1The one-screen version
If someone reads nothing else, they read this. Screenshot it.
| When | Where | Mile | Who's there | What happens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 6:00 AM | Start — Mount Logan Park | 0 | Mom, Dad, anyone | Send-off. No vehicle limit. |
| 10:45 AM | Leatham Hollow | 20 | Parents' car or nobody | Optional, no pass needed. Drop bag covers it. |
| 3:15 PM | Right Hand Fork | 37.5 | Nobody | Drop bag only. Pacers legal from here. |
| 5:30 PM | Temple Fork | 45.5 | Nobody | Headlamp bag. Crew is at Franklin by now. |
| 7:30 PM | Tony Grove | 52 | Crew Car A | First big reset. Pete starts pacing. |
| 11:00 PM | Franklin Basin | 62 | Crew Car A | Night reset. Nikko takes over. |
| Sat 2:00 AM | Logan River | 70.5 | Nobody | Drop bag only. No road access at all. |
| 4:15 AM | Beaver Mountain | 76.5 | Crew Car A | Biggest reset of the race. Steve takes over. |
| 6:00 AM | Peter Sinks | 83.5 | Nobody | Coldest point on course. No bag, no crew. |
| 9:45 AM | Burnt Fork | 92 | Crew Car A | Strip layers, sunscreen, go. 8 miles left. |
| 11:59 AM | Finish — Conestoga Ranch | 100 | Everyone | North entrance, park in the grass field. |
- One crew vehicle per aid station. Strictly enforced at Leatham, Tony, Franklin, Beaver and Burnt Fork. A second car at any of them risks denial of future entry.
- The crew pass is physical and non-transferable. Connor gets it Thursday with his bib. It lives in Crew Car A all weekend and never moves — Leatham doesn't need it.
- You cannot drive straight to Tony Grove. You go to Franklin Basin first and wait for a second pass. See section 6.
- No cell service in the canyon. Download every map and pin before you leave Logan.
- Pacers carry nothing for Connor. No food, no water, no gear. That's a disqualification.
2Thursday & Friday morning
Two check-ins are mandatory and they're on different days. Missing Thursday forfeits the entry to the waitlist.
Thursday, Sept 24 — 3:30 to 6:00 PM
Packet pickup and drop bag drop-off at Mount Logan Park, 1400 East 350 South, Logan. Park at or near the start line.
- Drop bags go on the slope below the aid station signs — one labeled pile per aid station. Every bag must be there Thursday. There is no later chance.
- The packet contains the bib with RFID (don't bend it), pins, the crew parking pass, a Bear 100 drop bag, shirt and raffle ticket.
- Merch is better here than at the finish — sizes run out.
- Anyone not checked in by 6:30 PM loses their spot.
Hand the crew pass to whoever is driving Crew Car A, and confirm it's physically in that car. If the crew isn't in town Thursday, leave it on the windshield of the car staying at the start. This one card is the difference between a crew stop and being turned away.
Friday, Sept 25 — 5:00 to 6:00 AM
Electronic check-in via an emailed link. Separate from Thursday and also required. Race starts at 6:00 AM sharp.
Parking note for the start: no overnight parking inside the park. Leaving a vehicle on the road nearby overnight is fine — don't block a driveway or mailbox or it gets towed.
3Full timeline & cutoffs
Sub-30 guardrail time, the hard cutoff, and how much cushion sits between them.
