The marathon starts at 7:00 a.m., and half marathon starts at 8:00 a.m. The time limits are 10 hours for time limit and 9 hours for half marathon,
with the finish time limit closing at 5:00 p.m. for the marathon and 1:00 p.m. for half marathon.
This is a high-altitude course with an average elevation of 9,000 feet (approximately 2,700 m).
The course ranges from a low of 8,200 feet to a high of 9,500 feet.
The marathon aid station are at Old Mill (aid station) at 8.4 miles,
Elk Pond at 11.8 and 16.8 miles, and Staunton Rocks at 20.3 miles, with the finish at 26.3 miles.
Half marathon passes Old Mill (aid station) at 6.2 miles and Staunton Rocks at 10.5 miles before finishing at 13.1 miles.
Official aid station offer sports drink, water and ice, salty snacks such as pretzels and potato chips,
fruit such as bananas and watermelon, cookies and gummy candies, cola and ginger ale, and peanut-butter-and-jam and ham-and-cheese sandwiches.
Gluten-free and vegan alternatives are kept separately and provided upon request.
Salt capsules are not supplied, but runners may bring and use their own.
Toilets are available at the Ranch Hand start/finish area, the Mason Creek Trail entrance, and along the Bugling Elk Loop leading to the Elk Pond aid station.
Crew members can meet runners at the Ranch Hand start/finish area and the Mason Creek Trail entrance.
Crew vehicles must pay a $10 park entrance fee.
Pacing and support outside designated aid station are grounds for disqualification of the runner concerned.
Entry fee increases depending on when you register.
The marathon starts at $110, rising to $120 on March 1 and $130 on June 1.
Half marathon follows the same schedule at $90, $100, and $110.
Once the field is full, a waitlist is created, and payment is not taken until you accept an offer of a place.
There are no refunds.
Instead, you receive rollover credit valid for 12 months toward another race organized by the same organizer.
If you cancel by March 31, you receive 100%; from April 1 through June 30, 75%;
and after July 1, 50%.
To upgrade from half marathon to the marathon, pay the difference;
dropping from the marathon to half marathon incurs no additional fee.
