Is crew access allowed on the Bandera 100K course?

Yes, crew access is allowed on the Bandera 100K course. "Crews and Spectators are allowed and encouraged to be at all aid stations for this race." A dedicated Crew/Spectator Aid Station Map shows walking-only access to Boyles and YaYa, and limited roadside parking at Equestrian, Nachos and Chapas.

Are drop bags allowed on the Bandera 100K course?

Yes, drop bags are allowed on the Bandera 100K course. Runners may self-place drop bags at every aid station the day before the race (Boyles and YaYa require a short walk in). Tejas Trails additionally runs a Saturday-morning drop-bag delivery service to Nachos and Chapas ONLY, for 100K runners only, for bags left at the Lodge by 7:00am Saturday.

Are pacers allowed on the Bandera 100K course?

Yes, pacers are allowed on the Bandera 100K course. A pacer may join starting at mile 31.14. "Allowed for 100K runners only, after the runner completes one 50K loop. 60 and older may have a pacer their whole race. Pacers must start and end at an aid station. Only one pacer with a runner at a time. No mule-ing. All pacers must complete free registration."

What is the cutoff time for the Bandera 100K course?

The overall time limit for the Bandera 100K course is 25 hours from the start. The race states the number plainly: "100k is a standalone race, starting on Saturday. With a 25 hour cutoff." The aid-station chart backs it with a steady 24:07-per-100K-mile rolling pace, so a runner can check their own split against one clear line rather than guessing.

Ultras · US · TX

Bandera 100K

Bandera 100K · 100K

Registration open

Race dateJanuary 9-10, 2027

Duration2 days

Start7:30am

Whenin 140 days

First held2003

Official website Entry Aid stations Crew directions

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Distance 100K

Climb 6,600 ft

Descent 6,600 ft

High point 1,998 ft

Time limit 25:00:00

Aid stations 13

Started not checked yet

Finished not checked yet

Finish rate not checked yet

The course

Where it goes multi-loop · 13 aid stations · rust marks a stop your crew can reach

Two counterclockwise laps of the 31.14-mile Bandera loop, starting and finishing at the Lodge (Race Hub) at Hill Country State Natural Area. A standalone Saturday race with a 25-hour cutoff.

"The Hill Country State Natural Area is notorious for rocks and sotol and challenging beauty! No whiners, wimps, or wusses. This is a trail of rugged and brutal beauty where everything cuts, stings, or bites... The hills are short (compared to mountains) but they are steep." GPX NOTE: the site's own course-info text says the downloadable GPX "only shows a single full 50km lap, and does not include any shorter distance laps," but the actual downloaded file is a single continuous track from 2023-01-07T13:30:02Z to 2023-01-08T05:12:23Z (about 15h42m), measuring ~61.8 miles and ~6,820 ft of gain -- matching the FULL 100K (two laps), not one 50K lap. Recorded as a conflict per the fill process; the file is used here as the 100K course track since its distance and elevation gain match the two-lap total almost exactly, not the single-lap figures.

The race

What this one is

A trail ultra held at Hill Country State Natural Area near Bandera, Texas, run as 100K (2 laps), 50K (1 lap) and 25K (a shortened variant) of the same counterclockwise loop from a shared start/finish, plus an untimed Youth 1 Mile. Currently branded "Bandera Endurance Trail Race" / "HOKA Bandera Endurance Trail Race" by race producer Tejas Trails. The park is known for sotol, cactus and technical, shin-cutting rock.

Results are published back to 2003. The 100K has long served as a Western States 100 qualifying race (finish inside the published time standard to enter that race's lottery).

Getting in

Getting in Entry, lottery and what the race asks of you before race day.

Lottery: not checked yet

Lottery opens: not checked yet

Lottery draw: not checked yet

Field cap: not checked yet

Registration: RunSignUp runsignup.com

Qualifying: Tejas Trails: "Runners who complete Bandera 100km within 18 hours will qualify to enter a lottery where the runners for Western States will be selected." WSER's own qualifying-races list (updated each September) confirms Bandera 100km with an 18-hour standard, but as of this fill Bandera does NOT appear on WSER's HOKA Golden Ticket Races list for either the 2026 or 2027 series (six races: CCC, Javelina Jundred, Black Canyon, Tarawera, Chianti Ultra Trail, The Canyons). Golden Ticket races award automatic WSER entry to top finishers; Bandera's mechanism is a time-standard finish earning a LOTTERY entry, not an automatic bid. See _meta.notes for the full discrepancy against the research brief, which described Bandera as a Golden Ticket race. tejastrails.com

Minimum age: not checked yet

Transfers: not checked yet

Deferrals: not checked yet

Crew, pacers and drop bags

The rules that shape your day Anything marked "not checked yet" is a gap in what we hold, never a no from the race.

