Is crew access allowed on the Kettle Moraine 100 Mile course?

Yes, crew access is allowed on the Kettle Moraine 100 Mile course. Crew and pacers may only be present at aid stations the race marks crew-accessible; going to a no-crew station (even just to drop off a runner) is grounds for disqualification. Bluff is crew/pacer-inaccessible until 6:30 pm Saturday regardless of which pass a runner is on. Parking is limited at several stations (all four tires must be off the road, or move to the next station); Hwy ZZ has no parking at all and crew must walk in from the Scuppernong lot. Crews need a Wisconsin State Park day pass to park in DNR lots after 7:30 am, and only 100-mile runner vehicles may enter the Nordic/John Muir lots before 7:30 am on race morning.

Are drop bags allowed on the Kettle Moraine 100 Mile course?

Yes, drop bags are allowed on the Kettle Moraine 100 Mile course. All drop bags are left at the Nordic Trailhead (at Friday packet pickup or race morning) and trucked out to Hwy 67, McMiller, Hwy 12 and Nordic itself by 7 am Saturday; they are returned to Nordic when each aid station closes. Bags should be a small duffel, roughly 20 x 15 x 10 inches, no large coolers or excessively heavy bags.

Are pacers allowed on the Kettle Moraine 100 Mile course?

Yes, pacers are allowed on the Kettle Moraine 100 Mile course. A pacer may join starting at mile 62. One pacer on course at a time (a runner may use multiple pacers across the race), picked up at or after the 100 km point (~mile 62, the Bluff aid station) once it opens to pacers at 6:30 pm Saturday. Runners over 60 may pick up a pacer earlier, at Hwy 67 on the second pass (mile 37). Pacers must sign a waiver online before getting on course; muling is not allowed, a runner must carry their own aid and bottles between stations.

What is the cutoff time for the Kettle Moraine 100 Mile course?

The overall time limit for the Kettle Moraine 100 Mile course is 30 hours from the start. The race publishes only three truly hard cutoffs: leave Nordic (mile 63.9) by 18 hours in, leave Rice Lake (mile 82.2) by 6:30 am Sunday, and leave Bluff (mile 93.1, final pass) by 10 am Sunday. Every other aid station simply has an absolute clock-time closing rather than a per-runner cutoff; a runner needs to be in and out before that time.

Ultras · US · WI

Kettle Moraine 100

Kettle Moraine 100 Mile · 100 Mile

On the calendar

The date is set. Entry has not opened. As of this research (August 2026) the official site and UltraSignup still show the completed 2026 edition (June 13-14, 2026, UltraSignup did=128736) and have not yet published a 2027-specific page. The 2027 date is INFERRED from the race's own stated pattern, 'Race is always the second Saturday of June' (confirmed on the homepage), which independently reproduces June 13, 2026 for the just-run edition. The second Saturday of June 2027 is June 12. This was cross-checked (not cited, per house rules on ultraracecalendar.com) against ultraracecalendar.com, which independently lists 'Kettle Moraine | La Grange, United States | Jun 12-13, 2027 (Sat-Sun)', matching the computed date. No 2027 UltraSignup event id exists yet; each year gets a new one (2025=did 122592, 2026=did 128736).

Race dateJune 12-13, 2027

Duration2 days

Start6:00am

Whenin 239 days

First held1996

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Distance 100 Mile

Climb 2,719 ft

Descent 2,732 ft

High point 1,050 ft

Time limit 30:00:00

Aid stations 29

Started not checked yet

Finished not checked yet

Finish rate not checked yet

The course

Where it goes out and back · 29 aid stations

Course line from the race's own GPX. Source file.

Point-to-loop-to-point course on the Ice Age Trail and connecting trails, run as two consecutive out-and-back sections from the Nordic Trailhead: north to a turnaround near Scuppernong and back (0 to 63.9 mi, shared with the 100K), then south to a turnaround at Rice Lake and back (63.9 to 100.5 mi, shared with the 38 Mile Fun Run). About 80% wooded singletrack with some prairie/marsh sections; described by the race as "a roller coaster of hills, with rocks and roots scattered about to various degrees." A Western States 100 qualifier.

Total elevation gain is published as approximately 8,800 ft (course-description page); a 2021 third-party race report instead states 9,500 ft of gain for the same course -- both recorded, not reconciled. Course distance is also inconsistent across the race's own pages: the operational aid-station/mileage spreadsheet totals 100.5 mi, the aid-stations page's drop-bag note says Nordic is passed at "Mile 0, 63.9 and 100.6" (100.6, not 100.5), and the official course GPX (a 2021 recording, see gpx notes) measures 99.61 mi.

The race

What this one is

A 100-mile (with 100K, 50K and 38-mile companion distances) trail race entirely on the Ice Age National Scenic Trail and connecting trails in the Kettle Moraine State Forest's Southern Unit, run as two out-and-back sections from the Nordic Trailhead near Whitewater/La Grange, Wisconsin. A Western States 100 qualifier and part of the Midwest Grand Slam of Ultra-running.

Started in 1996 by Kevin and Kris Setnes, who race-directed for 6 years. Tim "Timo" Yanacheck and Jason Dorgan then co-RD'd until 2018. Michele Hartwig of Ornery Mule Racing has directed the race since. The Wisconsin DNR asked the race to stop routing through the Emma Carlin trailhead starting in 2020, and the course has been adjusted since (a shooting-range-adjacent McMiller Sports Center section and an Eagle Horse Trail sandy section were both new as of the 2021 running).

