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Ski Dazzle Show
November 9, 2016
Coming December 2, 2016. Ready for ski season? Check out the Ski Dazzle Show held for 3 days at the Los Angeles Convention Center for all your winter sports needs. Great deals start with your admission ticket with 6 resorts offering your choice of a free lift ticket or a two-for-one lift ticket or a […]
Women’s Only Weekend at Sun Valley
November 8, 2016
Coming February 3, 2017. Know which resort had the world’s first ski lift? No, it wasn’t in Europe. It was Sun Valley, Idaho back in 1936. This low-key resort with big star power has over 2000 acres of skiable area over Bald and Dollar mountains and summit elevations of 9,150 feet and 6,638 feet, respectively. Grab your best TrailblazerGirl-friends […]
Cape Town Cycle Tour
November 7, 2016
Coming March 12, 2017. Participate in the largest, timed cycling event in the world. It’s the Cape Town Cycle Tour which will celebrate its 40th year with 35,000 cyclists! Started in 1978 with only 525 riders, the goal was to raise awareness about cycling safety and to lobby for bike paths in Cape Town. It has […]
Fat Biking in Finland
November 2, 2016
Various dates in 2017. Winter biking? Yes! Join Exodus Travels for their 8-day Fat Biking in Finland tour. If you are new to fat bikes, they are similar to mountain bikes except they are fitted with wide tires (usually 4 inches) designed for low ground pressure to allow riding on soft unstable terrain, such as snow, sand, bogs […]
Dark Harbor on the Queen Mary
October 31, 2016
Coming October 31, 2016. Happy Halloween! Far from its original luxury cruise liner past, the legendary Queen Mary is hosting its annual Halloween experience, Dark Harbor, with 6 haunted mazes, a frightening 4D theater experience, loads of monsters, live music, scare zones, and more. The Lullaby maze looks especially spine-chilling with the ghost of Scary Mary, […]
Bates Motel and Haunted Hayride
October 31, 2016
“We all go a little mad sometimes.” And it’s YOUR turn at the Bates Motel and Haunted Hayride! For the past 25 years, the Arasapha Farm, located just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is transformed into a Halloween spook-tacular event with a Haunted Hayride, Corn Maze and Bates Motel. The Haunted Hayride is a 25 minute long, hair-raising ride […]
Spirits of Meath Halloween Festival
October 31, 2016
Through November 6, 2016. Celebrate Halloween where it all began! More than 3,000 years ago, the ancient Celtic Festival of Samhain, which we now call Halloween, first began in Meath, Ireland. It was a festival to celebrate the end of the old Celtic Year and the beginning of the New Year, and it was believed that the spirits […]
The Haunted Trail of Balboa Park
October 28, 2016
Open now through Halloween. How about a walk through the park in San Diego? Sound relaxing? Well, think again, when it’s the Haunted Trail of Balboa Park! After dark, this iconic park turns into a scary, creepy, mile-long terror-fest filled with well-known horror characters like Freddy, Jason, Michael Myers, The Ring Girl, The Exorcist, and […]
Everglades Half Marathon
October 27, 2016
Coming November 19, 2016. Keep an eye out for a manatee! The inaugural Everglades Half Marathon will be held entirely within Florida’s Everglades National Park, the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. This is a flat course with no major climbs and follows the Shark Valley Tram Road offering views of the diverse flora and fauna of the area. […]
Cocoa Women’s Half Marathon
October 26, 2016
Coming January 15, 2017. They’re temping us with chocolate! Of course we’re interested…it’s the Cocoa Women’s Half Marathon in San Antonio, Texas! Choose to run the half marathon, 10K, or 5K through the streets of downtown San Antonio, past charming and historic sites like La Villita, San Fernando Cathedral, the Main Plaza, Hemis Fair Park, Mission […]
Mt. Gaoligong Ultra
October 25, 2016
Coming November 18, 2016. A 100+ mile journey through time and history. This is the inaugural year for the Mt. Gaoligong Ultra, a 104-mile trail ultra marathon over a grueling 36 hour period. Starting at the “Yin and Yang Gates,”, racers travel over marked trails around Mt. Gaoligong, the last mountain through the southern ancient silk road […]
Mud Dog Run – Zombie Edition
October 24, 2016
Coming October 29, 2016. It may look like the scene of a horror movie this weekend in Maryland, but it’s actually the Mud Dog Run – Zombie Edition! This is a 5K course filled with the usual obstacles like mud pits, cargo nets, and climbing walls with one major exception…zombies! They’ll be waiting for you […]
