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Photos: TARCtic Frozen Yeti 30-Hour Ultra

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The Trail Animals Running Club played host to the seventh running of the TARCtic Frozen Yeti 30-Hour Ultra and 15-mile night race on Feb. 7-8, 2026, at Hale Education in Westwood, Mass.  The following are a small sample of photos taken by MassUltra Editor Chris Wristen. A full photo gallery can be viewed on the MassUltra Flickr page.

Surjeet Paintal delivers the pre-race briefing before the start of the 2026 TARCtic Frozen Yeti 30-Hour Ultra. Photo by Chris Wristen/MassUltra.
Jennifer Rizzo listens to the final instructions before heading out into the cold and snow for the 2026 TARCtic Frozen Yeti 30-Hour Ultra. Photo by Chris Wristen/MassUltra.
Liv Colombo listens intently to the final instructions before the start of the 2026 TARCtic Frozen Yeti 30-Hour Ultra. Photo by Chris Wristen/MassUltra.
Runners fire off the starting line for the start of the 2026 TARCtic Frozen Yeti 30-Hour Ultra. Photo by Chris Wristen/MassUltra.
The TARC yeti (Patrick Caron) sinks into the snow. Photo by Chris Wristen/MassUltra.
Matt Pacheco navigates the snow-covered course early at the 2026 TARCtic Frozen Yeti 30-Hour Ultra. Photo by Chris Wristen/MassUltra.
Matt Rogers was fired up for another opportunity to work on a snow beard at the TARCtic Frozen Yeti 30-Hour Ultra. Photo by Chris Wristen/MassUltra.
Jason Kaplan kicks up snow on his way through the TARCtic Frozen Yeti course on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2026. Photo by Chris Wristen/MassUltra.
Ronald Iacovelli cruises through snowy singletrack at Hale Education during the 2026 TARCtic Frozen Yeti 30-Hour Ultra. Photo by Chris Wristen/MassUltra.
Jonathon Western stayed upright with the assistance of poles during the 2026 TARCtic Frozen Yeti 30-Hour Ultra.
Jose Antonio Tovar Sandoval races through the snowy singletrack at the 2026 TARCtic Frozen Yeti 30-Hour Ultra. Photo by Chris Wristen/MassUltra.
Marissa Theofanides kicks up snow while cranking out the miles at the 2026 TARCtic Frozen Yeti 30-Hour Ultra. Photo by Chris Wristen/MassUltra.
Max Taylor (foreground) and Dan Hurley work together to navigate a difficult course at the 2026 TARCtic Frozen Yeti 30-Hour Ultra. Photo by Chris Wristen/MassUltra.
Chris Bernier couldn’t help but laugh as he slipped and slid his way through the snow at the 2026 TARCtic Frozen Yeti 30-Hour Ultra.
Runners cross a snow-blanketed beach along one of the ponds at Hale Education during the 2026 TARCtic Frozen Yeti 30-Hour Ultra. Photo by Chris Wristen/MassUltra.
Ross Minkov and Denise Klatt stomp through the snow as they navigate one of the loops of the TARCtic Frozen Yeti course. Photo by Chris Wristen/MassUltra.
Four years after winning the 2022 TARCtic Frozen Yeti 30-Hour Ultra on a snow-covered course, Patrick McEnaney returned for another run in similarly challenging conditions. Photo by Chris Wristen/MassUltra.
After multiple days spent marking the course in the snow, Chris Lay headed out for some official race-day miles at the 2026 TARCtic Frozen Yeti 30-Hour Ultra. Photo by Chris Wristen/MassUltra.
Liv Colombo closes out a loop that she could only describe as “wild” at the 2026 TARCtic Frozen Yeti 30-Hour Ultra. Photo by Chris Wristen/MassUltra.
Chris Manwaring closes out an early loop at the 2026 TARCtic Frozen Yeti 30-Hour Ultra. Photo by Chris Wristen/MassUltra.
Susan Haversat (346), Rachael Flaxman (332), and Janel Goodman (340) close out a spirited first loop of the 2026 TARCtic Frozen Yeti 30-Hour Ultra. Photo by Chris Wristen/MassUltra.

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