Is crew access allowed on the Kettle Moraine 50K course?

Yes, crew access is allowed on the Kettle Moraine 50K course. Same crew-access aid stations and rules as the other distances. 50K runners can be dropped off by crew at the Scuppernong start, but there is no all-day parking there; a shuttle bus runs from Nordic back to the Palmyra parking lot after the race. A same-day drop bag can be left at Scuppernong.

Are drop bags allowed on the Kettle Moraine 50K course?

Yes, drop bags are allowed on the Kettle Moraine 50K course. A volunteer picks up 50K drop bags from Scuppernong at 1 pm and delivers them to McMiller; runners bring the bag to the start line with them on the bus. Race-day drop off at Scuppernong is also offered as an option.

Are pacers allowed on the Kettle Moraine 50K course?

No, pacers are not allowed on the Kettle Moraine 50K course.

Ultras · US · WI

Kettle Moraine 100

Kettle Moraine 50K · 50K

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

Start1:00pm

Whenin 239 days

First held1996

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Distance 50K

Climb 2,011 ft

Descent 2,089 ft

High point not checked yet

Time limit not checked yet

Aid stations 10

Started not checked yet

Finished not checked yet

Finish rate not checked yet

The course

Where it goes point to point · 10 aid stations

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

Point-to-point course on the Ice Age Trail, starting at the Scuppernong Trailhead (a separate start line from the 100 Mile/100K/Fun Run) and finishing at the Nordic Trailhead. Runners do a short marked 1.8-mile loop at Scuppernong before heading south on the Ice Age Trail to the finish, covering the southern half of the 100-mile course's outbound leg in reverse.

This is the only Kettle Moraine distance that is genuinely point-to-point (different start and finish), unlike the other three companion distances, all of which start and finish at Nordic.

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: not checked yet

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

You are running it

You reach McMiller, mile 12.2, and you already knew this morning what time that would be.

An arrival time for all 8 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

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 kettlemoraine100.com

Vehicles per runner: not checked yet

Pacers: No kettlemoraine100.com

Muling: not checked yet

Drop bags: Yes kettlemoraine100.com

Cupless: not checked yet

Course marking: Fully Marked kettlemoraine100.com

Night running: No kettlemoraine100.com

Dogs: not checked yet

Headphones: not checked yet

Crew rules: Same crew-access aid stations and rules as the other distances. 50K runners can be dropped off by crew at the Scuppernong start, but there is no all-day parking there; a shuttle bus runs from Nordic back to the Palmyra parking lot after the race. A same-day drop bag can be left at Scuppernong. kettlemoraine100.com

Pacer rules: not checked yet

Drop bag rules: A volunteer picks up 50K drop bags from Scuppernong at 1 pm and delivers them to McMiller; runners bring the bag to the start line with them on the bus. Race-day drop off at Scuppernong is also offered as an option. kettlemoraine100.com

Cutoff philosophy: No single published time limit; runners must be through each aid station before it closes (per-station closing times only). A bus leaves the Palmyra school lot for the Scuppernong start at noon. 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	Scuppernong	?	●	○	?	?	2.30
2.30	Hwy ZZ	?	●	○	?	?	2.30
4.60	Hwy 67	?	○	○	?	?	3.30
7.90	Wilton Road	?	○	○	?	?	4.30
12.20	McMiller	?	●	●	?	?	4.00
16.20	Natalie's 8RUN5 Station	?	○	○	?	?	4.30
20.50	New North Horseriders Station	?	○	○	?	?	3.80
24.30	Bluff	?	○	○	?	?	2.30
26.60	Tamarack	?	○	○	?	?	6.10
32.70	Nordic (Start/Finish)	?	●	○	?	?	?

Same race, other lines

Other distances and other years

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

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.

3 people have been out there with a camera or a microphone.

Official channel

Ornery Mule Racing YouTube

Official channel

Social account

ornerymuleracing

Social account

Kettle Moraine 100

Social account

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