GAP factor 11.3% slower than flat · net elevation -8 m
Decision summary
Lower than 12% of comparable mapped races
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Verified GPS route
Quick answers
RaceIndex 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.
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.
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.
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.
Its normalised GAP factor is 11.3% slower than a flat course, with about 6262 m of total ascent.