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Ultras · CA · AB

Blackfoot Ultra

Blackfoot Ultra 50 Mile · 50 Mile
Ran · this year's race is done.
Race dateMay 30, 2026
Duration1 day
Start6:30am
When149 days ago
First held2002

Who's going to Blackfoot Ultra?

I'm running itPlan your weeks and your aid station times I'm crewingWhen to leave, where to park, at every stop I'm pacing or cheeringAsk your runner for their Out Here link

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Distance The race
50 Mile
Climb
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Descent
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High point
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Time limit The race
12:30:00
Aid stations
16
Started
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Finished
15
Finish rate
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The course

Where it goes multi-loop · 16 aid stations

A 5 km out and back at the start, then three 25 km loops from Islet Lake Staging Area. This was the course for the 2004 and 2018 Canadian 50 mile Trail Championships.

The 50 mile adds a 5 km out and back at the start to the three 25 km loops. Each 25 km lap has 305 m (1000 ft) of climbing. The stretch of about 3.5 km on the Wapiti trail is the most technical: an equestrian trail, very rutted. Direction alternates by year: clockwise in even years, counter clockwise in odd years.

The race

What this one is

Trail ultra in the Cooking Lake-Blackfoot Provincial Recreation Area, just east of Edmonton, run on the last Saturday in May. One 25 km loop from Islet Lake Staging Area builds every distance: the 25 km, the 50 km, the 50 mile and the 100 km. The loop runs clockwise in even years and counter clockwise in odd years.

Blackfoot Ultra began in 2002, when there were fewer than six ultras in all of Alberta, to show off the trails of the Cooking Lake-Blackfoot Provincial Recreation Area and to prepare racers for mountain races later in the season. The first year started from Central staging area with a 25 km, 50 km, 100 km and a relay; the park then allowed the start at Islet Staging Area, where it has been since. The 50 miler was added in the second year and a kids race followed. Over the years it has hosted Canadian championships for the ACU at 50 km, 50 mile and 100 km.

Getting in

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

Lottery
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Lottery opens
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Lottery draw
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Field cap
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Registration
Other blackfootultra.com
Qualifying
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Minimum age
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Transfers
No blackfootultra.com
Deferrals
No blackfootultra.com
Crew access, 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
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Vehicles per runner
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Pacers
No blackfootultra.com
Muling
Not allowed blackfootultra.com
Drop bags
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Cupless
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Course marking
Fully Marked blackfootultra.com
Night running
not checked yet
Dogs
Not allowed blackfootultra.com
Headphones
Allowed blackfootultra.com
Crew rules
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Pacer rules
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Drop bag rules
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Cutoff philosophy
There is a 12.5 hour time limit. Runners must start their final loop by 3 pm. blackfootultra.com
Aid stations

Every stop, and what you get there ● yes   ○ no   ? nobody has checked   – does not apply to this race

Mile Station Cutoff Crew access Bag Pacer Med To next
? Start: Islet Lake Staging Area
NoneSignal wrong?
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? Aid station 3.5 km (lap 1)
NoneSignal wrong?
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? Aid station 10 km (lap 1)
NoneSignal wrong?
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? Aid station 15 km (lap 1)
NoneSignal wrong?
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? Aid station 20 km (lap 1)
NoneSignal wrong?
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? Islet Lake Staging Area (lap 1 done)
NoneSignal wrong?
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? Aid station 3.5 km (lap 2)
NoneSignal wrong?
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? Aid station 10 km (lap 2)
NoneSignal wrong?
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? Aid station 15 km (lap 2)
NoneSignal wrong?
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? Aid station 20 km (lap 2)
NoneSignal wrong?
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? Islet Lake Staging Area (lap 2 done)
NoneSignal wrong?
 3:00pm ? ? ? ? ?
? Aid station 3.5 km (lap 3)
NoneSignal wrong?
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? Aid station 10 km (lap 3)
NoneSignal wrong?
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? Aid station 15 km (lap 3)
NoneSignal wrong?
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? Aid station 20 km (lap 3)
NoneSignal wrong?
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? Finish: Islet Lake Staging Area
NoneSignal wrong?
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Same race, other lines

Other distances and other years

What it looks like out there

Somebody has been out there with a camera the tables say the climb is long. these say what long feels like.

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Blackfoot Ultra 100 km

  • Start: Islet Lake Staging Area
  • Aid station 3.5 km (lap 1)
  • Aid station 10 km (lap 1)
  • Aid station 15 km (lap 1)
  • Aid station 20 km (lap 1)
  • Islet Lake Staging Area (lap 1 done)
  • Aid station 3.5 km (lap 2)
  • Aid station 10 km (lap 2)
  • Aid station 15 km (lap 2)
  • Aid station 20 km (lap 2)
  • Islet Lake Staging Area (lap 2 done)
  • Aid station 3.5 km (lap 3)
  • Aid station 10 km (lap 3)
  • Aid station 15 km (lap 3)
  • Aid station 20 km (lap 3)
  • Islet Lake Staging Area (lap 3 done)
  • Aid station 3.5 km (lap 4)
  • Aid station 10 km (lap 4)
  • Aid station 15 km (lap 4)
  • Aid station 20 km (lap 4)
  • Finish: Islet Lake Staging Area

Blackfoot Ultra 50 Mile

  • Start: Islet Lake Staging Area
  • Aid station 3.5 km (lap 1)
  • Aid station 10 km (lap 1)
  • Aid station 15 km (lap 1)
  • Aid station 20 km (lap 1)
  • Islet Lake Staging Area (lap 1 done)
  • Aid station 3.5 km (lap 2)
  • Aid station 10 km (lap 2)
  • Aid station 15 km (lap 2)
  • Aid station 20 km (lap 2)
  • Islet Lake Staging Area (lap 2 done)
  • Aid station 3.5 km (lap 3)
  • Aid station 10 km (lap 3)
  • Aid station 15 km (lap 3)
  • Aid station 20 km (lap 3)
  • Finish: Islet Lake Staging Area

Blackfoot Ultra 50 km

  • Start: Islet Lake Staging Area
  • Aid station 3.5 km (lap 1)
  • Aid station 10 km (lap 1)
  • Aid station 15 km (lap 1)
  • Aid station 20 km (lap 1)
  • Islet Lake Staging Area (lap 1 done)
  • Aid station 3.5 km (lap 2)
  • Aid station 10 km (lap 2)
  • Aid station 15 km (lap 2)
  • Aid station 20 km (lap 2)
  • Finish: Islet Lake Staging Area

Blackfoot Ultra 25 km Baby Ultra

  • Start: Islet Lake Staging Area
  • Aid station 3.5 km
  • Aid station 10 km
  • Aid station 15 km
  • Aid station 20 km
  • Finish: Islet Lake Staging Area
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Ultras change. We will tell you when this one does.

Cutoffs move, races get postponed, lotteries open and close. We read the race's own sources and record where every fact came from. Put your email in and we will send you what changed, and where we read it.

No account, and nothing to cancel.

What happens to your email. Nothing else. I do not sell it, and I will not send you anything except this race changing. One click gets you out.

I keep this catalog because the information is scattered and hard to trust. Telling you when it moves is the same job.