Wilcox Wild
Ran · this year's race is done.
Race dateSeptember 6, 2026
Start6:30am
When48 days ago
Who's going to Wilcox Wild?
Free. You can start with nothing.
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
31 miles
Descent
The race
3,028 ft
High point
not checked yet
Time limit
The race
10:30:00
Finish rate
not checked yet
The course
Where it goes
lollipop · 3 aid stations
The course follows a lollipop-style route beginning and ending at Harrisburg Lake. From the start, runners head toward Hope Falls along the East Stony Creek Trail before connecting to the Murphy Trail and passing Willis Lake on the way to Wilcox Lake.
Rocky singletrack, rolling climbs and descents, forest roads and quiet trail corridors, and technical sections. The race is in remote wilderness terrain with challenging logistics, and runners manage their own nutrition and hydration between stations. There are numerous natural water sources where filtration is possible.
The race
What this one is
The Wilcox Wild Ultra 50K is a rugged trail race through the remote Wilcox Lake Wild Forest in the southern Adirondack Park of New York. It starts at Harrisburg Lake and runs deep into wilderness terrain, with technical singletrack, remote backcountry lakes and some of the most beautiful trails in the Adirondacks. The field is small.
Getting in
Getting in
Entry, lottery and what the race asks of you before race day.
- Lottery
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- Lottery opens
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- Lottery draw
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- Field cap
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- Registration
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- Qualifying
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All runners are reviewed before being added to the roster. At sign up, runners submit prior running or fitness experience, are placed on a waitlist while it is reviewed, and are added to the roster after their review.
wilcoxwild.com
- Minimum age
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- Transfers
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- Deferrals
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Running, crewing, pacing or still deciding
How NavRun helps with Wilcox Wild
You are running it
You reach Mile 11.5, mile 11.5, and you already knew this morning what time that would be.
An arrival time for all 3 stations, worked out from your own training.
Start free →
You are deciding
You find out Wilcox Wild is months of work away, not years, and you go and get the qualifier.
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
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- Vehicles per runner
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- Pacers
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- Muling
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- Drop bags
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- Cupless
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- Course marking
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- Night running
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- Dogs
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- Headphones
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- Crew rules
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- Pacer rules
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- Drop bag rules
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- Cutoff philosophy
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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 |
| 11.50 |
Mile 11.5
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11.50 |
| 23.00 |
Mile 23
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3.00 |
| 26.00 |
Mile 26
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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 you know
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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: 40 sources for this race. Hover a source link to read the sentence it came from.
24% of what we track for a course is filled in. The rest says "not checked yet" rather than guessing.
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.
