A small, noncommercial open source community promoting and supporting trail running in China! Runs held seasonally and meetups happening more regularly. Sign up to our Strava and wechat group to get notifications of upcoming events.
The Runs
Autumn Hickory YEPAO Recap!
What are Yepao Runs?:
Yepao are open-sourced running challenges in and around wildhomestay in Sanyang, Anhui, China. Due to the local landscape and topography, they are stunning, quite challenging but not crazy. The challenges are well planned and marked by community members with some fun segments up and down mountains, through streams, along mountain village paths and on starting and finishing at the Cafe.
Yepao are non-profit, low-key challenges and their goal is to help develop responsible adventure running in the area.
Meetups
We hold meetups in Shanghai getting the community together to discuss various topics relating to our trails runs. Many thanks to all the support from the speakers and event locations.
Previous Challenges
Check out last year’s challenges plus the below pictures of the various running challenges we have hosted to date.
Some photos of years previous. Various Yepao running events over the years.
Some Open Source Yepao Routes
Come and get some training done on these routes before the main challenges. Also, check out this page listing hiking & running routes.
 YEPAO SanYang 10+ 10km, 950m Elevation Gain, Max Altitude 980m. Sanyang > XiTian > Yinchang. |  Yeopao SanTang East10+ 10km, 600m Ascent, 900m Max Altitude, Loop. |
 Yepao West20 20km, 1050m Ascent, Max Altitude 1100m, Loop. |  Yepao 75 & 100 75km+, 4600m Ascent, 1400m max altitude. |
Who is behind it?:
It was established by a group of people who enjoy running and hiking and who get a kick out of helping and building community! Open to anyone who is able to offer a helping hand.
And many thanks to others who have helped us open up the running trails including RobinT, Darcy, Vincent, Annie, Lauren and all the others…
