Standhope Ultra Challenge route map
raceindex.org has a GPS course file for Standhope Ultra Challenge, so runners can inspect the route line on the map. Elevation charts and ascent figures appear only when that file includes usable elevation data.
Standhope Ultra Challenge Ultramarathon
This race edition
- Race date
- Date not confirmed for this distance
- Race timezone
- Timezone not confirmed
- Edition status
- Status not confirmed
Entry options
2026 edition
Entry options are not yet confirmed for this edition. Check the organiser before making plans.
Decision summary
Standhope Ultra Challenge Ultramarathon at a glance
- Cut-off average pace
- 14:32/km
- Typical conditions
- 65/100
- Evidence depth
- 40 verified facts
39:00:00 total limit divided by distance. Check gun/chip timing and intermediate limits; allow time for stops.
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Stored GPS route
Quick answers
What runners ask first
How hilly is the Standhope Ultra Challenge?
The Standhope Ultra Challenge is described as mountainous. The course listing puts the climb at 7,010 m.
Where does the Standhope Ultra Challenge route go?
Underfoot, expect remote wilderness single-track and high-alpine trails with steep climbs, technical descents, and sections without established trail. It passes Pioneer Mountains, Goat Lake, Betty Lake, Kane Lake and Surprise Valley. Billed as Idaho's highest trail race, with every aid station hiked in and staffed by volunteers. Course reaches a high point of around 11,100 feet, including the shores of Goat Lake, the highest lake in Idaho.
What should runners know on race day for the Standhope Ultra Challenge?
12. Pacers are permitted on the 100-mile race (free pacer registration; pacer points at aid stations).
Race character
Scenery
- Coastal
- Lakeside
- Mountain
- Forest
- Waterfront
- Countryside
Terrain
- Trail
- Elevation character
- Mountainous
- Technicality
- Very Technical
- Source-stated ascent
- 7,010 m
Entry, logistics and records
Entry requirements
- Entry status
- Past event: The listed edition date has passed.
- Cut-off
- 100-mile overall cutoff is 8:00pm Sunday, July 26th (about 39 hours from the 5:00am Saturday start).
- Qualification status
- No qualifying requirement this year, but organisers warn not to sign up unless fully prepared for the elevation gain and mileage.
Race day logistics
- Aid stations
- 12
- Pacers
- Pacers are permitted on the 100-mile race (free pacer registration; pacer points at aid stations).
- Medal
- 100-mile finishers receive a custom handcrafted finisher belt buckle.
- Finisher tee
- Entrants receive a technical race shirt.
Course facts
- Course type
- The 60K and 30K are point To Point courses with separate start trailheads finishing at a shared campground.
- Surface
- Remote wilderness single Track and high Alpine trails with steep climbs, technical descents, and sections without established trail.
- Landmarks
- Pioneer Mountains, Goat Lake, Betty Lake, Kane Lake, Surprise Valley, Park Creek, Fall Creek, White Mountain (Hell Hill)
- Notable features
- Billed as Idaho's highest trail race, with every aid station hiked in and staffed by volunteers
- Course reaches a high point of around 11,100 feet, including the shores of Goat Lake, the highest lake in Idaho
- 100-mile route is supported by 12 fully stocked aid stations, each hiked in, with long and rugged stretches between aid
What are typical race-day conditions?
- 20°CTypical temperature
- 14 kphTypical wind
- 1 mmTypical rainfall
- 65Favourability /100