Put on your otter whiskers and follow Ollie the Otter through The Wild Center trails at the You Otter Run/Walk Trail 5K. Start your 4th of July festivities by exploring the trails then stick around for the Get Outside Festival featuring the Corning Museum of Glass Mobile Hot shop. All finishers will receive a custom medal and prizes are awarded for 1st-3rd place youth and adult divisions. Registration begins at 9:15am and the race begins at 10am.

* Registration includes Admission for the day. *

The Course:

The course traverses all of The Wild Center’s trails, with `~85% on gravel trail, ~10% on paved trail, and ~5% on wooden or plastic decking. Starting at the tent, the race begins by circling around Green Leaf Pond, looping through Forest Music and then heading to the Fen Trail. The course follows the entire Fen Trail loop including an out and back to the river landing and and an out and back to our canoe launch on the Raquette River, where you’ll encounter our full aid station, at about 1.5 miles. After the Fen Trail, you’ll turn right to pass the Pines Play Area and soon see Wild Walk to your left as you head towards the Oxbow Overlook trail. You’ll go down towards the river and loop around the left boardwalk before heading back up the hill where you’ll find a water station. At the top of the hill, go straight past the entrance to Wild Walk and across the parking lot boardwalk. The race will conclude by looping around Greenleaf Pond one more time, this time skipping Forest Music, and heading across Rainbow Bridge to finish at the tent. There is about 280 feet of elevation gain throughout the 3.1 mile course. 

Ollie the Otter will run a pre-race stretch at 9:45am and see runners off. Ollie will be at the finish line to hand out finisher medals to all participants. The first, second, and third place finishers in both the adult (18+) and youth (5-17) categories will receive a prize.