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Wasatch 100

Demand

5 out of 5

How much it asks

Worth

4 out of 5

Whether the ticket is worth it

Kaysville to Soldier Hollow, Utah, United States

Snowcapped Mount Timpanogos from Orem, Wasatch Range An Errant Knight / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Scorecard · is it worth it?

Worth the trip if the mountains match what you want.

The card

Wasatch is the American 100 that still talks like 1980 and still climbs like a mountain race. The published line is blunt: East Mountain Wilderness Park to Soldier Hollow, about 24,000 feet of gain, first Friday after Labor Day, a point-to-point down the spine of the range. Demand is 5 because the vert, the scree, the heat-to-freeze, and the isolation stack. The official site's own language is about self-reliance more than hospitality. That is not a vibe. That is the course.

Worth is 4. The Wasatch is a reason to fly to Salt Lake if you want this specific beating: crest trail, Desolation, the Plunge, a finish at Soldier Hollow. It is not a 5 because the altitude is not Colorado-thin, the town experience is Front rather than a mountain village, and the race's own design withholds the dense aid that makes Western States feel like a civic event. Prestige is real: Grand Slam, history, a field that knows what it signed up for. Organization confidence is high: wasatch100.com has been saying the same hard things for a long time.

Date and fee stay on the official page. If you want a Utah 100 that is actually mountains, this is the adult option next to Speedgoat's 50K circus. If you wanted a first 100, this is a poor first 100. If you wanted scenery without the Plunge, look at Bear.

The opening climb out of Bair Canyon is the thesis statement: thousands of feet in a handful of miles, then a ridge that keeps asking. Heat at the bottom, freeze at night, scree when you wanted trail. Grand Slam history is real and is not a reason to inflate worth to 5. Salt Lake is an easy airport; the course is not an easy mountain. We are not going to invent the 2026 calendar line or the fee. wasatch100.com is the document. If you want Utah's hardest 100, this is it. If you want Utah's prettiest autumn 100, Bear is the other card in this batch. Speedgoat is the 50K with a circuit sticker, and it is not a substitute for either.

Who it is for

Experienced 100-mile runners who want a self-reliant mountain point-to-point with huge vert and Grand Slam history.

Who should skip

Runners who need dense aid and a runnable surface. Wasatch will not carry you.

Gate

Next race: Fri, Sep 11, 2026wasatch100.comretrieved 2026-09-03
Format: Point-to-point, first Friday after Labor Day, ~36-hour cutoff
Cutoff: 36 hourswasatch100.comretrieved 2026-09-06 (repo record)
Lottery: Yes
Entry: Lotterywasatch100.comretrieved 2026-09-07
Qualifier required: Not yet sourcedwasatch100.comretrieved 2026-09-07
Other requirements: 8 hours supervised trail work; acceptance final upon trail-work report by Aug 15.wasatch100.comretrieved 2026-09-07
Registration opens: 2026-12-01wasatch100.comretrieved 2026-09-07
Registration closes: 2027-01-04wasatch100.comretrieved 2026-09-07
Draw: RD unpublishedwasatch100.comretrieved 2026-09-07
Results notified: RD unpublishedwasatch100.comretrieved 2026-09-07
Last draw: Not yet sourced.
Bib economy: WSER qualifier · Hardrock qualifierwser.orgretrieved 2026-09-06 (repo record)
Entry fee: $325wasatch100.comretrieved 2026-09-06 (repo record)

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Elevation

Tap or hover for miles, clock, and aidft

Dark from 19:43 to 07:04 local. The median finisher is in the dark from Bountiful B onward (9:42am).

Bottom ticks are aid. Longest gap 16.6 mi.

Shape from public terrain data along the RD's course line. Gain per the RD: 23,999 ft (7,315 m).

Course line from official GPX. Dots are aid. Tap or hover for mile, elevation, and clock.

Official course map ↗ · RD trail-maps page (PDF section maps plus KML/KMZ/GPX downloads)

Finisher pace · 2025

Median finishers (~50th percentile of 205 finishers). Not a predicted you. · retrieved 2026-09-06 (repo record)

Bountiful B 16.6 mi
Aid–aid
4.7 h
Elapsed
4.7 h
Clock
9:42 am
2.3 h slack
Sessions Liftoff 20.9 mi
Aid–aid
1.0 h
Elapsed
5.7 h
Clock
10:42 am
Big Mountain Pass 31.9 mi
Aid–aid
2.9 h
Elapsed
8.6 h
Clock
1:36 pm
3.4 h slack
Alexander Ridge 40.7 mi
Aid–aid
2.7 h
Elapsed
11.3 h
Clock
4:18 pm
4.2 h slack
Lamb's Underpass 47.5 mi
Aid–aid
1.9 h
Elapsed
13.2 h
Clock
6:12 pm
4.8 h slack
Desolation Lake 61.3 mi
Aid–aid
5.2 h
Elapsed
18.4 h
Clock
11:24 pm
Scotts Peak 65.3 mi
Aid–aid
1.3 h
Elapsed
19.7 h
Clock
12:42 am +1d
Brighton Lodge 69.3 mi
Aid–aid
1.5 h
Elapsed
21.2 h
Clock
2:12 am +1d
5.3 h slack
Ant Knolls 74.1 mi
Aid–aid
2.8 h
Elapsed
24.0 h
Clock
5:00 am +1d
Pole Line Pass 77.2 mi
Aid–aid
1.3 h
Elapsed
25.3 h
Clock
6:18 am +1d
4.4 h slack
Rock Springs 81.2 mi
Aid–aid
1.5 h
Elapsed
26.8 h
Clock
7:48 am +1d
Little Deer Creek 88.3 mi
Aid–aid
2.4 h
Elapsed
29.2 h
Clock
10:12 am +1d
4.3 h slack
Decker Canyon 94.8 mi
Aid–aid
1.9 h
Elapsed
31.1 h
Clock
12:06 pm +1d
Finish / Soldier Hollow 100 mi
Aid–aid
1.4 h
Elapsed
32.5 h
Clock
1:30 pm +1d
3.5 h slack

