Is crew access allowed on the 50 Miler course?

Yes, crew access is allowed on the 50 Miler course.

Are drop bags allowed on the 50 Miler course?

Yes, drop bags are allowed on the 50 Miler course. Drop bag service is available to 50 Mile runners only. Drop bags go in the designated drop bag area, in the parking lot before the gate down to Kentucky Camp, no later than 5:30 a.m. Label each bag with your name, bib number and destination aid station, and put it in the correct aid station bin.

Are pacers allowed on the 50 Miler course?

Yes, pacers are allowed on the 50 Miler course. A pacer may join starting at mile 28. 50 Mile runners aged 60 years or older are allowed a pacer on the second loop. Pacers must inform race management and begin their pacing duties at Kentucky Camp.

What is the cutoff time for the 50 Miler course?

The overall time limit for the 50 Miler course is 15 hours from the start.

Ultras · US · AZ

Old Pueblo Endurance Runs

50 Miler · 49.75 miles

Registration open

Registration is open on UltraSignup.

Race dateMarch 6, 2027

Start6:00am

Whenin 133 days

First held1985

Who's going to Old Pueblo Endurance Runs?

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.

Official website Entry Aid stations Crew access Notify me if this race changes

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.

Distance The race

49.75 miles

Climb

not checked yet

Descent

not checked yet

High point

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Time limit The race

15:00:00

Aid stations

Started

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Finished

not checked yet

Finish rate

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The course

Where it goes multi-loop · 9 aid stations · rust marks a stop your crew can reach

Course line from the race's own GPX. Source file. Year of this file not known.

Two loops from Kentucky Camp that share much of the same route, with a modified second loop. Runners must be back at Kentucky Camp by 1:45 p.m. to start the second loop. A runner who expects to miss that cutoff can ask for an early 5:00 a.m. start by telling race management at least one week before race day; the 1:45 p.m. cutoff still applies and early starters are not eligible for overall or age group awards.

Rocky, rutted climbs and descents on Forest Service roads, singletrack and the Arizona Trail. The race says it is very runnable in places and that the elevation changes and rugged footing make it a challenging and rewarding test for runners of all abilities.

The race

What this one is

Old Pueblo Endurance Runs is a trail ultra in the Santa Rita Mountains of southern Arizona, with a 50K and a 50 Mile. Both start and finish at the historic mining site of Kentucky Camp and run on Forest Service roads, singletrack and sections of the Arizona Trail, under Mt. Wrightson. It is the last leg of the Southern Arizona Triple 50, and the 50K is part of the Southern Arizona 50K Trifecta.

Old Pueblo began in 1985, started by a group of local trail runners who are still friends. It has had different routes, starts, finishes, distances and race directors over the years, but has always been run on the flanks of the Santa Rita Mountains.

Getting in

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

Lottery: not checked yet

Lottery opens: not checked yet

Lottery draw: not checked yet

Field cap: not checked yet

Registration: UltraSignup oldpueblo50.com

Qualifying: not checked yet

Minimum age: 18 ultrasignup.com

Transfers: No oldpueblo50.com

Deferrals: Yes oldpueblo50.com

Running, crewing, pacing or still deciding

How NavRun helps with Old Pueblo Endurance Runs Fifteen hours, and four stations with a clock on each.

You are running it

You reach Kentucky Camp, mile 28, before its 1:45pm cutoff, and you already knew that this morning.

An arrival time for all 8 stations, worked out from your own training.

Start free →

You are crewing it

You park at Cave Creek, and you are standing there when they come in.

One link from your runner, with the stop and the window they arrive in.

You are pacing

You are at Kentucky Camp, mile 28, warm and fed, and you know you have 22 miles ahead of you.

The same sheet says when they reach you.

You are deciding

You find out Old Pueblo Endurance Runs 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: Yes oldpueblo50.com

Vehicles per runner: not checked yet

Pacers: Yes, from mile 28.00 oldpueblo50.com

Muling: not checked yet

Drop bags: Yes oldpueblo50.com

Cupless: Yes ultrasignup.com

Course marking: Fully Marked oldpueblo50.com

Night running: not checked yet

Dogs: not checked yet

Headphones: not checked yet

Crew rules: not checked yet

Pacer rules: 50 Mile runners aged 60 years or older are allowed a pacer on the second loop. Pacers must inform race management and begin their pacing duties at Kentucky Camp. oldpueblo50.com

Drop bag rules: Drop bag service is available to 50 Mile runners only. Drop bags go in the designated drop bag area, in the parking lot before the gate down to Kentucky Camp, no later than 5:30 a.m. Label each bag with your name, bib number and destination aid station, and put it in the correct aid station bin. oldpueblo50.com

Cutoff philosophy: not checked yet

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
5.00	Melendrez Pass #1 NoneSignal wrong?	?	○	?	?	?	5.50
10.50	Melendrez Pass #2 NoneSignal wrong?	?	○	?	?	?	6.25
16.75	Cave Creek NoneSignal wrong?	?	●	?	?	?	6.50
23.25	Gardner Canyon NoneSignal wrong?	?	●	?	?	?	4.75
28.00	Kentucky Camp 5,142 ft · Signal wrong?	1:45pm	●	?	●	?	4.75
32.75	Gardner Canyon NoneSignal wrong?	3:15pm	●	?	?	?	6.25
39.00	Melendrez Pass #3 NoneSignal wrong?	5:15pm	○	?	?	?	6.00
45.00	Melendrez Pass #4 NoneSignal wrong?	7:30pm	○	?	?	?	4.75
49.75	Finish NoneSignal wrong?	9:00pm	●	?	?	?	?

Driving your crew

Getting your people there 3 stops with directions the race published.

Cave Creek mile 16.75

To get to the Cave Creek Aid Station, leave Kentucky Camp and drive back to FS92 (Gardner Canyon Road) and turn right. In approximately 4.1 miles you will come to a Y, bear right. Shortly after the Y you will have to drive through Cave Creek. 95% of the time that is no problem for a regular passenger vehicle. In bad weather or times of extreme snowmelt, a high clearance vehicle is recommended. Continue 1.8 miles to the intersection of FS4084 and FS785. You will see the Cave Creek Aid Station on your right.

Parking. There are several places to park on your left on FS92 before the Aid Station or turn left on FS785 after the Aid Station, there are several places there. Please do not block any roads.

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Gardner Canyon mile 23.25

Drive approximately 1/4 mile on FS785, which is right across FS92 from the Cave Creek Aid Station. You will see the Aid Station on the left. Runners will be crossing FS785 on the Arizona Trail from your right.

Parking. You can park just past the Aid Station on the left.

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Gardner Canyon mile 32.75 cutoff 3:15pm

Parking. You can park just past the Aid Station on the left.

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Same race, other lines

Other distances and other years

Other distances: 50K (32.5 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.

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

Social account

old_pueblo_endurance_runs (Instagram)

Social account

Old Pueblo Endurance Runs (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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What does it show that the page cannot? Required. A line is plenty. Where the climbs are, what the footing does, what the last twenty miles look like.

Were you there? Optional, and it decides nothing.

What year? Optional.

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What kind of thing is it?

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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.

Where this came from. Every fact on this page records its source and when we last checked it: 139 sources for this race. Hover a source link to read the sentence it came from.

39% of what we track for a course is filled in. The rest says "not checked yet" rather than guessing.

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Ultras change. We will tell you when this one does.

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I keep this catalog because the information is scattered and hard to trust. Telling you when it moves is the same job.