Is crew access allowed on the Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 Mile course?

Yes, crew access is allowed on the Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 Mile course. Crews are permitted only at certain aid stations, plus the 211 East checkpoint, which is not an aid station. Crews and pacers may only meet their runners within 200 feet of a designated aid station. Your crew and pacer may have only one vehicle. Follow aid station and Forest Service parking instructions; do not enter cordoned-off runner-only areas. Aid station food is for runners. Violations can lead to exclusion of the crew from aid stations or disqualification of the runner. Dogs are not allowed at the camp or in any aid station.

Are drop bags allowed on the Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 Mile course?

Yes, drop bags are allowed on the Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 Mile course. Drop bags go to the stations that take them. Pliable bag only, no boxes or rigid containers; no longer than 16 inches, wider than 10 inches or higher than 6 inches. Mark each bag with bib number, name and the aid station name (not its number). No glass, breakables or hiking poles. Bags come back to the finish line; they are not mailed after the event.

Are pacers allowed on the Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 Mile course?

Yes, pacers are allowed on the Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 Mile course. A pacer may join starting at mile 63.9. A pacer may join a runner at the Camp Roosevelt aid station or any aid station beyond it where crew access is allowed, and at Habron Gap (mile 54) after 6 p.m. Saturday. Runners 62 or older may have a pacer from Elizabeth Furnace (mile 33.3). Pacers may only join at an aid station. One pacer at a time. Pacer and runner stay together at all times. The pacer is a companion, not a leader, and not a mule: the pacer does not carry the runner's water bottles, food or gels.

What is the cutoff time for the Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 Mile course?

The overall time limit for the Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 Mile course is 36 hours from the start. All aid stations with crew access have cut-off times that will be enforced. You must be out of the aid station before the cut-off. The overall time limit to complete the course is 36 hours.

Ultras · US · VA

Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 Mile Run

Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 Mile · 100.6 miles

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The date is set. Entry has not opened. Entry opens Sat Oct 31, 2026 at 8:00 am on UltraSignup. No lottery. A wait list starts if the race fills.

Race dateMay 15, 2027

Start5:00am

Whenin 211 days

First held1995

Who's going to Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 Mile Run?

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Distance 100.6 miles

Climb 18,500 ft

Descent not checked yet

High point 2,835 ft

Time limit 36:00:00

Aid stations 17

Started not checked yet

Finished not checked yet

Finish rate not checked yet

The course

Where it goes loop · 17 aid stations

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

A rocky 100 mile run on the trails of the Massanutten Mountains in the George Washington National Forest. Two almost loops along the ridges, starting and finishing at Caroline Furnace Lutheran Camp in Fort Valley.

The longest single climb, 1,550 feet in 2.5 miles, comes at mile 55, just after the Habron Gap aid station. The first 33.3 miles to Elizabeth Furnace have the least road. Fluids only at Moreland Gap; Indian Grave Trailhead and Bird Knob are remote aid stations.

The race

What this one is

A 100.6-mile loop trail ultramarathon on rocky singletrack encircling Fort Valley, Virginia, in the Massanutten Mountains. Run and organized by the Virginia Happy Trails Running Club, starting and finishing at the Caroline Furnace Lutheran Camp, with a 36-hour time limit.

First run in 1995. Ed Demoney was race director from 1995 through 2003 (with Chris Scott handling race-day duties in 1996); Stan Duobinis took over for the 2004 event, when the field had grown to 117 starters, and by the end of his seven-year term the race filled to 180 with a waitlist of 48; Kevin Sayers became the third director in July 2010. The current course was shortened in 2019. The 2026 running was the race's 30th.

Getting in

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

Lottery: No ultrasignup.com

Lottery opens: not checked yet

Lottery draw: not checked yet

Field cap: 250 new.vhtrc.org

Registration: UltraSignup new.vhtrc.org

Qualifying: not checked yet

Minimum age: not checked yet

Transfers: No ultrasignup.com

Deferrals: No ultrasignup.com

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How NavRun helps with Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 Mile Run Thirty six hours, and thirteen stations with a clock on each.