Miles	Station	Aid–aid	Elapsed	Clock
16.6	Bountiful B	4.7 h	4.7 h	9:42 am2.3 h slack
20.9	Sessions Liftoff	1.0 h	5.7 h	10:42 am
31.9	Big Mountain Pass	2.9 h	8.6 h	1:36 pm3.4 h slack
40.7	Alexander Ridge	2.7 h	11.3 h	4:18 pm4.2 h slack
47.5	Lamb's Underpass	1.9 h	13.2 h	6:12 pm4.8 h slack
61.3	Desolation Lake	5.2 h	18.4 h	11:24 pm
65.3	Scotts Peak	1.3 h	19.7 h	12:42 am +1d
69.3	Brighton Lodge	1.5 h	21.2 h	2:12 am +1d5.3 h slack
74.1	Ant Knolls	2.8 h	24.0 h	5:00 am +1d
77.2	Pole Line Pass	1.3 h	25.3 h	6:18 am +1d4.4 h slack
81.2	Rock Springs	1.5 h	26.8 h	7:48 am +1d
88.3	Little Deer Creek	2.4 h	29.2 h	10:12 am +1d4.3 h slack
94.8	Decker Canyon	1.9 h	31.1 h	12:06 pm +1d
100	Finish / Soldier Hollow	1.4 h	32.5 h	1:30 pm +1d3.5 h slack

Local clock derived from published start + finisher splits, not a forecast.

Finishers only (DNFs missing, so the real back of the field is slower).

Where the cutoff bites

Least margin: Finish / Soldier Hollow, 72 min for the back of the field.

Station	Cutoff	Back	Margin
Bountiful B 16.6 mi	7.0 h	5.1 h	114 min
Big Mountain Pass 31.9 mi	12.0 h	9.4 h	156 min
Alexander Ridge 40.7 mi	15.5 h	12.4 h	186 min
Lamb's Underpass 47.5 mi	18.0 h	14.7 h	198 min
Brighton Lodge 69.3 mi	26.5 h	23.8 h	162 min
Pole Line Pass 77.2 mi	29.8 h	27.4 h	141 min
Little Deer Creek 88.3 mi	33.5 h	31.2 h	138 min
Finish / Soldier Hollow 100 mi	36.0 h	34.8 h	72 min

Finishers only. DNFs are missing, so the real back of the field is slower.

Hardest stretch

Hardest stretch: Start to Bountiful B, 5,863 ft in 16.6 mi.

RD total gain 23,999 ft (7,315 m) remains the headline. Segment gains are terrain-sampled along the RD line.

From	To	Mi	Gain	Loss
Start	Bountiful B	16.626.7 km	5,863 ft1,787 m	2,729 ft832 m
Bountiful B	Sessions Liftoff	4.36.9 km	1,208 ft368 m	581 ft177 m
Sessions Liftoff	Big Mountain Pass	1117.7 km	1,459 ft445 m	2,450 ft747 m
Big Mountain Pass	Alexander Ridge	8.814.2 km	878 ft268 m	2,366 ft721 m
Alexander Ridge	Lamb's Underpass	6.810.9 km	2,355 ft718 m	675 ft206 m
Lamb's Underpass	Big Water	8.914.3 km	2,831 ft863 m	1,639 ft500 m
Big Water	Desolation Lake	4.97.9 km	1,054 ft321 m	348 ft106 m
Desolation Lake	Scotts Peak	4.06.4 km	711 ft217 m	1,116 ft340 m
Scotts Peak	Brighton Lodge	4.06.4 km	1,534 ft468 m	1,427 ft435 m
Brighton Lodge	Ant Knolls	4.87.7 km	723 ft220 m	734 ft224 m
Ant Knolls	Pole Line Pass	3.15 km	260 ft79 m	1,187 ft362 m
Pole Line Pass	Rock Springs	4.06.4 km	254 ft77 m	1,574 ft480 m
Rock Springs	Little Deer Creek	7.111.4 km	52 ft16 m	1,742 ft531 m
Little Deer Creek	Decker Canyon	6.510.5 km	255 ft78 m	229 ft70 m
Decker Canyon	Finish / Soldier Hollow	5.28.4 km	0 ft0 m	0 ft0 m

Start: 4,888 ft1,490 m
Finish: 5,528 ft1,685 m
Net: +640 ft+195 m
Longest climb: 4,293 ft1,309 m
Above 10,000 ft: 0.9 mi1.4 km

Point to point. Net uphill. Total climb is still in Facts.

Weekend

Official handbook facts

Start: 05:00
Crew: 31.9, 47.5, 69.3 mi
Drop bags: 16.6, 31.9, 47.5, 65.3, 69.3, 77.2, 88.3 mi
Pacer from: 31.9 mi
Course file: Open

Printable cutoff card

Wasatch 100 FAQ / important dates · retrieved 2026-09-06 (repo record)

Field

Last editions · 100M scored distance

Field evidence: who showed up, who finished, how long. DNF is that evidence, not a difficulty score. Public results, scored distance only.

DNF over the years

DNF 36% in 2025, 45% the year before.

2025

Starters: 322
Finishers: 205
DNF: 36%
Win: 20:38:06
Median: .

2024

Starters: 298
Finishers: 164
DNF: 45%
Win: 19:08:35
Median: .

2023

Starters: 309
Finishers: 202
DNF: 35%
Win: 20:51:12
Median: .

2022