The Ultimate Hike Experience
Turn miles on the trail into momentum for childhood cancer research.
Challenge yourself. Find your people. Change the future.
Go the Distance for Kids with Cancer
The CureSearch Ultimate Hike is more than a hike. It is a life-changing adventure that brings people together to go the distance for children with cancer.
Take on the distance that challenges you. Ultimate Hike offers full- and half-distance options, with challenging routes of up to 27 miles. Whether you’re taking on your first endurance challenge or pushing yourself farther than ever before, you won’t have to do it alone.
You’ll train. You’ll fundraise. You’ll find your people. And you’ll cross the finish line knowing your miles helped move the search for better treatments forward.
More Than Miles
Every mile has meaning.
The Ultimate Hike experience is built around three things:
Challenge. Community. Impact.
You will push yourself farther than you thought possible, form connections that last well beyond the trail, and raise funds to advance critical pediatric cancer research.
But the experience starts long before hike day.
Train With Confidence
You don't have to be an experienced hiker to take on the Ultimate Hike.
Our volunteer coaches provide expert training, guidance, and encouragement throughout your journey. Train alongside fellow hikers in one of our local training cities or connect virtually with our Virtual Coaches, giving you the support and flexibility to prepare wherever you are.
You bring the commitment. We’ll help you get ready for the trail.
Find Your People
Some hikers arrive with a team. Others arrive not knowing anyone.
Along the way, something happens. Training partners become friends. Teammates become family. Volunteers and coaches become part of your story.
The Ultimate Hike community is united by a shared purpose: going the distance for kids with cancer.
Together, we save kids faster.
Fundraise With Purpose
Every dollar you raise helps fuel CureSearch's mission.
Every dollar you raise helps fuel CureSearch’s mission to move the most promising childhood cancer research toward the children who need it most.
CureSearch brings scientific and industry expertise together to identify promising science, invest where it can make the greatest difference, measure progress, and advance research toward new treatments.
Your miles create momentum. Your fundraising helps move science forward.
Hike With Heart
For many Ultimate Hikers, the journey is personal.
You may be carrying the story of a child impacted by cancer. You may be hiking in honor or memory of someone you love. Or you may simply believe that every child deserves the chance to grow up and experience all that life has to offer.
Whatever brings you to the trail, there is a place for you here.
That’s why we hike.
Not just for the miles.
Not just for the finish line.
We hike because children with cancer deserve more than hope. They deserve better treatments, more options, and a chance to grow up.
There’s More Than One Way to Go the Distance.
You don’t have to be a hiker to be part of the Ultimate Hike community.
From coaching and volunteering to serving as an ambassador, supporting a hike weekend, or bringing your own ideas to the trail, there are many ways to help create an experience that inspires people and advances the search for a cure.
Ready to find your place on the trail?
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