An adventurous descent from the top of a high purity quartz surface mine to the bottom of the Toe River valley.
Built for record chasers and families alike, this dirt/pavement road course begins at The Quartz Corp's Chalk Mountain and ends at Lower Street in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. The race proceeds benefit Mitchell County Chamber of Commerce, NC Mineral and Gem Festival.
Visit Spruce Pine, NC and help our community in our comeback after Helene! The Top to Toe 5K is for all ages and offers a unique opportunity to begin in a real quartz mine and walk or run downhill, finishing in our downtown where businesses have been working hard to rebuild and come back better than ever.
This is a point-to-point race, so participants will be shuttled from Lower Street to the race start on race morning. Please note the last race shuttle leaves at 8:30 am with the race beginning at 9:00 am.
Each registered participant receives one free admission ticket to the NC Mineral and Gem Festival as well as a t-shirt!
Race to Rebuild WNC & Spruce Pine, NC!
Pre-Race packet pickup is on Friday, July 25, 2025
Location: 138 Highland Avenue, Spruce Pine, NC 28777
Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
RACE DAY packet pickup is on Saturday, July 26, 2025
Location: Lower Street, Spruce Pine, NC 28777
Time: 7:30 am - 8:30 am
No packet pickup or registrations will be allowed after the last shuttle leaves!