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Location: Wasatch Mountains
Nearest Town(s): Salt Lake City, East Layton, Utah
Event Date/Time: 9/12/98 5AM (Held first weekend after Labor Day yearly).
Course Type: Point to Point: Start - Fernwood Picnic Area, East Layton; Finish - Midway in Heber Valley.
Surface: Footpaths, game trails and dirt roads, with a few short
stretches of pavement.
Description: One of the most uniquely challenging ultrarunning events in
the world. It is a study in contrasts: peaks and valleys; trail and scree; heat and cold; wet and dry; summer and winter; day and night. The primitive and isolated nature of the course is both its beauty and its challenge, for it requires the individual runner to rely primarily on himself or herself rather than the Race's support systems. While much of the course follows
well defined trails, there are stretches of sagebrush, scree, waist-high grass, and fist-sized
cobblestones as well. Runners have encountered deer, elk, moose, porcupines, rattlesnakes, bear, mountain lions, sheep and sheepherders.
Elevation Change: Climb 26,000'; Descent 23,600'
Altitude Range: 5000' - 10,480'
Longest Climb: 4200' over 5 miles; 2000' over 2 miles.
Time Limit/Cutoffs: 36 hours; 20 hours at mile 55,
Aid Stations: 17; Start, Mile 14.9, 20.2, 24.5, 31.9, 36.3, 44.8, 50.9, 59.6, 65.1, 69.3, 73.7, 78.5, 81.5, 87.3, 92.7, 100
Drop Bags: 8; Mile 14.9, 36.3, 50.9, 59.6, 73.7, 81.5, 92.7, 100
Website: The Wasatch Front 100 Mile Endurance Run
Race Director: Cindy Andrus, RD 1623 Amblewood Lane Salt Lake City, UT 84124
801-278-1021(h)
Additional Information: Pacers allowed from mile 36. Runners over the age of 60 may have a pacer from the start of the race to the finish. There will be a bus to transport runners from downtown Salt Lake City to the start. A nominal fee will be charged for the bus.
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