Judson Rowse came within seconds of becoming back-to-back King of the Mountain.
Rowse, competing in the 40-plus division for the 10 kilometre trek up the Terrace mountainside, finished with a time of 49:55:57.7 — a time just 17 seconds behind overall winner and age group winner Chris Hampton of Terrace who finished second in last year's race.
The other North Coast racer in the event, Ed McCarter of Port Edward, finished with a time of 1:23:21.5 to finish 15th in the 40-plus age group and 47th overall.
A total of 61 racers, hailing from Terrace, Smithers, Prince Rupert, Kitimat, and Prince George, started at the Terrace Sportsplex and continued past the pool entrance onto Park Avenue. From there, they travelled approximately one kilometre up the Park Hill Road until hitting the Johnstone Street trail head and continuing all the way around the bike loop, 7.9 kilometres, until ending up back at the start of the trail head.