Cat's Tail Trail Marathon

Cat's Tail Trail Marathon The Cat’s Tail is a mountain marathon in the Catskill Mountains, with about 7000 ft of gain Pleasant, and Romer Mt.

The Cat’s Tail is a mountain marathon scheduled each year in early October. It will begin at the Fox Hollow trail head off rte 28 in Shandaken, NY. Runners will go south over Panther Mountain and Giant Ledge before reaching rte 47. They will run south for a short distance to the Slide Mountain trail head where they will turn east and ascend Slide, Cornell, and Wittenberg Mountains. On the descent

off Wittenberg, runners will turn east onto a newly created trail leading them over Cross Mt., Mt. before depositing them a short distance from Phoenicia and the finish line. The distance is around 26.9 miles with nearly 7000 ft of ascent. This will be a mainly self-supported event with 2-3 points of aid. Runners will be required to carry certain supplies throughout the run to ensure their safety in this remote area. The Cat’s Tail is not meant to be someones “first” marathon or trail race so there will be minimum pre-requisites to register.

12/14/2025

We are planning something in the Catskills for January. Any ideas/suggestions?

10/07/2025

I’m planning on some sort of monthly adventure on the Cat’s Tail Course. I was thinking of doing Slide to Wittenberg this Sunday. Please let me know if you are interested. I need to limit these events to 15 people, so first come first serve.

The final batch of photos from the finish at the 2025 Cat's Tail Trail Marathon.The entire set of images are in this Fli...
10/03/2025

The final batch of photos from the finish at the 2025 Cat's Tail Trail Marathon.

The entire set of images are in this Flickr album: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCvLUG

Thanks to everyone!

Photos from the finish at Cat's Tail 2025. One more batch of images to follow. Feel free to share and tag.All Cat's Tail...
10/01/2025

Photos from the finish at Cat's Tail 2025. One more batch of images to follow. Feel free to share and tag.

All Cat's Tail 2025 images are available in this Flickr Album: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCvLUG

The second batch of photos from the Giant Ledge trail. This is batch 2 of 2. Please tag and share.All of the images can...
09/30/2025

The second batch of photos from the Giant Ledge trail. This is batch 2 of 2. Please tag and share.

All of the images can also be viewed and downloaded from this Flickr Album: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCvLUG

Photo dump!
09/29/2025

Photo dump!

09/29/2025

Hi All, Steve Aaron sent us a link to his Flickr album with photos from Cat's Tail! More photos soon to be added to this album!
Thanks, Steve! Here is the link:

09/29/2025

Assuming that we are not all destroyed in a global nuclear war, killed in a giant asteroid impact or engulfed by lava from a super volcano eruption, THE NEXT CAT’S TAIL MARATHON WILL BE HELD ON 9/26/26!!!

Cat’s Tail Marathon mentioned in iRunFar’s column, This Week in Running
09/29/2025

Cat’s Tail Marathon mentioned in iRunFar’s column, This Week in Running

2025 Cat's Tail Trail Marathon - First Batch of photos from the Giant Ledge area. More images to follow. Feel free to ta...
09/29/2025

2025 Cat's Tail Trail Marathon - First Batch of photos from the Giant Ledge area. More images to follow. Feel free to tag and share.

All images can be viewed, shared and downloaded from this Flickr album: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCvLUG

Some photos of our amazing volunteers! If you have any aid station photos please post below!
09/29/2025

Some photos of our amazing volunteers! If you have any aid station photos please post below!

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County Road 47
Phoenicia, NY
12464

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