Crew allowed: Yes tejastrails.com

Vehicles per runner: not checked yet

Pacers: Yes, from mile 31.14 tejastrails.com

Muling: Not allowed tejastrails.com

Drop bags: Yes tejastrails.com

Cupless: Yes tejastrails.com

Course marking: Fully Marked tejastrails.com

Night running: Yes docs.google.com

Dogs: not checked yet

Headphones: not checked yet

Crew rules: "Crews and Spectators are allowed and encouraged to be at all aid stations for this race." A dedicated Crew/Spectator Aid Station Map shows walking-only access to Boyles and YaYa, and limited roadside parking at Equestrian, Nachos and Chapas. drive.google.com

Pacer rules: "Allowed for 100K runners only, after the runner completes one 50K loop. 60 and older may have a pacer their whole race. Pacers must start and end at an aid station. Only one pacer with a runner at a time. No mule-ing. All pacers must complete free registration." tejastrails.com

Drop bag rules: Runners may self-place drop bags at every aid station the day before the race (Boyles and YaYa require a short walk in). Tejas Trails additionally runs a Saturday-morning drop-bag delivery service to Nachos and Chapas ONLY, for 100K runners only, for bags left at the Lodge by 7:00am Saturday. tejastrails.com

Cutoff philosophy: The race states the number plainly: "100k is a standalone race, starting on Saturday. With a 25 hour cutoff." The aid-station chart backs it with a steady 24:07-per-100K-mile rolling pace, so a runner can check their own split against one clear line rather than guessing.

Aid stations

Every stop, and what you get there ● yes · no ? nobody has checked

Mile	Station	Cutoff	Crew	Bag	Pacer	Med	To next
0.00	Lodge	?	●	●	?	?	5.02
5.02	Boyles	?	●	●	?	?	4.36
9.38	Equestrian	?	●	●	?	?	6.99
16.37	Nachos	?	●	●	?	?	4.82
21.19	Chapas	?	●	●	?	?	5.81
27.00	YaYa	?	●	●	?	?	4.14
31.14	Lodge	8:00pm	●	●	●	?	5.02
36.16	Boyles	10:02pm	●	●	●	?	4.36
40.52	Equestrian	11:47pm	●	●	●	?	6.99
47.51	Nachos	2:36am	●	●	●	?	4.82
52.33	Chapas	4:32am	●	●	●	?	5.81
58.14	YaYa	6:52am	●	●	●	?	4.14
62.28	Lodge	8:30am	●	●	●	?	?

Driving your crew

Getting your people there 13 stops with directions the race published.

Lodge mile 0.00

Parking. Full parking at the Lodge Race Hub.

Boyles mile 5.02

No driving route to Boyles; it is reached on foot from the Lodge Race Hub.

Parking. Aid Station Parking: "Boyles - none, walk from race hub."

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Equestrian mile 9.38

Drive the main dirt park road from park HQ; Equestrian A.S. is directly on that road, soon after the low water crossing.

Parking. Aid Station Parking: "Equestrian - limited." Chart Parking column: "Very Limited".

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Nachos mile 16.37

Drive to Nachos via the western park road; per the crew map, parking is limited and sits past the aid station.

Parking. Aid Station Parking: "Nachos - limited past aid station, 0.5 mile walk."

drive.google.com

Chapas mile 21.19

Drive the main park road east past the low water crossing to reach Chapas A.S.

Parking. Aid Station Parking: "Chapas - limited." Chart Parking column: "Very Limited".

drive.google.com

YaYa mile 27.00

No direct driving route to YaYa; park at Equestrian and walk down the dirt path to YaYa.

Parking. Aid Station Parking: "Yaya - limited at Equestrian." Chart Parking column: "N".

drive.google.com

Lodge mile 31.14 cutoff 8:00pm

Parking. Full parking at the Lodge Race Hub.

Boyles mile 36.16 cutoff 10:02pm

Parking. Aid Station Parking: "Boyles - none, walk from race hub."

Equestrian mile 40.52 cutoff 11:47pm

Parking. Chart Parking column: "Very Limited".

Nachos mile 47.51 cutoff 2:36am

Parking. Aid Station Parking: "Nachos - limited past aid station, 0.5 mile walk."

Chapas mile 52.33 cutoff 4:32am

Parking. Chart Parking column: "Very Limited".

YaYa mile 58.14 cutoff 6:52am

Parking. Aid Station Parking: "Yaya - limited at Equestrian."

Lodge mile 62.28 cutoff 8:30am

Parking. Full parking at the Lodge Race Hub.

Same race, other lines

Other distances and other years

Other distances: Bandera 50K (50K)
Bandera 25K (25K)

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