Scout Mountain Ultras route map
raceindex.org has a GPS course file for Scout Mountain 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.
Scout Mountain Ultras Ultramarathon
This race edition
- Race date
- Date not confirmed for this distance
- Race timezone
- Timezone not confirmed
- Edition status
- Status not confirmed
Entry options
2027 edition
Entry options are not yet confirmed for this edition. Check the organiser before making plans.
Modelled energy-cost change 11.3% versus flat · net elevation -8 m
Decision summary
Scout Mountain Ultras Ultramarathon at a glance
- Route ascent
- 6,262 m
- Typical conditions
- 69/100
- Evidence depth
- 39 verified facts
Lower than 12% of comparable mapped races
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Stored GPS route
Quick answers
What runners ask first
How hilly is the Scout Mountain Ultras?
The Scout Mountain Ultras route has 6,262 m of ascent, 6,271 m of descent and an estimated 11.3% grade-adjusted pace penalty versus a flat route.
Where does the Scout Mountain Ultras route go?
The Scout Mountain Ultras route starts at Mink Creek Group Campground is race HQ and the finish line for all events; individual distances start from different trailheads (Lead Draw, Gibson Jack, Mink Creek) in the mountains outside Pocatello, Idaho and finishes at Mink Creek Group Campground, Pocatello, Idaho (finish line for all four distances). Underfoot, expect mountain trail through the Bannock and Pocatello ranges / Caribou-Targhee National Forest. It passes Scout Mountain, Lead Draw Trailhead, Gibson Jack Trailhead, Mink Creek Group Campground and Cusick Creek. Conservation-focused event with initiatives to reduce its environmental footprint and elevate the environmental literacy of the trail running community.
Race character
Scenery
- Mountain
- Countryside
- Forest
Atmosphere
- Wilderness
- Community
- Competitive
Terrain
- Trail
- Elevation character
- Mountainous
- Technicality
- Technical
- Source-stated ascent
- 2,257 m
- Net elevation
- -16 m
The stored route produces 6,262 m of ascent, while a source states 2,257 m. GPS sampling and elevation models can produce different totals, so both are labelled rather than combined.
Entry, logistics and records
Records and field
- Field size
- At least 50% of the field at each event is reserved for women, femme and non-binary participants.
Entry requirements
- Entry status
- Open entry: The held registration model is open entry and this edition is not marked sold out.
- Qualification status
- The 100 Mile is a Hardrock 100 qualifier (as of 2025). It also carries an eight Hour service requirement, fulfilled by volunteering at another ultramarathon or for an environmental group doing trail Impacting work.
Race day logistics
- Medal
- Every finisher takes home a custom item rather than a standard race shirt; top three men and women in each distance receive a custom piece of artwork.
Access and course status
- Start
- Mink Creek Group Campground is race HQ and the finish line for all events; individual distances start from different trailheads (Lead Draw, Gibson Jack, Mink Creek) in the mountains outside Pocatello, Idaho.
- Finish
- Mink Creek Group Campground, Pocatello, Idaho (finish line for all four distances)
Course facts
- Surface
- Mountain trail through the Bannock and Pocatello ranges / Caribou Targhee National Forest
- Landmarks
- Scout Mountain, Lead Draw Trailhead, Gibson Jack Trailhead, Mink Creek Group Campground, Cusick Creek, Bannock Range, Caribou-Targhee National Forest
- Notable features
- Conservation-focused event with initiatives to reduce its environmental footprint and elevate the environmental literacy of the trail running community
- an explicit anti-harassment and inclusivity policy
- 50 Mile: 54.3 miles, altitude range 4,824'-8,686', gross vertical change +10,751'/-10,799'
- start time moved to midnight in 2026 from Gibson Jack Trailhead
How hilly is the Scout Mountain Ultras Ultramarathon?
- Steep descent 30%
- Descent 15%
- Flat 13%
- Climb 12%
- Steep climb 29%
- Total ascent
- 6,262 m
- Net elevation
- −8 m
- GAP factor
- 11.3%
- Longest climb
- 6,230 m at 12.6%
What are typical race-day conditions?
- 19°CTypical temperature
- 16 kphTypical wind
- 1 mmTypical rainfall
- 69Favourability /100
More race details
Is the Scout Mountain Ultras flat?
Its normalised GAP factor is 11.3% slower than a flat course, with about 6262 m of total ascent.