UTAH 115 by Grand to Grand Ultra

Aid station amenities are solely for the runners, their pacers and aid station volunteers. Crew members must provide their own supply of food and drinks.

Depending on availability and accessibility to aid stations, we will endeavour to provide the food and drink items listed below.

Drinks

• Water, electrolyte drinks, soda, hot drinks at night (coffee, hot chocolate)

Food

• Daytime: fruit, sandwiches, cookies, candy, boiled potato and sweet potato, snacks
• Night time: daytime food as well as hot soup, noodles, quesadillas
• Morning of second and third day: breakfast food, including scrambled eggs, bagels, bacon, burritos and oatmeal

Sleeping aid stations

• Shared tent space with sleeping pads and blankets
• Sleep time limit: 3 hours at sleeping aid stations

Cell service may not be available at every aid station given the remoteness of the race.

Thursday, 13th May 2027

• 3:00 pm: Tents check in (for those with reservations)
• 3:00pm – 7:00pm: Race bib pickup for UTAH 115M, UTAH 50M and 50K. Drop bags must be handed in when race bibs are collected.

Venue: Old Kanab Elementary School, 41 West 100 North, Kanab UT 84741

Friday, 14th May 2027

• 5:30am: Start line opens and UTAH 115M mandatory runner check-in. Drop bags must be handed in by 6:00am.
• 7:00am: UTAH 115M race start

Saturday, 15th May 2027

• 5:30am: Start line opens and UTAH 50M mandatory runner check-in. Drop bags must be handed in by 6:00am.
• 7:00am: UTAH 50M race start
• 7:30am: UTAH 50K mandatory runner check-in. Drop bags must be handed in by 8:00am.
• 9:00am: UTAH 50K race start

Old Kanab Elementary School, 41 West 100 North, Kanab, UT

Parking will be available at the race start location in Kanab. Please follow the directions of the parking attendants and race officials who will advise the designated parking spaces.

Parking will be available for standard vehicles free of charge.

There will also be parking for RVs and campervans at the start, however there will be no hook-up facilities.

• Buckles for UTAH 115M finishers.
• Medals for UTAH 50M and 50K finishers.
• Top male finisher and top female finisher of UTAH 115 will receive a complimentary entry to Grand to Grand Ultra 2027 or Grand to Grand Ultra 2028. Entry is non-transferable to another person.

Runners may choose not to have drop bags or may choose some locations and not others. If an aid station is not designated for drop bags, we will not deliver drop bags to that location.

Drop bags may be lost, mishandled, or not make it to your specified location. Please do not leave valuables or breakable items in drop bags.

Only one drop bag is allowed per runner per aid station location. If the same aid station is used twice (out and back) on the course, then the same drop bag will remain at the aid station to be used later.

Size limits

• Maximum size: drop bags should be no larger than 12 inches by 20 inches by 12 inches. Drop bags larger than these dimensions will not be transported.
• We will not accept coolers, plastic bins or containers with lids.
• Construction: use a bag that can close and is sturdy.
• Bag retrieval alarm: we suggest you set an alarm on your phone to remind you to pick up drop bags after the run, as we will not mail drop bags.

Labelling drop bags

• Runner’s full name
• Bib number
• Aid station name(s) and number(s)

Drop bag collection

• All drop bags will be returned by the race organizers from the aid stations to the finish line, upon each aid station closing. Later aid stations may not return to the finish line until Sunday.
• Crews must collect their drop bag from the aid station when their runner leaves that aid station for the last time.
• We will not mail drop bags after the event.
• Unclaimed drop bags left at the finish line will either be donated to charity or disposed of.

Kanab’s climate in May

Kanab has the perfect climate for trail running and hiking in May. It enjoys an average daily high of 78F and average daily low of 44F at that time of the year. Rainfall is low at that time, before the summer monsoon season.

There are 14 hours of daylight in May with sunrise at 6.30am and sunset at 8.30pm. Located in the high desert of the Colorado Plateau, Kanab averages 256 days of sunshine per annum, so expect sun and blue skies.

Course markings will generally be visible under normal lighting conditions. Abnormal conditions may include sand, dust, mist, fog, rain, snow or any other condition that reduces visibility (other than darkness).

The course will be marked at intervals of between 50 and 100 yards depending on terrain and visibility. If you do not see a marker for 200 yards and you are not on the obvious or logical course, you must immediately return to the last known marker to find the correct course.

If you remove or change the location or direction of course markings, you will be disqualified.