Registration Twentse Smokkeltrail starts on 1 July 2024

After the wonderful sixth edition, our Losser athletics club Iphitos is organising a Twentse Smokkel Trail again and on Sunday 2 November 2024. 

Being in autumn gives us many advantages:reduction of the disturbance of nature, the cattle no longer outside and the crops harvested. Sometimes it can be a disadvantage as in the last edition : we had to deal with high water from the dinkel and had to adjust the first 3 km of our course.This was a learning moment and we have an alternative behind us because of this.

Trail course lengths have again been set at 27 and 14.5 km. Participation is limited to a total of 800 participants on these two trail distances combined. Register early because full = full. Hikers can walk the 14.5 km  trail route as a walking tour again. Like last year, there is a 10 km drop-off trail run, where you will be taken by covered wagon to a drop-off spot on the route. Only 120 places are available for this. If you are looking for a fun but challenging event, combining (running) in nature with local smuggling culture and a personal sporting achievement, then the Twentse Smokkel Trail is for you!

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There is work to be done again for the volunteers of Iphitos! The beautiful and unique wooden commemorative medals with the fire stamp with the logo of the Twenthe Smuggling Trail 2023 have to be made again.

All 700 to 1,000 medals are processed by hand, branded and a hole drilled in them. After that, each medal will be given a string and be ready for 5 November 2023.  We do all this together during a craft evening.

A nice article in TC Tubantia after the first Smuggling Trail of Twente in 2017.

The first Smuggle Trail through the beautiful nature reserve. © Robin Hilberink

The fifth edition of the Twente Smuggling Trail was a great success. rtv oost was also present and made a nice atmospheric impression of our event.video twentse smokkeltrail rtv oost