Sixth annual RUFA Mt Sentinel - February 6 & 7, 2026

THANKS for joining us for the annual, wild and iconic Running Up For Air challenge! As part of the Up For Air Series, RUFA Mt. Sentinel is a 3-, 6-, 12-, or 24-hour winter endurance challenge on Mt. Sentinel, the iconic mountain on the edge of Missoula.

What a FANTASTIC day and night - a huge success. We had a ton of fun and collectively we raised over $30,000 for our clean air and climate solutions efforts 

Almost 200 athletes joined RUFA this year, and our cohort of participants and volunteers collectively 944 trips up to the top of Mt. Sentinel. Those 944 trips added up to over 1.79 MILLION vertical feet of climbing! The Climate Smart Team of Amy, Abby, Shanti and Susan collectively completed 17 laps! 

Each of those laps was matched with a $6 donation thanks to our awesome sponsors: Sapphire Physical Therapy, Runner's Edge, The Rut Mountain Runs, DJ&A, Hillary Ogg Real Estate, and the Good Food Store.

Race Directors Jeff Mogavero, Mike Foote and Adam Peterman volunteer to put this event on every year. This event could not happen without our amazing volunteers. They hauled supplies to the summit, set up the base area, flipped burgers all night, served pancakes all day, fixed blisters, and filled water bottles for hours. THANK YOU to our incredible volunteers.

​Check out the 2026 results and Anastasia's awesome photos.

Check out these fun videos:
Susan's Journey 2026               How our team trained for RUFA 2024 

Thank  you to our 2026 RUFA Sponsors:

Inspiration!

Here are some awesome photos, thanks to the super talented photographer Anastasia Wilde:

Check out RUFA over the years:
2025
2024
2023

Celebrating RUFA 2024 Impact:

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Thanks to everyone who joined us out on the mountain Saturday Feb. 10 for the 4th annual Running up for Air (RUFA)! We’re so grateful to the entire team at the Runner’s Edge for coordinating this amazing event, and to all the participants for raising awareness and funds for our clean air efforts.

Here are a few incredible statistics from the day:

  • 129 people participated, and collectively completed 544 trips up to the top of Mt. Sentinel. Volunteers contributed another 24 laps, bringing the grand total to 568 laps and 1,079,200'!

  • Each of those 568 laps was matched with a $5 donation thanks to 2 anonymous local donors, raising an additional $2,835 for Climate Smart Missoula!

  • Men's 12-hour, Women's 12-hour, and Men's 3-hour records were all broken! Missoulian Luke Galloway crushed the course record by completing 13 laps in under twelve hours, and Missoulian Kallie Smith completed 11 laps for the women’s 12 hours, another record.

  • We also had the most participants ever - and everyone was truly a winner!

It can be daunting to look ahead at all we need to accomplish to solve the climate crisis, but really it’s like heading toward any summit - we focus on taking the next step, then the next, until solutions gain traction. From the volunteers who spent the night at the summit aid station to be ready for the early morning runners, to the dedicated 12-hour participants running lap after lap, to the casual hikers adding their footprints to the snow and mud during the 3-hour home stretch, to donors supporting participants from far and wide - we are truly inspired by everyone who made RUFA 2024 such a huge success.
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