| Aid station | Mile | Target | Cutoff | Cushion | Crew | Pacer | Bag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | 0 | 6:00 AM Fri | — | — | All welcome | No | — |
| Logan Peak | 10 | 8:45 AM | 10:00 AM | 1:15 | No | No | No |
| Leatham Hollow | 20 | 10:45 AM | 1:00 PM | 2:15 | 1 vehicle | No | Yes |
| Upper Richards | 28.5 | 1:00 PM | 4:30 PM | 3:30 | No | No | No |
| Right Hand Fork | 37.5 | 3:15 PM | 7:30 PM | 4:15 | Pass only | Yes | Yes |
| Temple Fork | 45.5 | 5:30 PM | 10:30 PM | 5:00 | Pass only | Yes | Yes |
| Tony Grove | 52 | 7:30 PM | 1:00 AM | 5:30 | 1 + Tony pass | Yes | Yes |
| Franklin Basin | 62 | 11:00 PM | 5:30 AM | 6:30 | 1 vehicle | Yes | Yes |
| Logan River | 70.5 | 2:00 AM Sat | 9:00 AM | 7:00 | No | No | Yes |
| Beaver Mountain | 76.5 | 4:15 AM | 11:00 AM | 6:45 | 1 by lodge | Yes | Yes |
| Peter Sinks | 83.5 | 6:00 AM | 1:30 PM | 7:30 | No | No | No |
| Burnt Fork | 92 | 9:45 AM | 4:15 PM | 6:30 | 1 vehicle | Yes | Yes |
| Finish | 100 | 11:59 AM | 6:00 PM | 6:01 | All welcome | Yes | Yes |
Logan Peak gives only 1:15 of cushion, and it sits on top of the biggest climb of the day — 4,730 ft in ten miles. Everything after that has four hours or more of slack. So "go ridiculously easy" still means arriving at mile 10 before 10:00 AM. After Logan Peak, the cushion only grows.
What each leg actually costs
| Leg | Miles | Climb | Descent | Character |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start → Logan Peak | 10 | 4,730 | 705 | The day's biggest climb, straight off the line |
| Logan Peak → Leatham | 10 | 470 | 4,186 | Quad-wrecker. Where 100-milers are lost. |
| Leatham → Upper Richards | 8.5 | 2,420 | 73 | Sustained climb, hottest part of the day |
| Upper Richards → RHF | 9 | 874 | 2,859 | Long descent to the low point |
| RHF → Temple Fork | 8 | 1,283 | 1,014 | Rolling. Last light-of-day leg. |
| Temple Fork → Tony Grove | 6.5 | 2,765 | 616 | Short and brutal. Dark arrives mid-climb. |
| Tony Grove → Franklin | 10 | 1,117 | 2,400 | Easiest night leg — Pete |
| Franklin → Logan River | 8.5 | 1,950 | 1,486 | Deep-night climbing — Nikko |
| Logan River → Beaver | 6 | 1,470 | 1,302 | Lowest point of the night — Nikko |
| Beaver → Peter Sinks | 7 | 1,625 | 618 | Climb into the cold at dawn — Steve |
| Peter Sinks → Burnt Fork | 8.5 | 1,416 | 1,993 | Daylight returns — Steve |
| Burnt Fork → Finish | 8 | 243 | 1,988 | Almost all downhill to Bear Lake — Steve |
4Who does what
Pacers are legal from Right Hand Fork onward. One pacer at a time until the final mile, and swaps only at crew-accessible aid stations.
Pete
Pacer: Tony Grove → Franklin Basin
10 miles, 7:30–11:00 PM. Net downhill and the gentlest night leg on the course — the right assignment coming off a 50-miler the weekend before. Also the default driver of Crew Car A, which means he's in it from Logan to the finish.
Nikko
Pacer: Franklin Basin → Beaver Mtn
14.5 miles, 11:00 PM–4:15 AM. The hardest shift: 3,400 ft of climbing through the 2–4 AM low. He's off the clock by roughly 4:30 AM, which is the whole point if Saturday work is live.
Steve
Pacer: Beaver Mtn → Finish
23.5 miles, 4:15 AM–noon. The longest shift and the one that decides the race. Takes Connor through Peter Sinks in the cold, into sunrise, and down the final eight miles to Bear Lake.
Mom & Dad
Start and finish
Two appearances, their own car, zero canyon logistics. Optionally the single crew vehicle at Leatham Hollow at 10:45 AM — see section 5 before saying yes to that.
