About Event
Welcome Grandmaster Runners
Welcome to the warm and sunny Arizona strip for an ultrarunning event! This event is exclusively for runners 50+ year old. Come and enjoy miles trail running on ATV trails and beautiful scenery in the desert.
100 miles and 100k runners start on Friday 8am MST and have 48 hours cutoff, 50K and 50 mile runners start on Saturday 8am MST, they will have 24 hours to finish.
Pacers are allowed for 100 miles and 100k. Pacer can start pacing on 2nd lap, or after 6:30pm from crew accessed aid station. For any runners over 70 years old, pacers are allowed from the start for all distances.
For general questions about the event, please see this Facebook post.
Course Description
The main course is 50 miles loop with elevation gain of 2500 feet, minimum elevation is at 1900 feet, max at 2600 feet. 20 miles on rough country road, and 30 miles on ATV trails. At mile 17.5, runners will reach "3 corners", NV-AZ-UT tri state monument is located here. 100 miler runners will run 50 miler route twice. Click here for course preview.
50K course has 21 miles on dirt road, 11 miles on ATV trails. It has elevation gain and loss of 1870 feet, minimum elevation at 1856 feet, and max at 2550 feet . Runners will reach "3 corners" at mile 15.5. Click here for course preview.
50k course has 1800 feet of gain and loss. 100k runners will run the 50K route twice.
Aid Stations
We will have aid stations every 4 to 7 miles.
50 mile course will have aid station at mile 4.7, 11.4, 14.4, 17.5, 21.5, 27, 32, 39 and 43.
50k course will have aid station at mile 4.7, 9.2, 12.2, 15.5, 19.2, 25.3 and 26.3.