CRAZY HORSE, SD- Join us for the annual Spring Volksmarch at Crazy Horse Memorial®!
Saturday, June 7 is the 39th annual fall Crazy Horse Memorial® Volksmarch – one day only!
The Annual Crazy Horse Memorial® Volksmarch is the most popular organized hike in the United States with 15,000 participants in a record year. Thanks to overwhelmingly positive responses, the 5k and 10k route options will remain available to hikers. Hikers follow dirt trails and gravel roads up to the Crazy Horse Mountain Carving before getting the chance to examine the Carving up close, including Crazy Horse’s nine story-high Face and extended Hand. This family event is sponsored by the Black Hills Chapter of the American Volkssport Association (AVA) and hosted by Crazy Horse Memorial®.
In memory of the late Ruth Ziolkowski, admission to the Memorial for hikers will continue to be waived with a donation of three canned food items for the KOTA Territory Care & Share Food Drive; discounted admission for hikers without the food donation, and regular admission still applies for non-participants. All hike participants pay the American Volkssport Association’s registration fee of $4 per person, regardless of age. Parking is free, with courtesy shuttle buses operating between the outlying parking lots and the start-finish area.
Advanced registration is not available; gates open at 6:00am, registration begins at 7:00am at the starting point in the Memorial’s upper parking area and ends at 1:00pm. The hike itself starts at 8:00am and all hikers must be off the trail by 4:00pm. There are no late starts. Laughing Water Restaurant will be open for a breakfast buffet from 6:00am -10:00am. Water stations and port-a-potties will be located along the trail for your convenience.
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For more information, please visit www.crazyhorsememorial.org and follow Crazy Horse Memorial® on all social media and/or contact Amanda Allcock at 605-673-4681 or email Amanda.Allcock@crazyhorse.org.
About the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation
The Mission of Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation is to protect and preserve the cultures, traditions, and living heritage of the North American Indians. The Foundation fulfills its mission by continuing the progress on CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL®, the world’s largest mountain sculpture; acting as a repository for Native American artifacts, arts and crafts through THE INDIAN MUSEUM OF NORTH AMERICA®, and the Museum’s Native American Educational & Cultural Center®; and by establishing and operating THE INDIAN UNIVERSITY OF NORTH AMERICA®.
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