The race recommends pacers start at Tony Grove because RHF and Temple Fork parking is a mess, so mile 52 is the natural first handoff regardless. From there the three legs split cleanly by difficulty and by who needs to be done when: shortest and easiest to the runner with the least fresh legs, the ugly middle-of-night block to the one who may need a pre-dawn exit, and the long daylight push to the one with two full days.
If something breaks
- Steve can't come. Connor runs Beaver → Finish alone. Nobody scrambles. If Pete and Nikko are both still standing Saturday, one takes Beaver → Burnt Fork (15.5 mi) and the other Burnt Fork → Finish (8 mi) — both are legal swap points.
- Nikko has to work Saturday. He still paces Franklin → Beaver, but he brings his own car up Friday evening and leaves it at Beaver overflow dry camping — not the lodge spot — on the way past. He finishes at 4:15 AM and drives himself out. Crew Car A stays with Pete.
- Pete's 50-miler left him wrecked. Swap Pete and Nikko: Nikko takes Tony → Franklin, Pete takes Franklin → Beaver. Everything else in this plan is unchanged.
- Nobody makes the handoff on time. Connor leaves anyway. A pacer can pick up at the next crew-accessible station. Missing a handoff is an inconvenience, not an event.
- Swapping pacers anywhere other than RHF, Temple Fork, Tony Grove, Franklin, Beaver or Burnt Fork. That's a DQ.
- Two pacers at once, except the last mile.
- A pacer carrying a bottle, a gel, a jacket or a battery for Connor.
5Cars — the two-vehicle plan
Every crew-accessible aid station from mile 20 on allows exactly one vehicle per runner. The cleanest way to satisfy that is to have almost no cars.
Crew Car A — Pete's car
Carries Pete, Nikko and Steve. Leaves Logan Friday afternoon, works Tony Grove, Franklin Basin, Beaver Mountain and Burnt Fork, and ends at the finish. It never splits up and it's the only vehicle that ever enters an aid station.
Nikko and Steve leave their own cars in Logan. Saturday afternoon, Crew Car A drives everyone back.
Staging a car at the finish means someone has to drive Steve back up the canyon — a 40-minute round trip each way in the middle of the night. Staging it at Beaver means it's 23.5 miles behind him when he finishes. Riding in Crew Car A means his ride to the finish is already parked at the finish when he gets there. He doesn't need a car at all.
Parents' car
Start line Friday morning, then their own day, then the finish Saturday. The finish lot opens at 8 AM Friday, so they can go early and settle in if they'd rather not drive Saturday morning.
The Leatham option
Leatham Hollow at 10:45 AM is the one mid-course stop the parents can genuinely own, because Crew Car A isn't in the canyon yet — so their car can be the single allowed vehicle without conflict. It's a real moment at mile 20, in daylight, on a paved approach, and then they're done.
Better still, it needs no pass. The metered pass system covers RHF, Temple Fork and Tony Grove only; the manual's own words are that all other crew spots are open to all crews at one vehicle per runner, and the aid station chart doesn't flag Leatham as pass-required. The race actually suggests carpooling from the start straight to Leatham. So the crew pass stays in Crew Car A from Thursday night and never has to change hands.
6:00 AM — start line.
~10:30 AM — arrive Leatham. Expect to park near the gate and walk about a quarter mile up the road. Cows on the road.
10:45 AM — Connor comes through. Two minutes of work, then he's gone.
~11:15 AM — drive back through Logan. Off duty until the finish.
Saturday late morning — Conestoga Ranch with the recovery bag.
One caveat worth knowing: elsewhere the manual says the crew sign is used to check at all the other aid stations. That contradicts the "open to all crews" line and the chart. Leatham is an optional stop covered by a drop bag either way, so the fallback if a volunteer does ask for a sign is simply that the parents don't stop — no harm done, and no reason to build the day around the stricter reading.
