Is crew access allowed on the 100 Miler course?

Yes, crew access is allowed on the 100 Miler course. A crew is required for both the 50-mile and 100-mile race. You must have a crew or share a crew with another runner. Crews drive along and leapfrog the runner, stopping every few miles. No crewing from a moving vehicle. No crewing on the climb to Dugway Pass or at its top; crew on the west side of the pass. Runners sharing a crew must stay within four miles of each other.

Are drop bags allowed on the 100 Miler course?

No, drop bags are not allowed on the 100 Miler course.

Are pacers allowed on the 100 Miler course?

Yes, pacers are allowed on the 100 Miler course. Anyone may join in at any point on the course, and pacers may use bikes. Pacers cannot drag or hold up the runner to the finish; runners must finish under their own power.

What is the cutoff time for the 100 Miler course?

The overall time limit for the 100 Miler course is 30 hours from the start. There are cut-offs for the checkpoints but they are very generous. The cutoff for an official 100-mile finish is 30 hours from your start time.

Pony Express Trail Run 100 Miler 2026: Cutoffs

The course

Where it goes out and back · 8 aid stations

Out 58.2 miles from Lookout Campground to Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, then back the way you came to finish at Simpson Springs Corral. Finishers receive a belt buckle. A 100-mile entrant who stops at 50 miles is not listed as a 50-mile finisher.

Remote desert dirt road with no aid stations along the way; water is limited and crews carry everything. The road is shared with recreational traffic hauling ATVs on the first 35 miles, and runners are asked to keep left for the first 16 miles and go easy on headphones. Cold air pockets between Dugway Pass and Riverbed station are common at night. The race provides no medical assistance along the course.

The race

What this one is

A 50 mile and 100 mile run on the dirt of the historic Pony Express Trail in western Utah, starting at Lookout Campground west of Faust. The course is remote and every runner needs a crew who drives along and leapfrogs them with food and water. It is run on 100% dirt road with about 3,000 feet of climbing, and the race is a good fit for first 50s and first 100s.

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 ponyexpress100.org

Qualifying: not checked yet

Minimum age: not checked yet

Transfers: not checked yet

Deferrals: not checked yet

Running, crewing, pacing or still deciding

How NavRun helps with Pony Express Trail Run Thirty hours, and three stations with a clock on each.

You are running it

You reach Fish Springs Headquarters, mile 58.2, before its 10:00pm cutoff, and you already knew that this morning.

An arrival time for all 6 stations, worked out from your own training.

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You are deciding

You find out Pony Express Trail 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 ponyexpress100.org

Vehicles per runner: not checked yet

Pacers: Yes ponyexpress100.org

Muling: Allowed ponyexpress100.org

Drop bags: No ponyexpress100.org

Cupless: not checked yet

Course marking: Partially Marked ponyexpress100.org

Night running: Yes ponyexpress100.org

Dogs: Allowed ponyexpress100.org

Headphones: not checked yet

Crew rules: A crew is required for both the 50-mile and 100-mile race. You must have a crew or share a crew with another runner. Crews drive along and leapfrog the runner, stopping every few miles. No crewing from a moving vehicle. No crewing on the climb to Dugway Pass or at its top; crew on the west side of the pass. Runners sharing a crew must stay within four miles of each other. ponyexpress100.org

Pacer rules: Anyone may join in at any point on the course, and pacers may use bikes. Pacers cannot drag or hold up the runner to the finish; runners must finish under their own power. ponyexpress100.org

Drop bag rules: No drop bags of any sort on the course away from the crew. ponyexpress100.org

Cutoff philosophy: There are cut-offs for the checkpoints but they are very generous. The cutoff for an official 100-mile finish is 30 hours from your start time. ponyexpress100.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
0.00	Lookout Campground NoneSignal wrong?	?	?	?	?	?	16.40
16.40	Simpson Springs Corral NoneSignal wrong?	?	?	?	?	?	16.90
33.30	Dugway Topaz Well NoneSignal wrong?	?	?	?	?	?	15.20
48.50	Blackrock Station NoneSignal wrong?	?	?	?	?	?	9.70
58.20	Fish Springs Headquarters NoneSignal wrong?	10:00pm	?	?	?	?	9.70
67.90	Blackrock Station NoneSignal wrong?	1:00am	?	?	?	?	15.20
83.10	Dugway Topaz Well NoneSignal wrong?	6:00am	?	?	?	?	16.90
100.00	Simpson Springs Corral NoneSignal wrong?	?	●	?	?	?	?

Same race, other lines

Other distances and other years

Other distances: 50 Miler (50 Mile)

What it looks like out there

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100 Miler

50 Miler

Lookout Campground mile 0.0
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Simpson Springs Corral mile 16.4
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No
Dugway Topaz Well mile 33.3
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No
Blackrock Station mile 48.5
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Pony Express Trail Run

Who's going to Pony Express Trail Run?

Where it goes out and back · 8 aid stations

What this one is

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

How NavRun helps with Pony Express Trail Run Thirty hours, and three stations with a clock on each.

The rules that shape your day Anything marked "not checked yet" is a gap in what we hold, never a no from the race.

Every stop, and what you get there ● yes ○ no ? nobody has checked – does not apply to this race

Other distances and other years

Somebody has been out there with a camera the tables say the climb is long. these say what long feels like.

What you know every one of these is read by a person before it changes anything

Which stops did a text get out from?

100 Miler

50 Miler

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