The race starts at the tall pole by Deer Cliff Inn in Cub River Canyon. You go up to the

main road going up the canyon. In 2/3 of a mile you will cross a cattle guard. At 8/10 of a mile

you make a right turn into a campground, then you go left. At a little over a mile you see the

Juniper Trail sign as you head up the trail. It starts by the Cub River on your left, then cuts back

to the right and climbs up, angling up and over a ridge. From then on it is mostly a rolling, up

and down and around, sometimes vague trail through meadows. At 3.6 miles you come to a

fence. Go left, along the fence. In another 50 yards or so, you come to a gate on the right. Go

through the gate, leaving it the way you found it. Shortly you will cross a stream bed, probably

dry, and turn right, heading down and around the next little hill. At 4 3/4 miles you come to a big

meadow where you need to make a sharp left turn, following rock cairns and ribbons (on race

day) up through the meadow. At the top end you come to a good trail that takes you up and over

the next hill. As you come down the other side you come to a fence at 5.3 miles. Go through the

gate, which should be open. Shortly after that, you come to a good 4-wheeler trail by a pond. Go

right, then take a quick left at the "trail" sign, crossing the creek. In a quarter of a mile you come

to a mudhole, then you pass through a couple of small meadows, swing around and cross a dry

creek bottom, then you climb up through some maple trees. At a little over 7 miles you come to a

bare ridge. You go left up the ridge for 1/3 of a mile, then you pass through a gate on the right.

You double back on the other side of the fence and drop down by a salt lick for cattle, angling

back down to the left. At nearly the 8 mile mark you make a sharp right turn, following rock

cairns and ribbons (on race day) down the canyon for nearly half a mile, then you cross the creek

and come to the Maple Creek Trail sign. At this point it will be marked with ribbons both ways,

but we will have a person directing you down the canyon 1/2 mile to the aid station.

Head back up the trail. In 1/2 mile you pass the Maple Creek Trail sign where you came

down. Don’t go left onto the trail. Stay strait on the trail to the right of the creek. It has been

washed out in places, but there is a cattle trail off to the right for most of the way. At 1.35 miles

you come to a gate. Go through, leaving it the way you found it. At 1.9 miles there is a stream

crossing. It will be flagged to go to the right, where you can cross on logs. Shortly after the

crossing you come to a sign. Turn right, going up Maple Creek (literally at times). You cross the

creek, then the faint trail goes up through a meadow, then up into the trees. Then it drops down

past a camping spot to the creek not far from Maple Creek Spring (50 yards to the right). At 2.57

miles you cross the creek on a log, climbing up the steep bank on the opposite side. At 3.38 miles

a trail cuts to the left. Stay straight, but shortly, at 3.41 miles you come to a trail split. Take a

sharp left turn, past the patch of stinging nettle. As you begin to climb, you come to another split.

Take a sharp right turn at 3.46 miles. In 1/10 of a mile a trail comes in from the left. Keep going

straight, as you climb higher and higher. At 4.86 miles from AS #1 your long uphill climb is

over, as you reach the crest, and head down into Franklin Basin. After 2.4 miles of downhill you

cross a creek and come to the Franklin Basin Aid Station. (7.4 miles from AS#1)

Head north on Franklin Basin Road for 1.1 miles. Turn right onto a dirt road. At 1.9 miles

the road splits. Go right. The road climbs up to Danish Pass (3.6 miles from AS#2).

Head south on the highline trail, just east of the fence. In a little over 4 miles you take a

left heading downhill. In 2/3 of a mile a trail takes off to the right. Stay straight on the main trail

that curves to the left and swings around the north end of Gibson Basin. You come to a

crossroads. Head southeast on the trail (not a dirt road) that goes up into the trees, takes you up

over the hill, and swings down for nearly 3 miles to Beaver Creek, and the next aid station, just

across the creek. (8.09 miles from AS #3)

Cross the road and head east on the jeep trail that swings east and north, crossing a cattle

guard 2.5 miles later, then skirting another huge meadow, and shortly after re-entering the trees,

you come to a better road and Aid Station #6 (4.28 miles from AS #4).

Turn left onto the road that goes to Fish Haven, heading west. In less than 1/4 of a mile

you come to a fork in the road. Go right. In about a mile you take a right turn as the main trail

cuts down to the left. You stay high on the ridge. In 1.75 miles you come to a trail sign. Among

other things it says "Egan Basin 2 miles". In a little over a mile a sign says "Egan Basin 1.5". Go

left. In 3/10 of a mile you make a sharp left turn. In a little over 1.5 miles you come to a dirt road.

