Squatchapple 50K

Squatchapple 50K is a 50K trail race held in Maplewood, United States, in March. It takes place in South Mountain Reservation in New Jersey, with the start and finish at the Tulip Springs area beside the Boy Scout grounds.

Rather than one big circuit, runners cover three colour-coded loops and then repeat the set. The Pink loop is about four miles, the Checkered loop roughly five and a half, and the Blue loop around seven. Total climbing across the full distance comes to about 3,860 feet.

Surfaces vary from wide, hard-packed carriage roads to narrower singletrack with rocks and roots. Pink is mostly carriage road with a quarter singletrack and plenty of up and down. Checkered is almost entirely carriage road but has one steep, rocky climb. Blue has the most singletrack, about a third, and includes two road crossings at traffic lights.