WinterFest 5k & Fun Run

Events

Timed Event with Awards

$45

$35

10:15AM MST

All-In Pricing - No Extra Fees!

$30

$20

10:10AM MST

All-In Pricing - No Extra Fees!

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❄️ Run, Walk & Celebrate at WinterFest! 🎄
Bundle up, lace up, and get ready for some holiday cheer! Join us on Saturday, December 12, 2026, at Carpenter Park in Thornton, Colorado, for the WinterFest 5K & Fun Run!

Whether you're racing for a personal best, walking with friends, or making holiday memories with the whole family, there's a little winter magic waiting for everyone! ☃️

🏃 5K Run/Walk – A chip-timed 5K with awards for competitive runners and plenty of festive fun for everyone else!

🎅 Family Fun Run/Walk – An untimed, approximately ¾-mile course that's perfect for kids, families, and anyone who wants a shorter stroll filled with holiday spirit.

☕ A Mug Full of Holiday Cheer! – Every finisher receives a festive, collectible WinterFest mug! Fill it with a warm drink at the finish line and celebrate your accomplishment with friends and family.

🎁 The Fun Doesn't Stop at the Finish Line!

Stick around and enjoy Thornton's WinterFest celebration, featuring:

⛸️ Ice skating
🛍️ Holiday Marketplace
🎅 Visits with Santa
🍻 Heated Beer Garden
🎄 Plenty of holiday festivities!
❤️ We're proud to feature our Charity Partner: Food for Hope, helping provide food and essential nutrition to local students. Bring a food donation on race day and help spread a little extra holiday kindness!

✨ Make WinterFest part of your family's holiday tradition! Bring your friends, your family, and your festive spirit. We'll bring the finish-line cheer!

🎟️ Register today and celebrate the season with us!

Finishers Mug

Every 5K and Family Walk finisher receives our annual collectible WinterFest mug! 🎄

This year's beautiful cobalt blue mug features custom 2026 WinterFest artwork. It's the perfect keepsake to remember your holiday adventure and enjoy a warm drink all winter long!

Check out the 2026 mug below! ⬇️

CHARITY PARTNER

We are very excited to partner with Food for Hope for the Winterfest. Food for Hope supports over 60 local schools in Adams County. Bring your in-kind food donations on race day for a chance to win a raffle prize! Your generous donations go directly to LOCAL Adams County students.

During the 2025-26 School year, Food for Hope supported over 4,000 students on a monthly basis just in Food Pantry visitors in Adams County Schools. Our weekend bag program distributed over 27,000 bags and 128,900 School Fuel Snacks while also running In-School Food Pantry Programs.

As of the 2025-2026 School Year, Food for Hope operated nine in-school/district site food pantries at:

Adams 14 - Hope Center
27J - Brighton Learning and Resource Center
Pinnacle Charter School
Shadow Ridge Middle School
McElwain Elementary School
STEM Launch
Northglenn High School
Mapleton Schools
Coronado Elementary

These locations provide fresh and shelf-stable groceries for students and their families who attend school in these communities and need nutritional support.

Enter the race day RAFFLE! Donate 5 or more of the following on race day:

Granola-Power-Nutrition Bars
Snack Size Goldfish or Pretzels
Fruit Snacks
Beef Jerky
Protein Milks-Individual Sizes
Capri-Sun Individual Pouches or similar
Snack Size Nuts
Snack Size Granola

GIVE YOUR SHOES ANOTHER LIFE

We are proud to partner with Sneakers4Funds! When you donate your gently used or new athletic shoes, a donation is made to our ongoing charity partner, Growing Home!

Bring your shoes to Advanced Packet Pick Up or on Race day! Click here for more info!