Where cars are allowed to sit
| Location | Rule |
|---|---|
| Start — Mount Logan Park | No overnight in the park. Legal on nearby roads; don't block driveways or mailboxes. |
| Leatham Hollow | One vehicle, no special pass. Park near the gate, walk ~¼ mile. Don't block the road. |
| RHF / Temple Fork | Pass holders only. Never park on Highway 89 at Temple Fork — Highway Patrol writes tickets there. Pacer drop-off is just past the turn-off, then leave immediately. |
| Franklin Basin | Designated crew lot. The canyon's best place to wait, carpool, or sleep. |
| Tony Grove | One vehicle, second pass required. Leave the moment Connor leaves. |
| Beaver Mountain | One vehicle by the ski patrol lodge. Any second car goes to Overflow Dry Camping, Sink Hollow, or elsewhere. |
| Burnt Fork | One vehicle. 1.25 miles of dirt off Sink Road; a passenger car is fine. |
| Finish | North (second) entrance, park in the grass field. Pacers use the orange area. |
| Other legal staging | First Dam, Second Dam, old Zanavoo lot, RHF turnoff, Blind Hollow, Tony Grove turnoff, highway pullouts, Stump Hollow, Sink Hollow, Swan Flat, Bear Lake Overlook, Bear Lake City Park. |
The city tows. Every vehicle has to be inside Conestoga Ranch property.
6The Tony Grove pass puzzle
This is the single most confusing piece of the day and the easiest way to lose the first crew stop. Read it twice.
Tony Grove is metered. A crew vehicle cannot drive there directly from RHF or Temple Fork. It must first go up the canyon to Franklin Basin — five minutes past the Tony Grove turn-off — collect a second, separate Tony Grove pass, then come back down Highway 89 and drive six miles up the Tony Grove road to the backcountry trailhead.
When the pass is released depends on what time Connor leaves Temple Fork, regardless of which aid station his own crew pass is for.
| Connor leaves Temple Fork | Pass released at | Drive + park | Wait at Tony |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 3:30 PM | Temple out + 15 min | 45 min | 30–45 min |
| 3:30–6:00 PM our window | Temple out + 30 min | 45 min | 45–60 min |
| 6:00–8:00 PM | Temple out + 60 min | 45 min | 45–60 min |
| 8:00–9:30 PM | Temple out + 30 min | 45 min | 90+ min |
| After 9:30 PM | No pass needed, but no arrival before 10 PM | 45 min | 90+ min |
How Friday evening actually runs
~5:00–5:30 PM — Crew Car A arrives at Franklin Basin with Pete, Nikko and Steve aboard. Connect to the free Starlink hotspot (12:30–10:00 PM) and watch for Connor's Temple Fork out-time.
~5:35 PM — Connor leaves Temple Fork on sub-30 pace.
~6:05 PM — pass released at the canopy in the yellow area of the Franklin lot.
~6:10 PM — head south on 89, right at the Tony Grove turn-off, immediate left, six miles up. Actual drive is about 23–25 minutes; the race budgets 45 including parking.
~6:50 PM — parked at Tony Grove. Pete is already dressed, fed, headlamp on, kit packed.
7:30 PM — Connor arrives.
- Driving toward Tony Grove before getting the pass. There's no pass booth there and no parking without one.
- Lingering at Tony after Connor leaves. The lot is small and the race asks crews to clear out immediately and return to Franklin.
RHF or Temple Fork on the survey?
The race sends a survey in early September; roughly two-thirds of runners get RHF and one-third Temple Fork. Since the plan is for crew to skip both, the choice mostly determines what's printed on the pass — the same pass then works at every other station.
Recommendation: take RHF. It's the more commonly granted option and it keeps the crew away from the Temple Fork pinch point entirely, where parking is watched by a patrol officer and cited. If Temple Fork comes back assigned instead, nothing in this plan changes — crew still stages at Franklin.
