A weekend of runs! The main event starts at 8am on Saturday 12th March 2022 at Wildhomestay in Anhui…
The Routes
At this time in the year the locals venture up into the mountains to pick the finest Camellia leaves for their green tea. Its highly prized all over China. We follow their footsteps through some of the areas best trails. The routes are designed to take in the spring tea fields and some amazing mixed surface running. There is very little flat!
Spring Tea Long
The first picking!
| [icon name=”ruler-horizontal” prefix=”fas” class=”fa-2x”] | 32km option. Tough! |
| [icon name=”ruler” prefix=”fas” class=”fa-2x”] | 2000m of Elevation Gain |
| [icon name=”mountain” prefix=”fas” class=”fa-2x”] | 6 main climbs. |
| [icon name=”ruler-vertical” prefix=”fas” class=”fa-2x”] | 4 out of 5 in steepness scale. |
| [icon name=”grin-tongue-wink” prefix=”fas” class=”fa-2x”] | 4 out of 5 in toughness scale. |
| [icon name=”passport” prefix=”fas” class=”fa-2x”] | 3 checkpoints. |
| [icon name=”faucet” prefix=”fas” class=”fa-2x”] | 3 drinkstops. |
Spring Tea Short
The easier picking!
| [icon name=”ruler-horizontal” prefix=”fas” class=”fa-2x”] | 18km or so option. Still not easy. |
| [icon name=”ruler” prefix=”fas” class=”fa-2x”] | 1200m of Elevation Gain |
| [icon name=”mountain” prefix=”fas” class=”fa-2x”] | 2.5 main climbs. |
| [icon name=”ruler-vertical” prefix=”fas” class=”fa-2x”] | 3.5 out of 5 in steepness scale. |
| [icon name=”grin-tongue-wink” prefix=”fas” class=”fa-2x”] | 2 out of 5 in toughness scale. |
| [icon name=”passport” prefix=”fas” class=”fa-2x”] | 2 checkpoints. |
| [icon name=”faucet” prefix=”fas” class=”fa-2x”] | 2 drinkstops. |
Awards & Prizes
Various awards and prizes will be provided from our very kind partners. You will need to record your run on a GPS device or phone and upload it to Strava!
| [icon name=”restroom” prefix=”fas” class=”fa-2x”] | 1 Top Male & 1 Female |
| [icon name=”crown” prefix=”fas” class=”fa-2x”] | 6 Segments |
| [icon name=”user-circle” prefix=”fas” class=”fa-2x”] | 3 Masters |
| [icon name=”dog” prefix=”fas” class=”fa-2x”] | 2 Run with Dog |
| [icon name=”grin-squint-tears” prefix=”fas” class=”fa-2x”] | 4 Fun |
| [icon name=”child” prefix=”fas” class=”fa-2x”] | 2 Kids |
Itinerary
11th Friday
Bus leaves Shanghai 18:30 sharp.
5h to get here by bus.
2h by train. Direct and non-direct train options and the station is 10 minutes from Wildhomestay.
12th Saturday
8am Registration, Gear Check and Breakfast
8:45am Briefing
9:30am Challenge start
5:30pm Challenge Ends
7pm BBQ & Beers
Awards at 8pm (dress warm)
Sunday 13th
8am Breakfast
9am Morning activities, running and shoes testing on an offroad pump track, Adventure cycling on Specialized Diverge adventure bikes.
1230 Lunch
2pm Leave / bus departure.
Order
Booking your entry and weekend for yourself or your group is easily done through this page. The entire weekend should come in under 1000 RMB pp. Confirmation will be emailed and please make sure you leave your wechat id when you checkout. We will add you to a wechat group and the final itinerary, GPX / waiver will be provided through that group and also in the briefing!
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or book a standard room or house instead of the dorm 🙂
Free Entry! If you have been to a Yepao before and bring a friend who has never been to a Yepao Challenge we will provide you a free coupon for your next Yepao Entry! Apply in the Cafe!
Gallery
Pictures from previous Challenges 🙂
Links
See Leigh’s weixin post. If you are new to the area also check the below recap of the last challenge for more photos of what the running area looks like.