Mixed Climbing by Chicks with Picks
October 24, 2016
Coming December 28, 2016. Have you tried mixed climbing yet? Now is your chance with the Chicks with Picks Mixed Climbing clinic! Mixed climbing is a combination of ice climbing and rock climbing using crampons and ice axes to ascend rock ice or snow. This 3-day clinic with 4-nights lodging is held just outside of that […]
Night At Dracula’s Castle in Transylvania
October 21, 2016
Coming October 31, 2016. For once, garlic breath is an advantage! Yet another incredible Halloween contest by Airbnb, the online marketplace for listing and booking accommodations around the world. Are you brave enough to spend Halloween night in Count Dracula’s home, Bran Castle, in Romania’s Carpathian mountains? Your host will be Dacre Stoker, the great grandnephew […]
Halloween Weekend London Ghost Walks
October 21, 2016
Coming October 28-31, 2016. Fearless TrailblazerGirls, we have a spine-chilling adventure for you! It’s the Halloween Weekend London Ghost Walks, a one hour, 40 minute walking tour through the streets of London with Richard Jones, the Master of the Macabre. Hear spooky stories of murders and executions. Visit haunted pubs and graveyards. Dare to wander in the city’s […]
Sydney Zombie Walk
October 20, 2016
Coming October 29, 2016. Calling all zombies! Head to Australia’s most populous city for the Sydney Zombie Walk, an event that raises both awareness and money for Australia’s Brain Foundation. The Brain Foundation funds research throughout Australia to advance diagnosis, treatment and patient outcomes of neurological disorders, brain disease, and brain injuries. Dress up in your […]
Blood and Guts Run
October 20, 2016
Coming October 22, 2016. A gory-sounding run! The Blood and Guts Run in Centreville, Virginia is a 5K race filled with outrageous obstacles and masses of zombies. Let’s talk about the zombies – not only will they be chasing you trying to take your lives (flags), but they’ll also have “blood” filled water guns! Yikes! Obstacles […]
Halloween Shriek Week
October 17, 2016
Coming October 22- 31, 2016. More a-mazing maze fun awaits you in the countryside of England’s South Yorkshire! Halloween Shriek Week is coming to the Boston Park Farm in Doncaster, an 800 acre traditional working farm with an animal trail, tea room, and play areas for the kiddies. But the main draw at this time of year […]
The Amazing Cornish Maize Maze
October 17, 2016
Coming October 29, 2016. Head to the English countryside in east Cornwall for a Giant Halloween treat! The Amazing Cornish Maize Maze is holding their annual Halloween event, and this year’s theme is the Ten Tall Tales of Giants. A challenge awaits you as you work your way through 3 miles of paths to help […]
World’s Largest Corn Maze 5K
October 14, 2016
Coming October 16, 2016. We told you about this year’s Richardson Farm Corn Maze, but did you know that they offer a 5K race as well? How fun is that! You won’t need to worry about getting lost in the maze, because the 3.1 mile route will be clearly marked and all non-course passages will be blocked. The […]
Zombie Fun Farm at the Calgary Corn Maze
October 13, 2016
Coming October 15, 2016. Zombies in a corn maze? Yikes! Yes, the bucolic sounding Calgary Corn Maze is offering a special, one night only event – the Zombie Fun Farm. Located in southern Alberta, those Canadians sure know how to put on a scare-fest! Make your way through the 13 acre corn maze filled with zombies, growling […]
Devil’s Chase 6.66 Miler
October 13, 2016
Coming October 29, 2016. A devilishly fun race! It’s the Devil’s Chase 6.66 Miler in the Halloween Capital of the World – Salem, Massachusetts, of course! The devils with hit the streets in the notorious site of the Salem Witch Trials, running past well-known landmarks like Salem Common, Peabody Essex Museum, a Real Haunted House, the Custom House, […]
BB&T Halloween in Emmaus 5K
October 12, 2016
Coming October 15, 2016. A very popular race, before a very popular parade. The 10th Annual BB&T Halloween in Emma’s 5K is expected to get around 20,000 spectators (yes, almost double the population of this small Pennsylvania town!). The 5K loop course takes you through city streets, and racers must finish within 40 minutes so that […]
Sleepy Hollow Halloween 10K
October 12, 2016
Coming October 22, 2016. Spooky, spooky! It’s time for the Sleepy Hollow Halloween 10K! Head to that infamous town in New York and watch out for the headless horseman. The course is challenging as you run through the rolling hills of the streets of this quaint town, along the Hudson River, as well as past the Old […]