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Sap Run Scramble- Choose Your Own Adventure
The Foodie 5K Scramble- A slippery, muddy, family friendly 5K through the maple woods during syrup season, with a sugar house tour and maple-based snack stops every kilometer or so. Finish the day with wood fired pizzas, beverages and music around the fire while you cheer on the LPS racers.
The Last Person Standing- One hour to complete a 5K with ~1000 feet of elevation through the maple woods, then repeat, on the hour, until you can’t! The race continues until only one person has completed every loop in under one hour. Will it be you? Register on Ultra Signup.
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Last Person Standing Scramble Register on Ultra Signup
Complete one 5K lap with ~1000’ of ascent per hour to continue on the adventure for as long as you can!
$60 through Dec. 31
$75 through March 13
$90 March 14-20
Sap Run Foodie 5K Scramble
Spend a day snacking your way through the maple woods on a 5K course with maple snack stops throughout the forest, followed by pizza, music and a bonfire.
Adults $30 in advance, $40 day of. Includes one wood-fired pizza & beverage after the scramble!
Youth 11-17 $10 in advance, $15 day of. Food/beverage not included.
Children 10 and under free.
Family Admission $65 in advance, $80 day of. Includes 2 adults & up to 3 kiddos, two wood-fired pizzas, two beverages
Open House Only- No Scramble
Get a tour of the sugar house, wood-fired pizza, music and a bonfire to welcome spring!
Adults $15 in advance, $20 day of. Includes one wood-fired pizza & a beverage
Youth & children are free, Food/beverage not included.
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The Embark Maple Farm- 30904 Rognstad Ridge Road, Cashton, WI 54619
March 21, 2026, Noon till done!
11am- Farm Opens
Noon- Let the Scramble Begin! 5K and LPS begin together
Noon-4pm- Maple Snack Stops & drinks available on course; Sugar House Tours hourly
After scrambling, the fun moves to Ramp Camp to cheer on remaining LPS racers, enjoy woodfired pizzas, live music and tasty beverages around the fire.
Note: The farm address isn’t chronological with surrounding addresses, look for the fox at the end of a long gravel drive, we’re a half mile off the road.
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Free rustic camping will be available on the farm for any interested participants.
Camping at the farm is pretty basic- we'll have a porta-potty, some water jugs and a community fire, but no power hookups and the like. Camping is in a small back field at the farm. Tents are great, car/van camping is cool too, as are small single-axle campers if conditions aren't too muddy. It's usually still pretty cold in March at the farm with lows below freezing at night, and sometimes not above freezing all day. Other years it might be in the 60s and sunny! Be sure to be prepared for winter camping, and keep an eye on conditions.
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We’d love to have your crew cheering you on! Please have them register for the 5K or Open House- this helps us keep track of how many folks to expect. Plus we’ll have a pizza and beverage to fuel them as they crew for you!
What the Heck is the Sap Run Scramble?
The Sap Run 5K route is a rugged, slippery jaunt through our maple woods during syrup season. The route is designed to be interesting and accomplishable to most everyone, from seasoned trail runners exploring the unique experience of a maple woods in harvest, to folks pushing themselves to get more active in beautiful places.
The Foodie 5K and Last Person Standing Ultra traverse the same route.
5Kers have 4 hours to snack their way through the forest, exploring maple-based snacks and drinks along the way, followed by wood fired pizzas, beverages and live music up at Ramp Camp.
LPS Racers have an hour to complete a lap of the 5K course, with a new lap starting each hour. To continue, you must be at the starting line at on the hour. Do a lap or two or four or twenty-four or more! How long can you last?
The course traverses old logging roads, dry washes, and deer paths across steep hillsides. The route is often off-trail and requires a bit of paying attention to terrain and course markers. Snack stops will be available in the woods until 4pm, when all aid will be available at Ramp Camp.
What to Bring & Plan For
We recommend good shoes, hiking poles and play clothes- chances are you’ll get muddy! The scramble is a rain, snow or shine event- dress appropriately!
Bring a sense of adventure, a water bottle, and your best directional awareness. The scramble is through the woods on old logging trails, not clearly marked and maintained paths, so there is an element of “way-finding” via the trail markers distributed along the route. Grown-ups- if you’d like to sample the maple cocktails along course, bring an ID please.
For folks Embarking on the Last Person Standing route, bring a headlamp. There is no lighting along the course. We will have an aid station at Ramp Camp; bring any specific nutritional needs you may have.
We will have wood fired pizzas and beverages for purchase after the run (one each included in adult admission), as well as Embark products- bring along some cash if you’d like to partake!
If you’re in it for the long haul, free rustic camping is available at the farm.
You Could Set the Record!
We've held the Sap Run Scramble Foodie 5K since 2022, however this is the inaugural year for the additional Last Person Standing format. While this means we do not have results from past years to study, it does mean someone will set a record! If you're going for a PR, think about an elevation goal not necessarily distance : ) Welcome to the Driftless!
