A 16.4-mile figure-eight loop out of Camp Ouachita (the first 8.6 miles on Forest Service roads and pavement, the remainder on the Ouachita National Recreation Trail, blazed with blue paint), followed by an approximately 83-mile out-and-back to a turnaround at mile 57.9 on forest roads and jeep trails, then a short connector back to the finish at Camp Ouachita, the same location as the start.
Total cumulative climb is about 12,000 ft (no official cumulative loss figure is published; given the course returns to near its start elevation, loss is likely close to gain but this is not stated by the race). Surface legend from the official chart (six categories that do not map cleanly onto this schema's five-key surface_breakdown): 1. Pavement, 2. Best Gravel Road (smooth), 3. Maintained Gravel Road, 4. Unmaintained Gravel Road, 5. Old Road (four-wheeler trail), 6. Ouachita Trail. Roughly 2 miles of pavement, about 8 miles of singletrack Ouachita Trail, the remainder forest roads and jeep trails of varying quality. Course-wide aid station supplies (not itemized per station): water, Gatorade Endurance Formula electrolyte drink, sandwiches, bananas, oranges, potatoes, chips, pretzels, crackers, candy, cookies; hot coffee, hot cocoa and hot soup at night. Aid stations do not guarantee vegetarian/vegan options, do not provide pain-relief medication (Advil, aspirin, etc.), and may not have blister kits. Notable race rules with no better schema home: any runner receiving an IV before finishing is disqualified; riding in or on any vehicle on course is disqualified; hiking/trekking poles may not be used before the Lake Sylvia aid station (mile 16.4) but are permitted from there on (the schema's gear_requirements enum has no 'permitted only after mile X' value, the inverse of required_from_mile, so no gear_requirements row was created for this). Expected night hours is an estimate: the packet states 'Expect darkness to come at 6:30-7:00 pm and dawn around 6:30-6:45 am', about 11.5-12 hours of darkness within the 30-hour time limit, not a race-stated figure.
A 100.3-mile trail and forest-road ultramarathon in the Ouachita National Forest near Perryville, Arkansas: a 16.4-mile figure-eight loop out of Camp Ouachita followed by an approximately 83-mile out-and-back to a turnaround, on forest roads, jeep trails and about eight miles of the Ouachita National Recreation Trail, with about two miles of pavement. One of the oldest 100-mile races in the country, and a Western States 100 qualifier.
First run October 5, 1991, founded and directed for ten years by Lou and Charley Peyton of Little Rock, whose own travels to 100-milers around the country inspired the race's name and its emphasis on hospitality. Directed by Chrissy and Stan Ferguson from 2001 (the year AURA formalized as its own RRCA club entity, having previously run under the Little Rock Roadrunners Club), by Thomas Chapin from 2017, and by Stacey Shaver(-Matson) from 2022. The course has stayed almost the same throughout its history: the start/finish moved from Lake Sylvia to Camp Ouachita in 1998, the Turnaround aid station shifted about 200 yards in 2001 to put start and finish at the same location, and the Rocky Gap aid station was eliminated in 2018 with Electronic Tower and Lake Winona stations adjusted slightly. Camp Ouachita itself, race headquarters since 1998, is a former Girl Scout camp built in the 1930s by the CCC and WPA and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
| Mile | Station | Cutoff | Crew | Bag | Pacer | Med | To next |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.00 | Camp Ouachita (Start) | ? | ● | ? | ? | ● | 5.20 |
| 5.20 | Brown's Creek | ? | · | · | ? | ? | 3.40 |
| 8.60 |
Flatside Pinnacle
1,220 ft
|
? | · | · | ? | ? | 3.30 |
| 11.90 |
Brown's Creek
650 ft
|
? | · | · | ? | ? | 4.50 |
| 16.40 |
Lake Sylvia
700 ft
|
? | ● | ● | · | ? | 5.70 |
| 22.10 |
Pumpkin Patch
1,200 ft
|
? | · | · | ? | ? | 2.50 |
| 24.60 |
Electronic Tower
1,420 ft
|
? | · | · | ? | ? | 6.30 |
| 30.90 |
Lake Winona
710 ft
|
? | ● | · | · | ? | 5.20 |
| 36.10 |
Pigtrail
1,050 ft
|
? | · | · | ? | ? | 3.30 |
| 39.40 |
Club Flamingo
1,150 ft
|
? | · | ● | ? | ? | 3.80 |
| 43.20 |
Bahama Mama
1,400 ft
|
? | · | · | ? | ? | 4.40 |
| 47.60 |
Powerline
1,370 ft
|
8:30pm | ● | ● | ● | ? | 4.50 |
| 52.10 |
Copperhead Road
1,180 ft
|
? | · | · | ? | ? | 5.80 |
| 57.90 |
Turnaround
950 ft
|
11:00pm | · | ● | ? | ? | 5.80 |
| 63.70 |
Copperhead Road
1,180 ft
|
? | · | · | ? | ? | 4.50 |
| 68.20 |
Powerline
1,370 ft
|
2:00am | ● | ● | ● | ? | 4.40 |
| 72.60 |
Bahama Mama
1,400 ft
|
? | · | · | ? | ? | 3.80 |
| 76.40 |
Club Flamingo
1,150 ft
|
? | · | ● | ? | ? | 3.30 |
| 79.70 |
Pigtrail
1,050 ft
|
? | · | · | ? | ? | 5.20 |
| 84.90 |
Lake Winona
710 ft
|
7:20am | ● | · | ● | ? | 6.30 |
| 91.20 |
Electronic Tower
1,420 ft
|
9:30am | · | · | ? | ? | 2.50 |
| 93.70 |
Pumpkin Patch
1,200 ft
|
? | · | · | ? | ? | 6.60 |
| 100.30 |
Camp Ouachita (Finish)
690 ft
|
12:00pm | ● | ● | ? | ● | ? |
From the START, Lake Sylvia is approximately half a mile past Camp Ouachita on Hwy 324. Park in the Lake Sylvia day area and walk down the road to the aid station.
Parking. Park in the Lake Sylvia day-use parking area (or at Camp Ouachita) and walk in; do not park along the road, and no dogs are allowed in the day-use area.
runarkansas.comFrom the previous crew stop (Lake Sylvia/Start): Follow Hwy 324 east to Hwy 10. Turn right onto Hwy 10 and continue 1.5 miles to Williams' Junction and Hwy 9. At the intersection take the right-hand fork onto Hwy 9. Go 5.7 miles and turn right onto Lake Winona Road (FSR 778). Follow 0.9 mile, then make a right turn to stay on Lake Winona Road. Follow approximately 3 more miles to the intersection with Reform Road/FSR 114 (right) and FSR 778 (straight).
runarkansas.comFrom the previous crew stop (Lake Winona): Go back to Hwy 9. Turn right on Hwy 9 for 15 miles to Hwy 5. Turn right/west on Hwy 5 for 13.8 miles to Hwy 7. Turn right/north onto Hwy 7 and follow for 18.5 miles. Turn right on Winona Scenic Drive/FSR 132 and follow approximately three miles to the aid station.
runarkansas.comSame physical station as the outbound Powerline visit (sequence 12); the packet gives turn-by-turn directions only for the outbound leg from Lake Winona and does not separately describe the crew's route for this inbound visit.
Same physical station as the outbound Lake Winona visit (sequence 8); the packet gives turn-by-turn directions only for the outbound leg and does not separately describe the crew's return route for this inbound visit.
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