WINDSOR, Mass. – In recent years, runners at the Notchview Ultra have had to endure wet conditions at some point during the multi-day event with at least one round of rain soaking the course and turning parts of the trail slippery. Most notably, the 2023 edition concluded with 24 consecutive hours of downpour when monsoon-like conditions brought flooding and extensive damage to parts of western Massachusetts and nearby Vermont.

Runners enjoyed a reprieve from the rain at this year’s event, and they capitalized on some of the finest weather in Notchview Ultra history by unleashing a different type of storm–a monsoon of mileage–during the 11th edition of the event on July 10-13 at Notchview Reservation in Windsor, Mass.

The Berkshire Ultra Running Community for Service (BURCS) played host to the 11th edition of the Notchview Ultra on July 10-13, 2026, at Notchview Reservation in Windsor, Mass. Runners took on a distance-specific 100-mile race or time-based 72-hour, 48-hour 24-hour, 12-hour daytime, 12-hour overnight, and 6-hour ultras on a 1.9-mile cross country ski loop course.

For the first two years of its existence, the Notchview Ultra was a 6-hour fatass-style event where the top mileage tallies were in the mid-30s. When the event added 12- and 24-hour options for 2017 and 2018, Dietmar Bago was the standard setter with 91.2 miles each time in the event’s longest offering.

In 2019, the Notchview Ultra entered new territory as race director Benn Griffin expanded the format into a multi-day distance fest that included a 72-hour race. In doing so, Griffin dared runners to dream of the endurance possibilities and discover what was possible on the 1.9-mile cross country ski loop at Notchview Reservation in Windsor, Mass. Ann Alessandrini was the first to set her sights on 200 miles, and she blasted through the distance barrier in the final hour to close out a 201.4-mile effort. It was the first time a runner would surpass 200 miles at Notchview, but not the last.

The Berkshire Ultra Running Community for Service (BURCS) played host to the 10th edition of the Notchview Ultra on July 11-14, 2025, at Notchview Reservation in Windsor, Mass. Runners took on a distance-specific 100.7-mile race or time-based 72-hour, 48-hour, 24-hour, 12-hour and 6-hour ultras on a 1.9-mile cross-country ski loop course.

The Berkshire Ultra Running Community for Service (BURCS) played host to the ninth edition of the Notchview Ultra on July 12-15, 2024, at Notchview Reservation in Windsor, Mass. Runners took on a distance-specific 100.7-mile race or time-based 72-hour, 48-hour, 24-hour, 12-hour and 6-hour ultras on a 1.9-mile cross-country ski loop course. The following is a small sample of photos taken by MassUltra Editor Chris Wristen. A larger gallery can be viewed on the MassUltra Facebook page.

The Berkshire Ultra Running Community for Service (BURCS) played host to the ninth edition of the Notchview Ultra on July 12-15 at Notchview Reservation in Windsor, Mass. Runners took on either a distance-specific 100.7-mile ultramarathon or a variety of time-based race options of 72, 48, 24, 12 or 6 hours, all of them on a 1.9-mile loop course on cross-country ski trails.

WINDSOR, Mass. – When Taylor Verville hobbled to her car after finishing the Notchview Ultra and braced herself for the three-hour ride home to Kingston, her body felt like it couldn’t give much more. She’d just run 216.6 miles in the 72-hour race and broke the previous overall course record by 15 miles.

Verville’s legs felt like concrete and her brain was fried from the lack of sleep. To say she was exhausted would’ve been the understatement of the year. It was July 11, 2022, and though her mind and body both needed rest, within just a few days Verville was already beginning to plot her Notchview sequel.

The Berkshire Ultra Running Community for Service (BURCS) played host to the eighth edition of the Notchview Ultra from July 7-10 at the Trustees of Reservations’ Notchview Reservation in Windsor, Mass. Runners tackled a 1.9-mile loop course for 100.7 miles (53 loops), or 72-hour, 48-hour, 24-hour, 12-hour and 6-hour time-based options. Those who ran the most days started their race with high humidity, sun and temperatures in the low 80s and finished their races with temperatures in the 70s and nearly 24 hours of rain.