Go right. Shortly you come to the main road in Egan Basin. Turn right, heading north, up the

road to the aid station 1.7 miles later (6.5 miles from AS #5)

Head north on the highline trail. In 8/10 of a mile you come to a sign. It says

"Bloomington Lake Trail 4". After 3 1/2 miles you will be able to look down on your left and see

Willow Flat. At 4 1/2 miles you come to a big rock sign. It says (among other things), "2 to

Bloomington Lake". In a little over half a mile there is a trail split. The main trial drops down to

the right. Shortly thereafter there is a sign that says "1 mile to Bloomington Lake". Go right. In

less than 1/2 mile you come to Aid Station #7 (5.4 miles from AS #6)

Head back up the trail to the sign that says "Paris Canyon 4". Go right on this trail,

heading north. In a little aver 3 miles you will be able to look down and see Hull Valley on your

left. In another 1.75 miles a trail takes off to the right. Stay straight. In less than a mile you come

to the aid station at the top of Paris Canyon (5.72 miles from AS #7).

Head north on the Highline Trail. In 2/3 of a mile the trail splits. Go left, uphill. In

another half mile there is a trial split. Go right. In a couple miles you come to a better trail. Go

left. (looking back a sign says "trail", with an arrow pointing to the right). Shortly a road veers

right. Stay left. Then you come to a Highline Trail sign. Stay on the Highline Trail. In a little over

a mile a 4-wheeler trail comes in from the right. Keep straight. In another mile plus you come to

a sign "Dry Basin Trail 354". Don’t go right! Stay straight (left). In 2.4 miles you come to the

Dry Basin Aid Station (7.72 miles from AS #8).

Leaving the Highline Trail, you head south on a dirt road. In 2/3 of a mile the road splits.

Go left. In a little over a mile you leave the dirt road, taking a very sharp left turn onto a trail that

cuts back to the northeast, going uphill (it looks like it used to be a logging road that they have

blocked off). In about a half mile you reach Green Pass, Going down the other side you will pass

a spring on the left. It is basically a mudhole. I wouldn’t drink from it. About 2/3 of a mile farther

you come to a sign that says "Green Pass spring 1/2 mile", if it’s still there. A little less than a

mile farther down the trail you come to a sign, "Dry Fork, Mill Canyon 2, Green Pass 2".

Continue down the canyon. Stay on the main trail. At the Dry Fork sign go right and 3/10 of a

mile farther you reach the Mill Canyon road. There will be a chair set up here with water and a

sports drink. Turn left, heading down the road, which soon climbs up and around a ridge and

drops down to Danish Flat. Turn left at the Danish Flat sign and shortly you come to the aid

station on the left. (8.35 miles from AS #9).

Aid Station #10, Danish Flat (66.2) to Aid Station #11, Copenhagen Basin Road (74.27)

Head south on Copenhagen Basin Road. (dirt road) In 3.6 miles you come to a trail going

off to the left as the road curves to the right. Stay on the road. It drops down to Copenhagen

Basin. There will be an aid station here. (4 miles from AS #11).

Continue south on the road (jeep trail). In a little over 2 miles you come to a sign

"Copenhagen Basin 2 1/2, HWY 36 6, Emigration CG 7". Shortly the road curves to the right

and the Highline Trail continues straight. Go straight onto the Highline Trail. In a little over a

mile you come to a sign, "Copenhagen Basin Road 1". The trail splits. Go left here. In a little

over half mile you come to the Dry Basin Aid Station (4.12 miles from AS #12).

Continue on the Highline Trail, heading southwest. This should look familiar. This 7.7

mile section is a repeat from earlier, only in the opposite direction. In 2.4 miles you come to the

Dry Basin Trail sign. Continue straight. In a little over a mile a trail comes up from the left. It is

more defined than the Highline Trail, which continues straight. Dont go left! Stay straight. Less

than a mile after that you pass a Highline Trail sign, where you cross a road. In about 1/4 of a

mile you come to the "trail" sign where you turn right. In 2 1/3 miles you drop down to a wider

trail. Go right, and in a little over half a mile you are at the Paris Canyon Aid Station (7.72 miles

from Dry Basin AS # 13)

Head west on the dirt road that takes you up over the mountain and down a narrow, steep,

winding road called the German Dugway. 2 2/3 miles down this road you come to a better dirt

road. Turn left, downhill. This is the German Dugway aid station at mile 93.

Note!  The next two miles are rugged and NOT ON A MAINTAINED TRAIL.  It is strongly recommended you scout this portion of the course before race day.  Use caution and pace yourself to cover this stretch in more time than you might feel is necessary! From German Dugway Aid Station you take a trail (Do not head down the dirt road). There is an ATV trail that heads down just to the right of the dirt road.Take it for about 10 yards, then look for a faint trail to the right. Take this trail in a southeasterly direction. This trail has many little ups and downs as it traverses the mountain for a mile and a half. In many places it is very narrow and steep, and you have to climb over rocks in a couple of spots. You come to a little pass where a cow trail takes you down the other side of the ridge to Worm Basin. You will come to a flat area with sagebrush, and the cow trail will take you past some deep holes in the ground just before you come to a dirt road. Take a left onto the dirt road, and in a short distance you come to a grassy area. Look for a trail that takes off to the right and heads down on the north side of the little mountain range. You continue on this trail for a couple of miles, then make a sharp left turn onto a cow trail (if you come to a spot where the trail curves to the right and you see a road coming into it from the left, you went too far). Go Down the cow trail to the main road, go right 8/10 of a mile and you are there. Congratulations, you survived the BEAR!