One genuine argument for Temple Fork: crew could work it at 5:30 PM and hand off the headlamp in person, then drive up to Franklin and still make the pass window. It's timing-viable. It's just not worth the parking risk when a drop bag does the same job.
7Stop-by-stop playbook
Each crew stop, with arrival targets, jobs, and what not to do. Filled circles are jobs; open circles are things to avoid.
Hyrum Gibbons / Mount Logan Park, 1400 East 350 South. Head east on Center Street, up the hill to Eastridge, right, southeast to 1400 East.
- Mom and Dad here. Anyone else already in Logan is welcome and nobody needs to be.
- Crew pass confirmed in Crew Car A.
- Connor completes electronic check-in between 5:00 and 6:00 AM.
- Don't hold him at the line. He starts at 6:00 sharp and the first climb is the day's biggest.
Optional. Drop bag covers everything here. If crew comes, it's the parents' car and nobody else's.
- Park near the gate and expect a quarter-mile walk up the road.
- No pass needed here — the metered passes are for RHF, Temple Fork and Tony Grove only.
- Sunscreen, anti-chafe, restock 2–3 hours of fuel, top bottles. Two minutes, then let him go.
- Don't head toward RHF or Temple Fork afterward. It's a 45-minute drive and he's over two hours out — wait in Logan.
Drop bag only. Pacing becomes legal here but nobody starts this early.
- Crew is either still in Logan or already driving up to Franklin Basin.
- Large vehicles are not recommended at this aid station.
The most important drop bag of the day. Broth, ramen and chicken soup start being served here.
- Connor takes his headlamp out of the bag and puts it on his body before leaving. Sunset is about 7:20 PM and the next leg is a 2,765 ft climb — he will be in the dark before Tony Grove.
- First real savory calories of the race.
- Crew watches for his out-time on the Franklin Starlink. That timestamp starts the Tony Grove pass clock.
- No crew vehicle on Highway 89 here, with or without a pass.
First major reset. Elapsed roughly 13:30. Crew parked by 6:50 PM. Target 5–8 minutes on the ground.
- Bottles filled and handed over before anything else.
- Full night system on: warm midlayer, shell, beanie, gloves as conditions demand.
- Headlamp confirmed working, spare battery on his person.
- Substantial real food — this is the last big eating window before the calories get hard.
- Socks and feet only if there's an actual problem.
- Pete leaves with him, already dressed, fed and carrying his own everything.
- Crew Car A departs for Franklin the moment they're gone. 25-minute drive.
- Don't let this become a sit-down. Fifteen minutes here is fifteen minutes of cooling off.
Crew has been parked here since roughly 8:15 PM. Leave within 5–10 minutes.
- Nikko takes over. Pete gets in the car. Steve stays with the car.
- Caffeine starts here if that's the plan.
- Dry top swap if he's damp at all — staying warm is what keeps him eating.
- Fresh batteries, bottles, salty and neutral calories.
- Temperature check: ask what he was cold in over the last leg, not how he feels now.
- Starlink shuts off at 10:00 PM, so don't plan to look anything up here during the stop. Check what you need before ten.
Crew then drives 15–20 minutes to Beaver Mountain and gets settled. There's a four-hour gap before Connor arrives — that's the shift to sleep in, and Beaver is where to do it.
No crew, no pacer swap, no exceptions. A drop bag is the only support that exists here, and it's the deepest point of the night.
- Nothing missing from this bag can be fixed. Pack it as if the crew doesn't exist — because here, they don't.
The biggest reset of the race. Crew awake and ready by 3:30 AM. The aid station is not the main lodge — it's the smaller ski patrol lodge north of the two main lodges.
- Real calories. Broth, potatoes, whatever still goes down.
- Fresh socks, and shoes if he wants them. Feet get actual attention here — it's the last good chance.
