Dead Horse Ultra
50K
Registration open
Registration is open.
Race dateNovember 14, 2026
Start7:30am
Whenin 21 days
Who's going to Dead Horse Ultra?
Free. You can start with nothing.
Free, and always will be. NavRun makes money from race-day planning for runners who want it, never from this.
Ultras change constantly, sometimes the morning of. Always confirm with the race director and the official website before you rely on anything here.
Descent
The race
2,812 ft
High point
The race
5,768 ft
Time limit
Our math
10:30:00
The race says “The 50K start is 7:30 a.m. and the Finish Line cutoff is 6 p.m., which is 10h30m (37,800s)”. We worked this out from that.
Finish rate
not checked yet
The course
Where it goes
out and back · 6 aid stations
Course line from the race's own GPX.
Source file.
Recorded 2019.
The 50K runs out along the Gemini Bridges Trail to a turnaround near the Gemini Bridges aid station at mile 15 and back the same way, through Court Point and Bride Canyon, with views of Arches National Park, the La Sal Mountains and the Moab Valley.
The race
What this one is
Dead Horse Ultra runs the Magnificent Seven trail system off Gemini Bridges outside Moab, Utah, with technical slickrock, rocky climbs and views of Arches National Park, the La Sal Mountains and the Moab Valley. It is the second event in Mad Moose Events' Triple Crown of Moab and part of the Run Moab series, offered at 50 Mile, 50K, 30K and 15K.
Getting in
Getting in
Entry, lottery and what the race asks of you before race day.
- Lottery
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not checked yet
- Lottery opens
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not checked yet
- Lottery draw
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not checked yet
- Field cap
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not checked yet
- Registration
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UltraSignup
ultrasignup.com
- Qualifying
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not checked yet
- Minimum age
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not checked yet
- Transfers
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No
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- Deferrals
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Yes
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Running, crewing, pacing or still deciding
How NavRun helps with Dead Horse Ultra
You are running it
You reach Arth's Corner, mile 21, before its 2:30pm cutoff, and you already knew that this morning.
An arrival time for all 5 stations, worked out from your own training.
Start free →
You are deciding
You find out Dead Horse Ultra is months of work away, not years, and you enter.
Put in a race you have already run. NavRun shows you where this one sits from where you are.
No account needed →
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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No
madmooseevents.com
- Vehicles per runner
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not checked yet
- Pacers
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No
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- Muling
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not checked yet
- Drop bags
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No
docs.google.com
- Cupless
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Yes
madmooseevents.com
- Course marking
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Fully Marked
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- Night running
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not checked yet
- Dogs
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not checked yet
- Headphones
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Allowed
madmooseevents.com
- Crew rules
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To help preserve the landscape and ensure a smooth race experience, spectators and crew are not allowed on course or at aid stations. These areas have very limited space and cannot accommodate additional vehicles or support. Anyone found on course will be asked to leave. Runners are responsible for the actions of their spectators and crew.
madmooseevents.com
- Pacer rules
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Pacing is prohibited. This includes runner, vehicle and bicycle pacing. We will disqualify runners for having a pacer at any point along the course.
docs.google.com
- Drop bag rules
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not checked yet
- Cutoff philosophy
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We understand that our 50 Mile cutoffs are designed to be tough. These cutoffs aren’t random. Winter in the desert means limited daylight, cold temps, and long nights—we build our timing with those conditions in mind. Route finding in the darkness can be dangerous and difficult. After years of hosting this event, we have refined cutoffs to be the safest for runners and staff. Our course is built on rugged terrain, big views, and honest effort. We’ve set firm cutoffs at intermediate aid stations for our runners. Missing those cutoffs still offers the ability to drop in distance to finish a shorter route. If you’re looking for a little more breathing room, our shorter distances come with more generous cutoffs—same incredible terrain, just a different kind of challenge.
docs.google.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 |
| 4.50 |
Gold Bar
|
? |
○ |
– |
? |
? |
3.00 |
| 7.50 |
Arth's Corner
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? |
○ |
– |
? |
? |
7.50 |
| 15.00 |
Gemini Bridges
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? |
○ |
– |
? |
? |
6.00 |
| 21.00 |
Arth's Corner
|
2:30pm |
○ |
– |
? |
? |
5.00 |
| 26.00 |
Gold Bar
|
? |
○ |
– |
? |
? |
4.50 |
| 30.50 |
Finish Line
|
6:00pm |
○ |
– |
? |
? |
? |
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.
2 people have been out there with a camera or a microphone.
These are other people's work and we link straight to them. Watching costs nothing and needs no account.
More of them: every race we hold, on film.
Add to this page
What you know
every one of these is read by a person before it changes anything
Ran this race? Tell the next runner what you know.
Nobody sees it until we have read it. No account, no sign-in.
See something wrong or out of date? Suggest an edit.
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Were you out there? Say which stops a text got out from.
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Seen a course preview or a film of this one? Send it over.
Somebody watches it before it goes anywhere near this page. What we are after is footage of this course, on the ground. If it would be just as true of any other race, it is not this.
Have the GPX? Send us the link.
We want the address of the file the race publishes, not the file. We download it from there so the page can say where the line came from.
Are you the race director? Get in touch and we'll make it right.
We read every one of these and we write back. Every fact here carries the source it came from, and the way a wrong one gets fixed is a person checking it against what you tell us.
Where this came from.
Every fact on this page records its source and when we last checked it: 113 sources for this race. Hover a source link to read the sentence it came from.
48% of what we track for a course is filled in. The rest says "not checked yet" rather than guessing.
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.
