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17:00:00 total cut-off
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Verified GPS route
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RaceIndex has a GPS course file for Black Canyon Ultras, so runners can inspect the route line on the map. Elevation charts and ascent figures appear only when that file includes usable elevation data.
The Black Canyon Ultras is described as net downhill. The course listing puts the climb at 1,582 m. The course notes also call it the opening ~20 miles are net downhill with fast, flowing singletrack and jeep roads that can tempt runners into going out too hard.
The Black Canyon Ultras route starts at Both the 100K and 50K start at Mayer High School in Spring Valley, Arizona (7:00 AM starts) and finishes at 100K finishes at the Emery Henderson Trailhead near New River, Arizona. 50K finishes at Deep Canyon Ranch near Black Canyon City. Underfoot, expect non-motorized Black Canyon Trail (a National Recreation Trail): a mixture of fast, flowing single-track, jeep roads, and sections of an old stagecoach route originally a Native American travel corridor and later a livestock driveway. It passes Black Canyon National Recreation Trail, Sonoran Desert, Bradshaw Mountains, Antelope Mesa and Bumble Bee Ranch. It is one of the most prominent early-season trail ultras in North America.
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