- Fully dry, fully warm layers. He climbs 1,625 ft out of here into Peter Sinks at dawn.
- Fresh light and fresh batteries. He needs roughly three more hours of dark.
- Caffeine.
- Nikko's shift ends. Steve starts 23.5 miles.
- Sitting in a stationary car to warm up is explicitly allowed. Use it if he's cold.
- Second vehicles go to Overflow Dry Camping or Sink Hollow, never the lodge.
Mile 83.5, 8,240 ft, reached around 6:00 AM — the coldest hour in a basin known for being the coldest place in Utah. There's no drop bag and no crew there. Whatever he needs to survive that hour has to leave Beaver Mountain on his body.
Optional, but easy: 5 miles from the Beaver turn down Logan Canyon Highway to Sink Road, then 1.25 miles of dirt. Quick daylight reset.
- Strip the night layers off him and take them.
- Sunscreen and sunglasses.
- Coke, fruit, anything light. Eight miles left and 1,988 ft of descent.
- Feet only if he asks.
- Don't make it a celebration. He's not finished and the last eight miles still take a couple of hours.
Then straight to the finish — about 25–30 minutes to Garden City.
Conestoga Ranch, Garden City. East on the highway, left on 300 W at the first stoplight, look for the covered wagons, go to the north entrance, park in the grass field.
- Recovery bag and a towel — showers are free but the race doesn't supply towels.
- Mom and Dad's only job: be here, rested, happy.
- Awards at 12:15 PM Saturday.
- Nobody parks on 300W.
8Drop bags, bag by bag
Nine bags, all delivered Thursday at packet pickup. Built so the race never depends on crew timing.
Label every bag with name, bib number and aid station on the outside. Tape its contents list inside the lid. Group items in gallon ziplocs by job — light, warm, food, feet — so nothing requires digging under a headlamp with cold hands.
- 2–3 hours of familiar fuel
- Sunscreen
- Anti-chafe
- Blister kit
- Electrolyte refill
- Dry socks (optional)
- Spare hat or buff
- Fuel for 8 miles
- Anti-chafe
- Electrolytes
- Socks (optional)
- Primary headlamp
- Spare batteries or bank
- Light long sleeve or wind shell
- Gloves if forecast warrants
- Savory food
- Fuel for the 2,765 ft climb
- Caffeine, only if starting early on purpose
- Warm midlayer
- Shell
- Beanie
- Gloves
- Backup headlamp + batteries
- Fresh socks
- Shoe swap (optional)
- Savory and neutral food
- Extra fuel
- Caffeine
- Salty and neutral calories
- Warm dry backup top
- Socks
- Batteries
- Hand warmers
- Shoes (optional)
- Easy calories for 6 miles
- Caffeine
- Spare light or battery bank
- Warm gloves
- Warm hat
- Socks
- Emergency insulating layer
- Anti-chafe
- Fresh shoes and socks
- Dry warm layers head to toe
- Batteries
- Caffeine
- Bland and salty food
- Foot-care kit
- Gloves and hat for Peter Sinks
- Sunscreen
- Sunglasses
- Light food, Coke
- Lightweight layer
- Cap
- Socks only if feet demand it
- Towel
- Dry shirt, pants, underwear
- Warm jacket
- Sandals or recovery shoes
- Phone charger
- Toiletries
- Whatever he actually wants to eat
No drop bags at Logan Peak (mile 10), Upper Richards (28.5) or Peter Sinks (83.5).
