Is crew access allowed on the 50 Miler course?

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

No, drop bags are not allowed on the 50 Miler course.

Are pacers allowed on the 50 Miler course?

Yes, pacers are allowed on the 50 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.

Pony Express Trail Run 50 Miler 2026: Cutoffs

The course

Where it goes point to point · 4 aid stations

The 50-mile course heads the same direction as the 100 and finishes at the Blackrock Pony Express station site, after a short 1.5 mile out-and-back near the finish. Finishers receive a medallion and there is a feast for runners and crews at Blackrock.

Remote desert dirt road with no aid stations along the way; crews carry everything. Runners share the road with recreational traffic hauling ATVs and are asked to keep left for the first 16 miles. 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

You are running it

You reach Dugway Topaz Well, mile 33.3, and you already knew this morning what time that would be.

An arrival time for all 2 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: not checked yet

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. 50-milers must finish by 1 a.m. regardless of start time. Anyone in danger of missing that cut-off should start at 5:00 a.m. 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?	1:00am	●	?	?	?	?

Same race, other lines

Other distances and other years

Other distances: 100 Miler (100 Mile)

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.

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100 Miler

50 Miler

Lookout Campground mile 0.0
Yes
No
Simpson Springs Corral mile 16.4
Yes
No
Dugway Topaz Well mile 33.3
Yes
No
Blackrock Station mile 48.5
Yes
No

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Pony Express Trail Run

Who's going to Pony Express Trail Run?

Where it goes point to point · 4 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

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.