CREW DIRECTIONS

>From Logan, UT: Follow HWY 91 north from Logan, past Smithfield, Richmond, Cove, into

Idaho, past Franklin, ID. 2.2 miles past Franklin turn right at the sign directing you up Cub River

Canyon to Deer Cliff Recreation Area. It is 8 miles up the canyon, on the right.

>From Preston, ID: Head southeast on HWY 91 for 4 miles to the turnoff to Cub River Canyon

and Deer Cliff Recreation Area on the left. It is 8 miles up the canyon, on the right.

>From the start: Drive down the canyon to HWY 91. Turn left. In 2.2 miles you come to

Franklin. Turn left at the flashing yellow light. Go 3 blocks. Turn left, heading north. Just after

the sign that says "dangerous intersection", turn right (1st right after you leave town). Follow the

main road that soon becomes a dirt road about 7 miles to checkpoint #1. (End of the road)

Via Logan Canyon (travel time: approx. 2 hours from checkpoint #1) Drive to Logan. Turn left at

400 north. (Or turn at 1400 north to 1200 East, then south to HWY 89) Drive up Logan Canyon

22 miles to the turnoff to Franklin Basin Road, on the left as the road curves to the right, (2.4

miles up from Red Banks Campground). It is almost 10 miles up Franklin Basin Road to the

checkpoint. There are a few rough spots, so be careful!

Via Cub River Canyon (4 wheel only) (Travel time: approx. 45 minutes from the start) Drive up

Cub River Canyon to the Willow Flat Campground turnoff and turn right. Go to Willow Flat

Campground. continue up the road, which is quite steep and very rough. when you reach Franklin

Basin, continue south on the main road to the aid station on the right. If you reach a point where

the water is flowing to the south you went too far.

>From checkpoint #2 Head north on the dirt road 1.1 miles (runners will be running along here,

so use discretion in traveling this road) Turn right. In 8/10 of a mile stay right again. In 1.7 miles

later you reach Danish Pass (limited parking)

>From Danish Pass: Drive down the dirt road into Egan Basin (to the southeast) for 5.7 miles to

the checkpoint, which is just above a campground, where a road takes off to the east.

>From Logan Canyon: Continue up Logan Canyon to the Beaver Mountain turnoff, Turn left. In

one mile turn right onto a dirt road. Continue up this road to the aid station, just above a

campground on the right. The aid station is on the left, opposite of a road that heads to the east.

>From checkpoint #4 Head north on the dirt road. In 1.5 miles take the first road to the right.

Continue another 2.9 miles up to the aid station.

>From checkpoint #5 Head back down the road 2.9 miles, then take a right, heading up into Egan

Basin. Continue up to Danish Pass.

>From checkpoint #5 Head northeast on the dirt road (recommended only in dry weather) In 1.8

miles you come to a sign and a fork in the road. Left takes you down to St. Charles. When you

come to Deer Drive, turn right. It soon curves to the left and takes you to the main road. Go left

and head north to Bloomington. Take a left at the Bloomington Canyon sign, and continue up the

narrow, bumpy dirt road (4 wheel only the last mile or so) 14 miles to the aid station. (travel

time: approx. 1 hr 15 min. from checkpoint #5).

Paris is 2 miles north of Bloomington. Head up Paris Canyon. 4.3 miles up the canyon you make

a right turn at a sign. 5.2 miles farther you come to the ice caves. Continue up about 4 more miles

to the aid station. Don’t go over the mountain, unless you want to experience the German

Dugway road (Too steep and narrow for me)

>From checkpoint #8 Head back down the canyon. 1/2 mile below the ice caves take a left. In 1.6

miles you come to a sign. Go left toward Green Basin. In 1.6 more miles you come to a sign

directing you to the right to Dry Basin. In 2.5 miles you come to a fork in the road. Go right ,

another 2/3 mile to the aid station. Runners will be running along the road for about 1.75 miles,

so use discretion in going to this aid station. (also there is very limited parking).

>From checkpoint #9 Drive back 2/3 of a mile. Turn left. Continue until you reach the sign on

the left that points you straight ahead to Mill Canyon. Continue on this road approx. 5 miles to

Danish Flat. There is a sign on the right where you turn left, and the aid station is there, on the

left.

>From checkpoint #10 Go back to the Danish Flat sign. Turn left. In 4.2 miles you come to a

paved road, Turn left. In 1.3 miles you come to Liberty. Turn Left. In 8.3 miles you come to the

Copenhagen Basin Road turnoff. Turn left, then left again into the big parking area. This is it.

Copenhagen Basin (CP#12) is off limits to crew except by foot!

To the finish from Copenhagen Basin Road Head down the paved road to the west, taking you

down Strawberry Canyon 21.3 miles. Turn left at the stop sign. In 5.3 miles you come to Preston.

Turn left at the stop, continue through Preston, to the turnoff to Deer Cliff Inn 4 miles past

Preston. Go left, 8 miles up the canyon to the finish at Deer Cliff Inn, on the right.

Head up the canyon approx. 6 1/2 miles to the aid station (limited parking)