Is crew access allowed on the 50 km course?

Yes, crew access is allowed on the 50 km course. Crew allowed at AS3 Cap U and AS5 Far Side only; park where aid station captains dictate. Access to AS1, AS2 and AS4 forbidden: disqualification. Runners crewed further than 30 m from an aid station risk disqualification.

Are drop bags allowed on the 50 km course?

Yes, drop bags are allowed on the 50 km course. One drop bag, handed in at the start line on race morning, sent to Capilano U (23 km in per the page; table says 24.5 km). A finish line bag can also be left at the start.

Are pacers allowed on the 50 km course?

No, pacers are not allowed on the 50 km course.

What is the cutoff time for the 50 km course?

The overall time limit for the 50 km course is 11 hours 30 minutes from the start. Cutoffs are strictly enforced. If you miss a time cutoff the race provides a ride back to the finish line.

Ultras · CA · BC

Squamish 50

50 km · 52K

On the calendar

The date is set. Entry has not opened.

Race dateAugust 15, 2027

Start6:15am

Whenin 293 days

First held2012

Who's going to Squamish 50?

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 Results Aid stations 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

52K

Climb The race

8,500 ft

Descent The race

9,000 ft

High point

not checked yet

Time limit The race

11:30:00

Aid stations

Started

not checked yet

Finished

not checked yet

Finish rate

not checked yet

The course

Where it goes point to point · 7 aid stations

Course line from the race's own GPX. Source file. Recorded 2026.

Point-to-point trail course from the clearing on Black Bear Rd near Alice Lake Park to Junction Park in downtown Squamish; shares the route with the 50 mile from Fred to the finish.

The race

What this one is

Trail races in and around Squamish, BC, over one August weekend: a 50 mile on Saturday; a 50 km, a 23 km and the 50/50 (50 mile plus 50 km on back-to-back days) with the 50 km and 23 km on Sunday.

Run since 2012. Hosted the 2023 Canadian Mountain & Trail Running Championships and the 2024 Canadian Trail Running Championship for 50km and 50 miles.

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: 625 squamish50.com

Registration: Other squamish50.com

Qualifying: not checked yet

Minimum age: 12 squamish50.com

Transfers: No squamish50.com

Deferrals: No squamish50.com

Running, crewing, pacing or still deciding

How NavRun helps with Squamish 50 Three stations with a clock on each.

You are running it

You reach Cap U, mile 15.5, before its 12:00pm cutoff, and you already knew that this morning.

An arrival time for all 5 stations, worked out from your own training.

Start free →

You are deciding

You find out Squamish 50 is months of work away, not years, and you start.

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 squamish50.com

Vehicles per runner: not checked yet

Pacers: No squamish50.com

Muling: not checked yet

Drop bags: Yes squamish50.com

Cupless: Yes squamish50.com

Course marking: Fully Marked squamish50.com

Night running: No squamish50.com

Dogs: Not allowed squamish50.com

Headphones: not checked yet

Crew rules: Crew allowed at AS3 Cap U and AS5 Far Side only; park where aid station captains dictate. Access to AS1, AS2 and AS4 forbidden: disqualification. Runners crewed further than 30 m from an aid station risk disqualification. squamish50.com

Pacer rules: not checked yet

Drop bag rules: One drop bag, handed in at the start line on race morning, sent to Capilano U (23 km in per the page; table says 24.5 km). A finish line bag can also be left at the start. squamish50.com

Cutoff philosophy: Cutoffs are strictly enforced. If you miss a time cutoff the race provides a ride back to the finish line. squamish50.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
?	Start: Black Bear Rd near Alice Lake Park NoneSignal wrong?	?	?	?	?	?	?
5.50	Corners NoneSignal wrong?	?	○	○	?	?	7.00
12.50	Fred NoneSignal wrong?	?	○	○	?	?	3.00
15.50	Cap U NoneSignal wrong?	12:00pm	●	●	?	?	6.00
21.50	Garibaldi Road NoneSignal wrong?	2:30pm	○	○	?	?	4.50
26.00	Far Side NoneSignal wrong?	3:30pm	●	○	?	?	6.50
32.50	Finish: Junction Park NoneSignal wrong?	5:45pm	?	?	?	?	?

Same race, other lines

Other distances and other years

Other distances: 50 Mile (79.5K)
23 km (23K)
50/50 (130K)

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.

Nobody has been out there with a camera or a microphone yet. A gap means nobody has found it, not that it is not out there. Seen a course preview or a film of this one? Send us the link.

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What should it say? The corrected value.

How do you know? Required. Where it came from: the race email, the runner manual, what you saw on the day.

A link that shows it: Optional.

Or a photo of it: Optional. A screenshot or a photo of the sign works.

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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.

Your email: Optional, and never shown on the page. Only so we can ask you a question about this one.

Where is it? A YouTube link, a race report, a photo gallery, whatever it is.

What kind of thing is it?

Who made it? Optional, and we credit them on the page.

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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: 111 sources for this race. Hover a source link to read the sentence it came from.

44% 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.

Cutoffs move, races get postponed, lotteries open and close. We read the race's own sources and record where every fact came from. Put your email in and we will send you what changed, and where we read it.

No account, and nothing to cancel.

What happens to your email. Nothing else. I do not sell it, and I will not send you anything except this race changing. One click gets you out.

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