9Light & layers
Late September in these mountains runs 70s–80s in the day and 20s–30s at night, and there's usually one big storm a month. No mandatory gear list, which means the judgment is entirely ours.
| Window | Where he is | What he's wearing |
|---|---|---|
| 6:00 AM–5:30 PM | Start to Temple Fork | Normal kit plus sun protection. No night system carried from mile 0 unless the forecast forces it. |
| 5:30–7:30 PM | Temple Fork to Tony Grove | Headlamp on his body leaving Temple Fork. Light long sleeve or wind shell available. Dark lands mid-climb. |
| 7:30 PM–4:15 AM | Tony Grove to Beaver | Full night system on or instantly reachable: headlamp, warm midlayer, shell, gloves, beanie. Dry-layer swaps at Franklin and Beaver are worth the weight — warm is what keeps him eating. |
| 4:15–7:20 AM | Beaver to Peter Sinks | The coldest stretch of the race, into the coldest basin in the state, with no support. Everything needed leaves Beaver on his body. |
| 7:20 AM–noon | Peter Sinks to the finish | Shed warmth as the sun comes up, sunscreen back on, sunglasses. Hand the night gear to crew at Burnt Fork. |
A primary light in the Temple Fork bag and a backup at Tony Grove, then fresh batteries at Franklin, a spare light or bank at Logan River, and fresh everything at Beaver. He is in the dark for roughly twelve hours. There is no version of this where one headlamp is enough.
10Fueling
Roughly 200–250 calories an hour, in small doses, before appetite disappears. Eat on a clock, not on hunger.
| Miles | Approach |
|---|---|
| 0–40 | 200–250 cal/hr in small doses every 15–20 minutes. Never wait for hunger. This is where the deficit gets prevented, not repaid. |
| 40–60 | Rotate sweet → salty → neutral before aversion starts. Broth becomes available at Temple Fork. |
| 60–80 | Consistency beats perfection. If the stomach turns, drop to 30–50 calories every 10–15 minutes and ease the effort rather than stopping intake. |
| 80–100 | Whatever still works. Broth, Coke, potatoes, crackers, gels, PB&J. |
On the tables at every full aid station
GU Roctane drink mix, GU gels, chews and waffles, fruit, salted potatoes, PB&J, cheese quesadillas at some stations, chips, Coke, Sprite, ginger ale, Mountain Dew, pickle juice, salty crackers. Ramen, chicken broth and vegetable broth start at Temple Fork.
Cups — this is a cupless race. He carries his own vessel. Pain meds — the race doesn't stock ibuprofen or Tylenol and asks that volunteers not be asked. If he wants them, they go in a drop bag or the crew carries them.
The 60-second checklist at every crew stop
- Bottles filled and back in his hands.
- Calories for the next leg physically placed where he can reach them.
- Layers and headlamp checked against the next few hours, not the current temperature.
- Feet and shoes only if there's a real problem.
- One question: "Anything specific you need?"
- Get him walking out of the station while he finishes answering.
11Rules that end the race
The ones a crew or pacer can trigger by accident. Worth everyone reading once.
- A pacer carrying food, water or equipment for Connor. Also no stashing supplies along the route.
- Crewing anywhere other than an allowed aid station.
- More than one crew vehicle at any aid station.
- Getting into a moving vehicle. Sitting in a stationary vehicle to warm up or cool down is allowed.
- Short-cutting the course, skipping a checkpoint, or continuing past a cutoff.
- Two pacers at once, except the final mile.
- Dogs. Not at the race, not at the finish.
- Taking a vehicle to an aid station without the pass, or to an area closed to crews.
- Littering, ignoring Forest Service waste rules, disrespecting public or private property.
- Mistreating aid station volunteers, runners or pacers.
Course markings, for pacers
Pink nylon and pink ribbons mark the way, with reflectors for night. Pink and yellow together means a turn is coming — on the left side of the trail means a left turn. Pink sprinkler flags mark open fields. Blue means wrong way — turn around and find pink. Every pacer should have the GPX loaded in Gaia or similar as backup; cows, elk and people destroy markings.
12Tracking & comms
There is no cell coverage in Logan Canyon. Plan as if the group chat doesn't work, because for most of the night it won't.
- Official tracking is volunteers on HAM radios relaying through Starlink. Expect a 5–10 minute lag and treat it as a rough position, not live GPS.
