ARWS NORTH
AMERICA

About ARWS North America

ARWS racing in North America 2025 includes three expedition length, international races which are Qualifiers for the Adventure Racing World Championship, the World Championship itself, and a series of shorter regional races which form the North America Series.  

The Qualfiers are 5-7 day, non-stop, races, from 400-500m in length. The winners receive automatic, free entry to the Adventure Racing World Championship and all teams receive points in the ARWS global rankings.  The North American Qualifier races are La Ruta Madre in Mexico, Expedition Oregon and the Endless Mountains race (USA). Expedition Canada will host the 2025 Adventure Racing World Championship!

The ARWS North America series is a collection of the best mid-distance adventure races in the region, set to test athletes over 100-250km of non-stop day and night racing. (Qualifiers are not part of the regional series.) The 2025 Regional Championship will be hosted by Wilderness Traverse in Canada.

All participating teams earn points towards the ARWS North America rankings and the winning premier mixed team at the Championship race earns a free place at the Adventure Racing World Championship. (To qualify the winning team must also complete one other race in the series, and at least 2 of the team must be from North America and go the World Championship.)

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14
Jun

ARWS North America TETON OGRE ADVENTURE RACE

We are beyond excited for what we have in store for the 2025 Ogre! We are taking our racers west into some lesser known mountain ranges—mountain ranges that, if you can believe it, we love even more than the Tetons! This area has high peaks, desolate valleys, and layers upon layers of incredible history, including 10,000 year old pictographs and ghost mining towns from the 1890s. Racers can expect rugged terrain with loads of elevation gain and spectacular views that might even stop the fastest teams in their tracks in order to take it in.

14 Jun - 15 Jun 2025 Current Race
Distance
75-95 miles
Course Open
24 hours
Teams
Team of 2, 3 & 4
Limit
200 Racers

20
Jun

World Champs Qualifier

Now in its third edition, the 2025 Endless Mountains Adventure Race is heading north to the Green Mountain State! Over seven days, teams will get to explore the full expanse of what Vermont has to offer: rolling mountains, lush forests, majestic waterways, iconic gravel, and twisty single track on a course that calls to mind the Untamed New England expeditions of years past and pairs it with the classic Rootstock flair that you have come to expect from Endless: rewarding checkpoints, a close-knit community feel, and some of the most challenging navigation and route choice on the ARWS circuit.

20 Jun - 28 Jun 2025
Distance
765 km / 587 km
Course Open
7 Days
Teams
Team of 4
Limit
N/A

21
Jun

Join us for the 2nd year running of the Midwest Championship Adventure Race. Location will be announced at the beginning of 2025. This race will have 6 and 24 hour options. Registration is limited, this race will sell out.

21 Jun - 22 Jun 2025
Distance
100 km
Course Open
24 hours
Teams
Team of 2, 3 & 4
Limit
100 Teams

27
Jun

ARWS North America Rainier RAID

This race put on by CrossFit Vancouver (with some help from Bend Racing) and will deliver an epic course and an amazing and welcoming atmosphere.  Expect beautiful vistas, gorgeous waterfalls, challenging navigation and fast and fun mountain biking - all taking place with Mt Rainier as your backdrop!

27 Jun - 29 Jun 2025
Distance
150 km
Course Open
36 hours
Teams
Team of 2, 3 & 4
Limit
75 teams

28
Jun

ARWS North America Stubborn Mule Adventure Race

"Prepare yourself for the ultimate adventure as the Stubborn Mule Adventure Race returns to the rugged north woods of Cable, Wisconsin, on June 28, 2025! This 24-hour event is crafted to push your endurance, sharpen your skills, and create unforgettable memories.

28 Jun - 29 Jun 2025
Distance
N/A
Course Open
24 hrs
Teams
Team of 2, 3 & 4
Limit
200 Racers

05
Jul

ARWS North America Raid the Rockies

For this Second Edition, join us in our new location for the race in the beautiful Canadian Rockies, in the beautiful town of Grande Cache, AB. Offering participants the opportunity of a lifetime to test their skills and endurance in one of the world's most stunning natural environments.

05 Jul - 08 Jul 2025
Distance
280 km
Course Open
3.5 days
Teams
Team of 2, 3 & 4
Limit
80

12
Jul

ARWS North America Never Summer Adventure Race

Returning for the 10th year, the Never Summer Adventure Race will take racers through the rugged Rocky Mountains of Eagle County, Colorado. With world renowned single track mountain biking, epic, swift water mountain kayaking, and trekking through breathtaking terrain, this race will be an adventure of a lifetime. Don't miss this 10th anniversary edition, once again taking place on an all new course.

12 Jul - 13 Jul 2025
Distance
100 km
Course Open
24 hours
Teams
Team of 2, 3 & 4
Limit
120 racers

12
Jul

ARWS North America Maine Summer Adventure Race

The Maine Summer Adventure Race is an annual event designed to showcase the most beautiful, interesting, and fun parts of Maine. The 24-hour race is an extreme challenge, involving multiple hiking, mountain biking, and canoeing stages.

Teams race through the day and night (and day again), covering 50 to 100+ miles in total distance. The race is hosted and designed by Kate and Cliff White, the founders of Strong Machine Adventure Racing.

12 Jul - 13 Jul 2025
Distance
50-100miles
Course Open
24 hours
Teams
Team of 2, 3 & 4
Limit
150 Participants

17
Jul

ARWS North America Pocket Gopher Extreme Challenge

The Pocket Gopher Extreme 48 will be insane this year! The PGE is both an ARWS North America Regional Race and a USARA national qualifier for 2025 and that is just the beginning. This year we are taking the PGE to extremely new heights with a 48hr expedition style race that is sure to challenge any team. If you have ever wanted to try an expedition race but have been afraid to try this is the race for you.

