Moab's Red Hot 50K

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Seven Mile / Gemini Bridges area, Moab, Utah, United States

Index card · facts and a plan

The card

Moab's Red Hot 50K starts 7:00am on February 27, 2027 at the Seven Mile / Gemini Bridges parking area northwest of Moab. Mad Moose publishes about 4,639 feet of gain to a 5,728-foot high point on jeep roads and rim singletrack, with CalTopo, PDF, and GPX course files. The 2027 race guide lists aid at Gold Bar and Metal Masher with a 12:15pm cutoff at Gold Bar (mile 18.5) and a 6:00pm finish cutoff (mile 31). Crew access is finish-only; drop bags return to the finish; the event is cupless. UltraSignup counted 175 / 162 / 169 finishers in the 2026 / 2025 / 2024 55K fields (prior distance label for this product).

Weekend

Official handbook facts

Start: 07:00
Crew: 31 mi
Drop bags: 31 mi
Pacer: Unpublished, checked 2026-09-06
Kit: Required · Cupless event - reusable cup or bottle/pack required per RD page and race guide.
Course file: Open

Printable cutoff card

Mad Moose Moab's Red Hot event page + 2027 Race Guide aid chart · retrieved 2026-09-06 (repo record)

Aid and cutoffs

2027 edition

Gold Bar4.5 mi
Metal Masher12.5 mi
Gold Bar18.5 mi · 5.25h cutoff
Gold Bar26.5 mi
Finish Line31 mi · 11h cutoff

drive.google.comretrieved 2026-09-06 (repo record)

Required kit

2027 edition · RD list

Reusable cup or bottle/pack
Required - cupless event. Mad Moose HydraPak cups available for purchase at packet pickup.
Headlamp
Race guide stresses a good headlamp for after sundown; desert temperatures drop fast at night.
Warm layers
Race guide: carry layers for night safety on remote jeep trails.

No formal mandatory-kit check desk published beyond cupless and night-safety guidance in the 2027 race guide (checked 2026-09-06).

madmooseevents.comretrieved 2026-09-06

Full kit page