2025 Badwater Cape Fear Webcast
RESULTS / ROSTER / RACE WEBSITE
Presenting Sponsor:
OFFICIAL CHARITY: Bald Head Island Conservancy: Please join and donate to BHIC today!
2025 Badwater Cape Fear Image Galleries – COMING SOON – on Flickr:
• 2025 Racer Mugshots by Robert Lee of BeamCatchers.com
• 2025 Pre-Race Activities
• 2025 Start Line at Old Baldy Lighthouse, the race gets under way on Bald Head Island, and runners rounding Cape Fear at Mile 13.1
• 2025 Badwater Cape Fear Finish Line Gallery
2025 Badwater Cape Fear Videos and FB Live Videos – COMING SOON:
• Live Video from Fort Fisher, location of Aid Station 3, the Saturday prior to the race
• Live Video from the Ferry from Fort Fisher to Southport, the Saturday prior to the race
• Short Video of the Maritime Forest Preserve
• Short Video of the Badwater Cape Fear goodie bag
• Live Video from the 2025 Start Line at the foot of the Old Baldy Lighthouse
• Live Video from Cape Fear itself on Mile 13.1 as the Badwater racers round the Cape and head up the beach to Fort Fisher
The eleventh Badwater Cape Fear 50km / 51mi ultramarathon – presented by Mount to Coast and hosted by AdventureCORPS – will take place on March 22, 2025 on Bald Head Island and Fort Fisher, North Carolina. A field of approximately 170 runners compete in either the 50km race or the 51-mile race.
The 2025 race includes runners representing Canada, Philippines, United States, and United Kingdom, plus 31 American states and territories: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. Ages ranged from 19 to 78. There are 46 females and 130 males, and 112 Badwater Cape Fear rookies and 64 race veterans. For the full race roster, click here.
With 50km and 51-mile race options and a start line at the foot of the Old Baldy Ligthouse, Badwater® Cape Fear features a twelve-mile warm-up on the car-free, one-lane-wide roads and maritime forest trails of Bald Head Island, followed by either 19 or 38 miles of running on the wild and secluded sandy beach between Cape Fear and Fort Fisher. The beach stretch features spectacular views of the Frying Pan Shoals to the east and the wild and undeveloped Cape Fear River marshlands to the west. Running this remote coast is a dramatic, invigorating, and inspiring manner in which to experience Bald Head Island, Fort Fisher State Recreation, and the Cape Fear region in all its grandeur!
This exquisite natural setting is the perfect antidote to the “real world” and a wonderful counterpart to the desert sands and mountains of Death Valley and Anza-Borrego Desert featured in the two West Coast BADWATER® races.
Special thanks, Volunteers! YOU make it happen!
Racer Check-In: Keith Weitz, Julie Lee, Robert Lee, Chris Shank, Thomas & Anne Marie Brock, Bob Becker, Jay Birmingham, Erika Small, Sandy Kades, Keith Pardue, and others
Trail Marking: Bob Becker and Jay Birmingham
Start Line: Keith Weitz, Keith Pardue, Erika Small, Julie Lee, and Chris Kostman
Broom Wagon (first 10.5 miles):
Trail Sweep: Jay Birmingham and
Morning Directions: Chris Shank, Julie Lee, and many Bald Head Island Public Safety volunteers and other Bald Head Island residents
UTV Pilot:
AS1 at Bald Head Island Conservancy: Anne-Marie Brock, Thomas Brock, Rita Castro, Margaret Pisacano, Susan Parker, Sandy Kades, and many others
AS2 at Mid-Beach: Marcia Bosch and her team from Friends of Pleasure Island State Parks, with assistance from Fort Fisher State Recreation Area rangers!
AS3 at Fort Fisher: Keith Weitz, Keith Pardue, and Denise Fox.
Timing: Julie Lee
Finish Line: Chris Kostman, Jay Birmingham, Chris Shank, and others
Photography: Robert Lee of BeamCatchers and Chris Kostman
Public Safety Support: Village of Bald Head Island Public Safety and Fort Fisher State Recreation Area Rangers
Thank You!
This event is held under permits from the Village of Bald head Island, Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, and North Carolina Division of Coastal Management, and with the incredible support of Bald Head Island Conservancy and Friends of Pleasure Island State Parks. We thank them, and all our North Carolina friends, for their support!
