.
