The course starts off with a climb up through Waterville Vally and over your first peak of the race, Mount Tecumseh before descending to Osceola Aid. Next up is a climb up to the high point on the course atop Mount Osceola. You'll then make your way down and over past Sawyer Pond Aid, before taking on Mount Tremont. A descent off there will take you past Bartlett Experimental Forest before climbing two more major mountains (Big Attach Mountain & North Moat Mountain). You'll descend down and hit the turnaround point at North Moat Aid.

The return trip starts off with a a fun, 2400 ft climb in 2.4 miles up South Moat and you will traverse the ridge until you get to the Attitash Trail on the bottom of North Moat. From here you'll head towards Bear Notch going over Big Attitash and Table mountain.  You'll then work your way through Bartlett via the Barlett Experimental Forest and private land.  From here, you'll hop on 302 and head to the Mt Tremont trailhead.

From here, you'll go up and over Mt Tremont and continuing down on Brunel Trail till you get to Rob Brook Rd. You'll follow this until you get to Sawyer Pond trail, You'll follow this all the way to Sawyer river trail.  The course continues to go through Hancock Notch Trail to the hairpin turn on the Kanc.

From here, you'll get to go on a very short section of road to get your climbing legs back and then up and over the Osceolas to Tripoli Rd.  Again, you'll get to stretch the legs for a mile before the last big climb of the course going up Mt Tecumseh.  After descending, you'll run to the town square at Waterville Valley on trails.

Mountain weather is subject to extreme changes and a large portion of the course over the mountain is fully exposed to the elements. Be responsible.  You will be DISQUALIFIED if you do not carry the mandatory gear listed below.

Gear list:

• Minimum of 2 liters of water from the start and encouraged to take
  more at the aid stations
• Water filter (ie Katahdin BeFree)
• A minimum of 1000 calories
• Trail map with course marked on it (this will be provided)
• Emergency blanket
• GPX file uploaded into GPS, Watch or Phone
• Extra battery pack to charge phone/watch, etc
• Cell Phone or other communication device to call for help
• Headlight plus extra batteries.  Two headlamps if they are the rechargeable kind
• Light Jacket
• Gloves
• Warm Hat
• Compass or GPS (most watches and phones have a compass)
• Neon safety vest with large reflective areas (for roads)
• First Aid Kit (bandaids, ointment, etc.)

Possible additions to required gear (we may adjust based on weather forecast):

• Puffy jacket
• Hand warmers
• Winter hat and gloves
• Extra layers (tights and long sleeve)
• Buff / head wrap

Crew
There is no crew.  You can have your crew sign up for a 6 hour shift at an aid station and they can help you that way.  Any crew found helping a runner unless they are working a volunteer shift will result in the runner being disqualified from the event.  Our permit does not allow any crew.

Pacers
You can have pacers from Sawyer River Road to the finish.  You will not be allowed to leave cars so you will need to make arrangements to have your pacer dropped off.

NO MULING ALLOWED

ALL PACERS MUST CARRY THE REQUIRED GEAR WHICH IS THE SAME AS THE RUNNER AND THEY MUST HAVE A GEAR CHECK BEFORE PACING. 

All aid stations will allow drop bags. We highly recommend weather sealed / rain proof bags for all aid stations. Please have these labeled and drop off to the start line on race morning. 

Please place in the discard drop bag pile on your last trip through that aid station so we can transport back to the finish line.

This is not an elementary race.  You will need to be comfortable following maps and GPS data which we will provide and you will be required to have uploaded to your watch/phone/GPS.  The course will be unmarked.  The signage is easy to follow but you will need to pay attention.

Due to the remote and rugged nature of this course you will need to have completed a 50 mile run within the past year or a similar mountain effort.  The 50 mile run should be one with significant elevation gain.  If you spend your days in the mountains the Pemi Loop, Kilkenny Traverse, ETC are all acceptable.  We want you to be familiar with long mountain days.

There will be a vetting process so you will have to provide proof of your run.  This is required by the USFS to ensure runners are capable of safely navigating the course.

There will be aid stations but also some long stretches without aid where you should be comfortable filtering water if necessary.  If it is a hot day you may need to filter water.

Familiarity with the White Mountains is also helpful but not required to run the race.