HS 40M 2006 – Nick Whited

I have wanted to travel north up the the far north eastern corner of WV and experience this ultra called the WV Highlands Sky run. Everyone always talked about how great the course and how much fun they had. Little did I know I…

HS 40M 2006 – Dennis Hamrick

I wanted to thank everyone with the Highland Sky 40 mile. I had a very tough May with the loss of my Dad. The race provided me with the chance to see my friends and view some of the best scenery in the world….

Highlands Sky 40 Mile Trail Run

Highlands Sky, a 40 Mile Race that feels like a 50 miler

I debated all Spring on whether to run Dan Lehmann’s race. I had run a lot of ultras (for me) this year and I was unsure whether to do one more before getting some rest prior to the Fall racing season. I figured I…

Highlands Sky 40M 2006 – Caroline E. Williams

?Three strikes, you’re out,? so the saying goes. While I don’t live by this adage, I really couldn’t handle three, consecutive DNFs at this tough but beautiful run. Walker, my husband, also wanted to finish; as he had also DNF’d the first two years….

HS Report by RD

Dan Lehmann, RD June 22,2005 How about some important race statistics; 40.7 miles, 5739′ ascent, 5121′ descent A 5 mile climb ascending 2200′ from mile 2 to mile 7 125 starters, 116 official finishers and 2 just over the 12 hrs…..a 94% finishing rate…

Highlands Sky 40 Mile Trail Run

Highlands Sky 2004 – Hunt Bartine

West Virginia and the Highland Sky 40 was also pretty wet, wild and wrocky. Dawgs, Hunt and Phil Nissen traveled to the picturesque Canaan Valley State resort area to run the second year of this challenging trail run/ climb in the Dolly Sods National…

It keeps getting better -The Highlands Sky 40 Mile Trail Run!

Who knew? Who knew how fun it could be to run 40 miles of “Wild, Wet and Wrocky West Virginia?” One-hundred and twenty runners from across the Mid-Atlantic and East Coast states came to Canaan Valley Resort near Davis, West Virginia to find out….

Race Report by RD

I guess we were just lucky last year for the inaugural running of the Highlands Sky; the event went off without a hitch. So I suppose it is fair to expect that this year something had to go wrong. While flagging the course two…