17 Jul - 20 Jul 2025
Distance
250 km
Course Open
48 hours
Teams
Team of 2, 3 & 4
Limit
Unlimited

26
Jul

Regional Championship

The thirty-hour event, supported by the Canadian Adventure Racing Association (CARA), will serve as the 2025 ARWS North American Championship

26 Jul - 27 Jul 2025
Distance
150 km
Course Open
30 hours
Teams
Team of 3 & 4
Limit
70

02
Aug

ARWS North America Race the Phantom

"The race will officially start on Saturday at 9:00am and the course will close 25hrs later.

There will be no planned 'dark zones'. You will need to manage your time. There will be mandatory, optional, and advanced CPs at RTP25. If you need sleep, go for it, but it will be on the clock. You will need a mountain bike (min. front shock). I will supply the canoes, you will supply your own paddle gear. All teams will be ranked equally, but prizing will favour coed teams of four.
Remember: You don't truly know your potential until you test your limits."

02 Aug - 03 Aug 2025
Distance
120 km
Course Open
24 hours
Teams
Team of 2, 3 & 4
Limit
100 Racers

02
Aug

ARWS North America THE LONGEST DAY

"In 2025 The Longest Day Will be returning to the Adirondack Mountains of New York. This will be a 24 hour event held in the heart of one of the largest parks in the US. Teams of 2 - 4 will experience world class single track mountain biking, incredible navigation through forests and over mountains, and canoeing through wild rivers.

This race is built to challenge the toughest adventure racers but also give new folks the chance to experience a longer race format. On this course many of the checkpoints will be optional with a fewer number of mandatory points to make sure that everyone gets across the finish line together.

02 Aug - 03 Aug 2025
Distance
80 miles
Course Open
24 hours
Teams
Team of 2, 3 & 4
Limit
80

04
Sep

The Témiscamingue International Raid is a spectacular stage race organized by the Société de développement du Témiscamingue, the Témiscamingue MRC, and Endurance Aventure. This endurance race consists of a series of challenges that include trekking, running, cycling, swimming, canoeing, and spectacular rope sections.

04 Sep - 07 Sep 2025
Distance
150 km
Course Open
28 hours
Teams
Teams of 2 + one support
Limit
35 Teams

12
Sep

ARWS North America USARA National Championship

USARA is excited to partner with the Ozark Foundation to produce the 2025 USARA National Championships in Northwest Arkansas, based out of Bentonville, Arkansas

12 Sep - 13 Sep 2025
Distance
200 km
Course Open
30 hours
Teams
Team of 3
Limit
90

13
Sep

ARWS North America Swamp Donkey Adventure Race

"""Unleash your spirit for adventure with a non-stop, 6-9 hr adventure race through the rugged Manitoban wilderness! Teams of three use a map and compass to navigate an unmarked course through the back country of eastern Manitoba.

RUN, PADDLE and BIKE to attempt to be the fastest team to reach all checkpoints before the 9 hour cut off and make it to the finish line where a spectacular awards ceremony, the legendary post race party and a meal fit for a Swamp Donkey awaits!"""

13 Sep - 13 Sep 2025
Distance
70 km
Course Open
9 hours
Teams
Team of 3
Limit
100 Teams

22
Sep

ARWS North America EXPEDITION CANADA - ARWC 2025

World Championship

Hosted in and around the Okanagan Valley in BC, Western Canada, set in uniquely beautiful and geologically formidable terrain.Hosted in the City of Penticton in Western Canada, Expedition Canada explores the uniquely beautiful and geologically formidable terrain of British Columbia.

22 Sep - 06 Oct 2025
Distance
600km
Course Open
9 days
Teams
Mixed Teams of 4
Limit
120 teams

18
Oct

ARWS North America Fall Foliage Adventure Race

Get a team together and get outdoors as the temperatures start cooling off and the leaves start falling and changing color during our Fall Foliage Adventure Race in and around the stunningly beautiful Harper's Ferry West Virginia, where the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers converge and the 3 states of Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland meet up.

18 Oct - 18 Oct 2025
Distance
44 miles
Course Open
13 hours
Teams
Team of 2, 3 & 4
Limit
Limited

08
Nov

ARWS North America OFF ROAD RAGE ADVENTURE RACE

Join us for this Fall staple race in the Midwest! Gorgeous Missouri scenery provides the backdrop to this 6 or 12 hour Adventure Race!

08 Nov - 08 Nov 2025
Distance
60 miles
Course Open
12 hours
Teams
Team of 2, 3 & 4
Limit
200 Racers

15
Nov

ARWS North America Two Rivers Adventure Race

"The 2025 Two Rivers Adventure Race brings racers back to where it all began: the city of Philadelphia! Join us for our premier one-day adventure race, combining mountain biking, foot travel, packrafting, and map-and-compass navigation and help us celebrate Rootstock Racing's tenth birthday."

15 Nov - 16 Nov 2025
Distance
100 miles
Course Open
24 Hours
Teams
Team of 2, 3 & 4
Limit
Limited

02
May

ARWS North America MISSION ADVENTURE RACE

MISSION is one of the longest-running US Adventure races, rewarding good navigation and strategy. It is designed to push most teams all the way to 18 hours, creating an exciting finish line atmosphere. This year's race will have very affordable bunk bed lodging available on site, as well as meals included the night before and post-race.

02 May - 03 May 2026
Distance
100 km
Course Open
18hr
Teams
Team of 2 & 3
Limit
48 Teams

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