- Franklin Basin has a free Starlink hotspot, 12:30 PM to 10:00 PM Friday. Network and password are posted on a sign. This is the only reliable connection during the critical Tony Grove window.
- Beaver Mountain has Wi-Fi hosted by the resort. No cell service.
- Every crew phone downloads all aid station pins and driving directions before leaving Logan.
- If Connor carries an InReach Mini, the share link goes to the whole crew Thursday night.
- One group chat, but assume messages queue for hours. Agree on times and places in advance rather than coordinating live.
General inquiries: bear100info@gmail.com
Race directors: Cody Draper 435-213-6555 | Bethany Draper 435-213-6556
Save these offline. They also won't reach you in the canyon.
13The finish
Conestoga Ranch, Garden City. New venue for 2026.
- From the canyon: east on the highway, left (north) on 300 W at the first stoplight. Conestoga is on the left — look for the covered wagons. North (second) entrance, park in the big grass field on the east side.
- Crew parking opens 8:00 AM Friday. Pacers leaving a car use the orange area on the far east side.
- 14 free showers. Bring your own towel.
- Food: cold drinks, breakfast burritos all morning, walking tacos from late morning, gluten-free and vegetarian options. On-site restaurant open Saturday until noon. Grocery store and gas one block away.
- Awards 12:15 PM Saturday; a second ceremony at 6:15 PM for later finishers.
- Conestoga is a glamping resort — code Bear100 is 20% off for the weekend, if anyone wants to stay. Two KOAs nearby for something more basic.
- A $25 shuttle back to the start leaves the ranch entrance at 6:30 PM Saturday. We won't need it — Crew Car A is already here.
Garden City prohibits parking on it and will tow. Everything goes inside the property.
14Lock in by Thursday
Everything below should be a settled fact before packet pickup closes at 6:00 PM on the 24th.
People
- Steve confirmed or not. If not, Beaver → Finish runs solo and nobody scrambles.
- Pacer order confirmed — default Pete on Tony → Franklin, Nikko on Franklin → Beaver.
- Nikko's Saturday situation known. If he has to work, his car goes to Beaver overflow Friday evening.
- Mom and Dad's plan agreed: start and finish, plus Leatham or not.
- Everyone has read section 11 and knows what muling is.
Vehicles & passes
- Crew Car A named and its driver named. Default is Pete's car.
- Crew pass physically inside Crew Car A, and staying there all weekend. Leatham needs no pass, so it never changes hands.
- RHF vs Temple Fork assignment known from the survey.
- Everyone understands the Franklin-first Tony Grove sequence.
- Steve's ride to the canyon confirmed — he's riding with Pete, not driving.
- Where Nikko's and Steve's cars sit in Logan for two days.
Gear
- All nine drop bags packed, labeled and delivered Thursday.
- Primary headlamp in the Temple Fork bag. Backup light at Tony Grove. Batteries at Franklin, Logan River and Beaver.
- Pacer kits packed separately — own food, water, layers, headlamp. Nothing of Connor's.
- Finish recovery bag, towel and warm clothes in the parents' car.
Information
- Offline maps and aid station pins on every crew phone.
- GPX loaded on Connor's watch and every pacer's phone.
- InReach link shared, if he's carrying one.
- This document saved offline by everyone. It won't load in the canyon.
Race-day principles
- The first fifty miles are supposed to feel absurdly easy. Hike every meaningful uphill, jog the flats and descents conservatively, protect the quads — especially the 4,186 ft drop off Logan Peak.
- Eat before you want to. Appetite is a lagging indicator and it never comes back.
- Aid stations: five minutes in the first half, up to ten in the second, and only when there's a real problem to solve.
- Crew and pacers are support, not a requirement. A missed handoff is not a reason to change anything.
- No major decisions during a low point. Eat, drink, layer up, walk, keep moving. Decide later.
- Forward is the only pace that matters.