Flat Top Mesa Endurance Run 2025

Welcome to the warm and sunny Arizona strip! Come and enjoy miles of ATV trails and beautiful scenery in the desert. 100 miles and 100k have 44 hours cutoff. 50K and 50 miler runners start on Saturday, they will have 20 hours to finish the race.

 

Pacers are allowed for 100 miles and 100k after first lap or when it gets dark. For 50K and 50M runners,  you can also have pacer if you finish in the dark. Pacer can start pacing from any crew accessible aid station. For any runners over 70 years old, pacers are allowed from the start for all races.

 

Start/finish area is located at lat 36.8272085438359, long 113.997853251625

 

The main course is a 16.6 mile loop, featuring 13 mile clockwise Oasis Loop, and 1.8 mile out-and-back, elevation gain and loss of 1075 feet, minimum elevation is at 1722 feet, maximum at 2379 feet.

 

50K runners will run this loop twice, 50 miler runners will run this loop 3 times, 100K runners will run it 4 times and 100 mile runners will run it 6 times.

There will be 2 aid stations on the loop, Oasis AS is located at 1.8 mile from start/finish, runners will return to this AS at mile 14.8 before returning to start/finish, Overlook AS is about 7.2 miles from start/finish

From Start, running downhill, at mile 0.6 enter a tunnel, at mile 1, turn right, climb up a short but steep hill, at mile 1.5, take left fork and reach Oasis aid station (36.84685, -114.00539) at mile 1.8.

From Oasis, another 4 miles of rocky ATV trail to Cross Roads (36.90197, -114.01001) water stop at mile 6.2. Turn RIGHT, go about 1 mile to reach Overlook (36.89964, -113.99236) aid station at mile 7.2.

 

From Overlook, go STRAIGHT, 2 mile down hill to a cattle gate, turn RIGHT, go about 1.5 miles, turn RIGHT, follow 4 miles of rocky ATV trails to Oasis AS. Turn LEFT, then take RIGHT fork, go about 0.9 mile, turn LEFT at the bottom of the hill, go about 0.4 mile, go through the tunnel, another 0.3 mile, turn LEFT, back to start/finish.

 

Course preview videos:

Start to Oasis 1.8 miles

 

Oasis to Cross Roads 4.2 miles

 

Cross Roads to Overlook 1 mile

 

Overlook to Oasis 7.5 miles

 

Oasis to Start/Finish

 

Course profile: 

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/308824638