You are running it

You reach Habron Gap Parking, mile 54, before its 10:30pm cutoff, and you already knew that this morning.

An arrival time for all 16 stations, worked out from your own training.

Start free →

You are pacing

You are at Camp Roosevelt, mile 63.9, warm and fed, and you know you have 37 miles ahead of you.

The same sheet says when they reach you.

You are deciding

You find out Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 Mile Run 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.

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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 new.vhtrc.org

Vehicles per runner: 1 new.vhtrc.org

Pacers: Yes, from mile 63.90 new.vhtrc.org

Muling: Not allowed new.vhtrc.org

Drop bags: Yes new.vhtrc.org

Cupless: not checked yet

Course marking: Fully Marked new.vhtrc.org

Night running: Yes new.vhtrc.org

Dogs: Not allowed new.vhtrc.org

Headphones: not checked yet

Crew rules: Crews are permitted only at certain aid stations, plus the 211 East checkpoint, which is not an aid station. Crews and pacers may only meet their runners within 200 feet of a designated aid station. Your crew and pacer may have only one vehicle. Follow aid station and Forest Service parking instructions; do not enter cordoned-off runner-only areas. Aid station food is for runners. Violations can lead to exclusion of the crew from aid stations or disqualification of the runner. Dogs are not allowed at the camp or in any aid station. new.vhtrc.org

Pacer rules: A pacer may join a runner at the Camp Roosevelt aid station or any aid station beyond it where crew access is allowed, and at Habron Gap (mile 54) after 6 p.m. Saturday. Runners 62 or older may have a pacer from Elizabeth Furnace (mile 33.3). Pacers may only join at an aid station. One pacer at a time. Pacer and runner stay together at all times. The pacer is a companion, not a leader, and not a mule: the pacer does not carry the runner's water bottles, food or gels. new.vhtrc.org

Drop bag rules: Drop bags go to the stations that take them. Pliable bag only, no boxes or rigid containers; no longer than 16 inches, wider than 10 inches or higher than 6 inches. Mark each bag with bib number, name and the aid station name (not its number). No glass, breakables or hiking poles. Bags come back to the finish line; they are not mailed after the event. new.vhtrc.org

Cutoff philosophy: All aid stations with crew access have cut-off times that will be enforced. You must be out of the aid station before the cut-off. The overall time limit to complete the course is 36 hours. new.vhtrc.org

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
4.10	Moreland Gap	?	○	○	?	?	8.00
12.10	Edinburg Gap	8:50am	●	●	?	?	8.20
20.30	Woodstock Tower	11:30am	○	●	?	?	5.50
25.80	Powells Fort	1:15pm	○	○	?	?	7.50
33.30	Elizabeth Furnace	3:40pm	●	●	?	?	4.70
38.00	Shawl Gap Parking	5:25pm	●	●	?	?	3.10
41.10	Veach Gap Parking	6:25pm	○	○	?	?	9.00
50.10	Indian Grave Trailhead	9:25pm	○	○	?	?	3.90
54.00	Habron Gap Parking	10:30pm	●	●	●	?	9.90
63.90	Camp Roosevelt	2:50am	●	●	●	?	5.70
69.60	Gap Creek	5:25am	●	●	●	?	8.50
78.10	Visitor Center	9:15am	●	●	●	?	3.50
81.60	Bird Knob	?	○	○	?	?	6.30
87.90	Picnic Area	12:50pm	●	●	●	?	1.70
89.60	211 East	?	●	○	?	?	7.20
96.80	Gap Creek II	3:55pm	●	●	●	?	3.80
100.60	Caroline Furnace Camp	5:00pm	●	?	?	?	?

Same race, other lines

Other distances and other years

Other distances: Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 km (65.2 miles)

Other years: 2026

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