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Ultras · US · WI

Door County Fall 50

Registration open
Solo registration closes Sunday, October 18 at 11:59 PM CT.
Race dateOctober 24, 2026
Start6:30am
Whentoday
First held2006

Who's going to Door County Fall 50?

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

Free. You can start with nothing.

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Distance
50.7 miles
Climb
not checked yet
Descent
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High point
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Time limit The race
12:00:00
Aid stations
10
Started
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Finished
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Finish rate
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The course

Where it goes point to point · 10 aid stations

The solo division of the Fall 50. Runners go from the tip of the Door County peninsula at Gills Rock down the western shoreline to Sturgeon Bay, through nine aid stations.

Rolling hills on roads open to traffic. Hills named on the course page include Little Sister Hill (steepest on course) and Hairpin Hill. No climb or descent total is published.

The race

What this one is

A one-day 50 miles down the western shore of the Door County peninsula in Wisconsin, from Gills Rock to Sturgeon Bay, in peak fall colors. Solo runners start at 6:30 am and have 12 hours. It is also run as a relay by teams of 2 to 5, and everyone finishes at a party tent in Sunset Park.

Sean Ryan launched the Fall 50 in 2006 as a team relay and added a solo division after runners asked about running it alone.

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
UltraSignup ultrasignup.com
Qualifying
not checked yet
Minimum age
not checked yet
Transfers
Yes fall50.com
Deferrals
No fall50.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
Yes ultrasignup.com
Vehicles per runner
not checked yet
Pacers
No ultrasignup.com
Muling
not checked yet
Drop bags
Yes ultrasignup.com
Cupless
not checked yet
Course marking
Fully Marked fall50.com
Night running
not checked yet
Dogs
Not allowed fall50.com
Headphones
not checked yet
Crew rules
Friends and family can cheer, hand out food, drink or clothing, and take items you drop, but only in the aid station areas. Aid given between aid stations is prohibited and is cause for disqualification. ultrasignup.com
Pacer rules
No pacers. Friends and family may not run, walk, or bike with you on the course. ultrasignup.com
Drop bag rules
Drop bags can be left at packet pickup at Stone Harbor Resort on Friday or at the start line in Gills Rock on Saturday morning, and are available at all nine exchanges and the finish. A box at Exchange 1 (mile 5.4) takes headlamps dropped after the first 30 minutes. ultrasignup.com
Cutoff philosophy
Runners finishing after 6:30 pm still receive a medal but do not get an official finish time. The organizers say their agreement with local public safety departments means they cannot encourage runners on the roads after sunset. fall50.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
5.40 Exchange 1: Ellison Bay Grand View Overlook
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ? ● ? ? 6.20
11.60 Exchange 2: ShopKo Hometown Store (Sister Bay)
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ? ● ? ? 7.20
18.80 Exchange 3: Nicolet Bay Beach (Peninsula Park)
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ? ● ? ? 5.10
23.90 Exchange 4: Gibraltar High School
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ? ● ? ? 5.00
28.90 Exchange 5: Juddville
NoneSignal wrong?
 2:00pm ? ● ? ? 3.80
32.70 Exchange 6: Egg Harbor Boat Dock
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ? ● ? ? 4.10
36.80 Exchange 7: Murphy Park
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ? ● ? ? 6.20
43.00 Exchange 8: Chateau Hutter
NoneSignal wrong?
 5:30pm ? ● ? ? 3.00
46.00 Exchange 9: George Pinney Park
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ? ● ? ? 4.70
50.70 Finish: Sunset Park, Sturgeon Bay
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ? ? ? ? ?
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.

One person has been out there with a camera or a microphone.

Social account

The Fall 50 (Facebook)

Social account

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.

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The corrected value.

Required. Where it came from: the race email, the runner manual, what you saw on the day.

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Which stops did a text get out from?

Leave a stop blank if you did not try, or do not remember.

  • Exchange 1: Ellison Bay Grand View Overlook mile 5.4
  • Exchange 2: ShopKo Hometown Store (Sister Bay) mile 11.6
  • Exchange 3: Nicolet Bay Beach (Peninsula Park) mile 18.8
  • Exchange 4: Gibraltar High School mile 23.9
  • Exchange 5: Juddville mile 28.9
  • Exchange 6: Egg Harbor Boat Dock mile 32.7
  • Exchange 7: Murphy Park mile 36.8
  • Exchange 8: Chateau Hutter mile 43.0
  • Exchange 9: George Pinney Park mile 46.0
  • Finish: Sunset Park, Sturgeon Bay mile 50.7
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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.

Required. A line is plenty. Where the climbs are, what the footing does, what the last twenty miles look like.

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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.

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Tell us what is wrong, out of date, or missing on this page. We read every one of these and we will get back to you.

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So we know who we are writing back to.

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Where this came from. Every fact on this page records its source and when we last checked it: 83 sources for this race. Hover a source link to read the sentence it came from.
33% of what we track for a course is filled in. The rest says "not checked yet" rather than guessing.
See something wrong or out of date? Suggest an edit
Ran this race? Tell the next runner what you know
Were you out there? Say which stops a text got out from
Got footage of this course? Send us the link
Are you the race director? Get in touch and we'll make it right.
Anything else: [email protected]

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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.

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.