Mountain Views News, Combined Edition Saturday, May 20, 2023

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SIERRA MADRE HAPPENINGS

Mountain View News Saturday, May 20, 2023 


MOUNT WILSON TRAIL RACE & PASTA DINNER 
RETURN NEXT WEEKEND

The 2023 Mt. Wilson Trail Race (MWTR) festivities 
return next weekend beginning with the 
Pre-Race Pasta Dinner on Friday, May 26, 2023, 
from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m., the MWTR on Saturday, 
May 27, 2023, starting at 7:30 a.m., and the Kids’ 
Fun Run starting at 7:45 a.m. All events take 
place in Kersting Court and everyone is welcome 
to attend.

This year, “The Singing Policeman” Daniel Rodriguez 
will sing the National Anthem. The 
MWTR will be started by the family of the late 
Mt. Wilson Trail Historian Dr. John White, his 
wife Patti, son Greg, and grandchildren Jack, 
Lacey, & Madison.

Registration for the 2023 Mt. Wilson Trail Race 
is still open and costs $75 for Adults (ages 18 and 
above) and $42 for Youth (ages 14 – 17). All paid 
entries receive a t-shirt and custom designed 
MWTR goodie bag. To register, go to the Mt. 
Wilson Trail Race website – https://mountwilsontrailrace.
com. Race day registration is not 
available. For questions regarding MWTR registration 
and related activities, please contact 
the City of Sierra Madre Community Services 
Department at (626) 355-5278, open Mondays – 
Thursdays from 7:30 am. – 5:30 p.m.

The public is cordially invited to the MWTR 
Pre-Race Stone Fire Grill Pasta Dinner on Friday, 
May 26, 2023, from 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., 
in Kersting Court. The cost is $10.00 per person, 
with proceeds supporting Sierra Madre Search & 
Rescue. There will also be a Pasta Dinner Beer 
Garden at which adults ages 21 and above can 
drink the “2023 Mt Wilson Trail Race Kölsch”, 
a limited release beer made especially for this 
year’s MWTR by RT Rogers Brewing Company 
of Sierra Madre. Pasta Dinner beer sales will support 
the Fletcher Trail Maintenance Fund. This 
is an opportunity to have great food and meet 
and greet your neighbors and fellow racers ahead 
of the race. MWTR packet pickup (race number, 
t-shirt, and goodie bag) will also be available at
the Friday night pre-race pasta dinner.

Registration for the Kids’ Fun Run (ages 3 – 13) is 
FREE and will take place on the morning of the 
MWTR. All children participating receive a t-
shirt and finisher’s ribbon. Immediately following 
the start of the 2023 MWTR, the Kids’ Fun 
Run will begin in Kersting Court at 7:45 a.m. 
The start of the Kids’ Fun Run is staggered, with 
children ages 8 – 13 beginning first and then 
followed by children ages 3 – 7. Kids’ Fun Run 
participants run up Baldwin Ave. and back to 
Kersting Court. The total distances are 1.0 mile 
for ages 8 – 13 and .6 miles for ages 3 – 7. Parents 
may accompany their younger children during 
the Kids’ Fun Run.

MWTR – May 27, 2023 – 

Race Day Schedule

6:30 a.m. – 12 noon Kersting Court 
Expo – check out the sponsors, vendors, 
& food

6:30 a.m. Packet pick-up opens and 
drop bag services are available as well

6:30 a.m. Kids’ Fun Run registration 
opens

7:30 a.m. MWTR starts in Kersting 
Court 

7:45 a.m. Kids’ Fun Run starts in 
Kersting Court

8:15 a.m. Beer Garden opens & also 
selling pizza from Sierra Madre Pizza Co.

(Beer Garden proceeds will support

 Sierra Madre Search & Rescue & 

pizza sales proceeds will support the 
Fletcher Trail Maintenance Fund)

9:45 a.m. Awards Ceremony

Until 12 noon Enjoy sponsors, vendors,

 pizza, & beer

All runners are encouraged to bring their 
own water supply for use during the race. 
Emergency support from Sierra Madre 
Search & Rescue will be stationed at strategic 
points along the course to provide aid, as 
necessary. Sierra Madre Cub Scouts Troop 
110 will hand out water to the runners at 
First Water (2.3 miles) and Sierra Madre 
Boy Scouts Troop 110 will hand out water at 
Orchard Camp (4.3 miles), the turn-around 
point. 

Good News! Sierra Madre’s Bottle Shop is 
now selling four-pack cans of “2023 Mt Wilson 
Trail Race Kölsch”, a limited release beer 
made especially for this year’s MWTR by RT 
Rogers Brewing Company of Sierra Madre. 
The Kölsch beer is also currently being 
served on tap at RT Rogers Brewing Company. 
Proceeds from the beer sales will support 
the “Fletcher Trail Maintenance Fund,” 
which pays for the supplies that the community 
volunteers use to maintain and preserve 
both the Mt. Wilson Trail and Bailey Canyon 
Trail. 

The MWTR course is 8.6 miles in length, 
starting at Kersting Court, up Baldwin Ave., 
to Mira Monte Ave., to Orchard Camp and 
back. The total elevation gain is over 2,160 
feet. First run in 1908, the annual Mt. Wilson 
Trail Race is one of the oldest trail races 
in California. 


Center is this year’s MWTR logo, along with 
the Sierra Madre Limited Release 2023 Mt. 
Wilson Trail Race Kölsch made by the RT Rogers 
Brewing Co


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