Organizers

Candice Burt, Race Director/Owner

Racedirector@destinationtrailrun.com

Candice Burt organizes trail races in some of the most beautiful places in the USA. She is the first race director to create a 200 mile single loop trail running race (and now a the first point to point 200 – the Bigfoot 200) and the Moab 240, her third 200 + mile event. Candice owns Destination Trail, LLC a company that organizes epic trail races in the US with a mission to give back to the trails though trail work and charitable donations. Candice is a mom to two girls, a competitive trail runner, and a dog mom of 3 amazing doggos in addition to her work with Destination Trail. Candice lives in Leavenworth, WA when he’s not on the road organizing trail races and exploring the mountains 6+months of the year.

Kristal Sager, Assistant Race Director, Volunteer Coordinator

Kristal@DestinationTrailRun.com Volunteer@destinationtrailrun.com

Kristal was born and raised in Washington. She loves the mountains whether she is running trails or playing in the snow. Kristal found her love for running in 2005 when her youngest child was 1. Originally running road half and full marathons, she discovered her love for trail running in 2009 at her first trail race on Orcas Island and never looked back. Kristal has run many trail ultras and still to this day her favorite distance is 50 miles. When she isn’t racing, you can find her volunteering at races, enjoying her three children or on an adventure spent running the trails in the mountains, taking photos and enjoying a good local beer!

Riley Smith, Race Organizing Team

Riley was born and raised in small town in Eastern Oregon. He became inspired to run by watching his brothers and sisters run when he was young. After running in high school Riley transitioned to triathlons for 4 years before fully finding my true love, trail running! Being out on the trails exploring the mountains are what makes him happy. Riley started off with a few road marathons and then on to a few 50ks followed by a 100k. He first met the Destination Trail Crew at the 2016 Bigfoot 200 and never left.. he loves being around like minded people who share a passion for the trails and mountains. His motto is, “Do what you LOVE and you will never work a day in your life!”

Angel Mathis, Medical Director

Angel Mathis has been a nurse since 2002 and a licensed, certified family nurse practitioner since 2008 with a Master in Public Health since 2009. She she has provided a wide range of services to people across the lifespan in family practice, urgent care, and emergency medicine.

Angel is a runner and a thru-hiker who is almost always out exploring with her husband, Tim. She has completed more than 15 ultras including the Cascade Crest 100 miler, and several other long distance adventure runs including a run across the 500 mile Camino de Santiago, around Mount Saint Helens, and along the Olympic Coast. More recently she has taken to long distance backpacking and thru-hiking including hiking the 2650 mile Pacific Crest Trail in 2015, the O Circuit in Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile, and lots of other multi-day adventures.

Kyla Claudell, Headquarters Manager

Kyla was lucky enough to grow up on the front range in Colorado and fell deeply in love with mountains and trails. Her goal most days is to spend more time outside than inside and she’s up for anything – run, bike, snowboard, raft, climb, or backpack. Kyla has helped produce trail races and support ultra runners for the last five years and she thinks she has the best job on the planet! Kyla’s favorite events are backcountry adventures that bring runners into remote and beautiful locations and let them really test their limits.