Getting in

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

Lottery: Yes kettlemoraine100.com

Lottery opens: not checked yet

Lottery draw: not checked yet

Field cap: not checked yet

Registration: UltraSignup ultrasignup.com

Qualifying: Kettle Moraine 100 Mile finishers earn a Western States 100 qualifier. kettlemoraine100.com

Minimum age: not checked yet

Transfers: No kettlemoraine100.com

Deferrals: Yes kettlemoraine100.com

Running, crewing, pacing or still deciding

How NavRun helps with Kettle Moraine 100 Thirty hours, and four stations with a clock on each.

You are running it

You reach Nordic, mile 63.9, before its 12:30am cutoff, and you already knew that this morning.

An arrival time for all 27 stations, worked out from your own training.

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You find out Kettle Moraine 100 is months of work away, not years, and you put your name in the lottery.

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Crew access, pacers and drop bags

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Crew allowed: Yes kettlemoraine100.com

Vehicles per runner: not checked yet

Pacers: Yes, from mile 62.00 kettlemoraine100.com

Muling: Not allowed kettlemoraine100.com

Drop bags: Yes kettlemoraine100.com

Cupless: not checked yet

Course marking: Fully Marked kettlemoraine100.com

Night running: Yes kettlemoraine100.com

Dogs: not checked yet

Headphones: not checked yet

Crew rules: Crew and pacers may only be present at aid stations the race marks crew-accessible; going to a no-crew station (even just to drop off a runner) is grounds for disqualification. Bluff is crew/pacer-inaccessible until 6:30 pm Saturday regardless of which pass a runner is on. Parking is limited at several stations (all four tires must be off the road, or move to the next station); Hwy ZZ has no parking at all and crew must walk in from the Scuppernong lot. Crews need a Wisconsin State Park day pass to park in DNR lots after 7:30 am, and only 100-mile runner vehicles may enter the Nordic/John Muir lots before 7:30 am on race morning. kettlemoraine100.com

Pacer rules: One pacer on course at a time (a runner may use multiple pacers across the race), picked up at or after the 100 km point (~mile 62, the Bluff aid station) once it opens to pacers at 6:30 pm Saturday. Runners over 60 may pick up a pacer earlier, at Hwy 67 on the second pass (mile 37). Pacers must sign a waiver online before getting on course; muling is not allowed, a runner must carry their own aid and bottles between stations. kettlemoraine100.com

Drop bag rules: All drop bags are left at the Nordic Trailhead (at Friday packet pickup or race morning) and trucked out to Hwy 67, McMiller, Hwy 12 and Nordic itself by 7 am Saturday; they are returned to Nordic when each aid station closes. Bags should be a small duffel, roughly 20 x 15 x 10 inches, no large coolers or excessively heavy bags. kettlemoraine100.com

Cutoff philosophy: The race publishes only three truly hard cutoffs: leave Nordic (mile 63.9) by 18 hours in, leave Rice Lake (mile 82.2) by 6:30 am Sunday, and leave Bluff (mile 93.1, final pass) by 10 am Sunday. Every other aid station simply has an absolute clock-time closing rather than a per-runner cutoff; a runner needs to be in and out before that time. kettlemoraine100.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
0.00	Nordic	?	●	●	?	?	5.10
5.10	Tamarack	?	○	○	?	?	2.30
7.40	Bluff	?	○	○	?	?	3.80
11.20	New North Horseriders Station	11:00pm	○	○	?	?	4.30
15.50	Natalie's 8RUN5 Station	?	○	○	?	?	4.00
19.50	McMiller	?	●	●	?	?	4.30
23.80	Wilton Road	?	○	○	?	?	3.30
27.10	Hwy 67	?	●	●	?	?	2.30
29.40	Hwy ZZ	?	●	○	?	?	4.90
34.30	Scuppernong	?	●	○	?	?	0.20
34.50	Hwy ZZ	?	●	○	?	?	2.30
36.80	Hwy 67	?	●	●	?	?	3.30
40.10	Wilton Road	?	○	○	?	?	4.30
44.40	McMiller	?	●	●	?	?	4.00
48.40	Natalie's New Station	?	○	○	?	?	4.30
52.70	New North Horseriders Station	?	○	○	?	?	3.80
56.50	Bluff	?	○	○	?	?	2.30
58.80	Tamarack	?	○	○	?	?	5.10
63.90	Nordic	12:30am	●	●	?	?	5.10
69.00	Tamarack	?	○	○	?	?	2.30
71.30	Bluff	?	○	○	?	?	2.50
73.80	Duffin Road	?	○	○	?	?	4.10
77.90	Hwy 12	?	●	●	?	?	4.30
82.20	Rice Lake	6:30am	●	○	?	?	4.30
86.50	Hwy 12	?	●	●	?	?	4.10
90.60	Duffin Road	?	○	○	?	?	2.50
93.10	Bluff	10:00am	●	○	?	?	2.30
95.40	Tamarack	?	○	○	?	?	5.10
100.50	Nordic	?	●	●	?	?	?

Same race, other lines

Other distances and other years

Other distances: Kettle Moraine 100K (100K)
Kettle Moraine 38 Mile Fun Run (38 miles)
Kettle Moraine 50K (50K)

What it looks like out there

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Official channel

Ornery Mule Racing YouTube

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Social account

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Social account

Kettle Moraine 100

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