Getting to the start
No public transit — car access required
Start venue is Lovell Canyon in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, roughly 30 minutes' drive from Harry Reid International Airport / Las Vegas. Remote mountain canyon with no transit service.
Date Sept 19, 2026 confirmed on calicoracing. Remote rural venue — car access only is expected and normal.
Getting to the finish
No public transit — car access required
Finish in the same Lovell Canyon area as the start.
Start shuttle
runners drive and park at the canyon venue.
IC card
RTC Tap & GO (reloadable card exists, but is optional — open-loop bank-card tap is fully supported system-wide)
If you still want a physical Tap & GO card, it's free from the Bonneville Transit Center or RTC Administrative Offices; reload via the rideRTC app or at 350+ retailers. Works directly at the gates
Alternative: 24-Hour Pass $8 (2026); The Deuce/Strip single ride $4, standard local single ride ~$2 — Since single-ride taps aggregate and cap automatically over a 24-hour period from your first tap, a pre-bought day pass usually isn't necessary — just tap your bank card each ride and let it auto-cap. RTC's own newsroom confirms system-wide EMV open-loop acceptance: RTC transit customers can pay with their debit/credit cards, mobile wallet, or smart watch, across RTC's entire bus network including The Deuce.
Not applicable to the privately-run Las Vegas Monorail, which uses its own separate ticketing. Cash is still accepted on board with exact change.
Las Vegas has the RTC Transit bus network, where you can simply tap a contactless Visa or Mastercard debit/credit card or phone wallet to ride, or buy a reloadable RTC Tap and GO card. A single ride is 2 dollars, but Devil After Dark is a desert trail event outside the Strip, so most runners will still need a car to reach the venue.
