Western States Endurance Run · Trail
Western States 100
Auburn, CA · Jun 26, 2027 to Jun 27, 2027
2027 edition
Registration opens soon
Jun 26, 2027 to Jun 27, 2027 · Entry Not announced yet
Lottery entry · Qualifying race required
Overview
- Distance
- 100 Mile
- Course shape
- Point-to-point
- Elevation gain
- 18.0k ft
- Gain / mile
- 180 ft
- High point
- 8,750 ft
- Cutoff
- 30 hours
What this race is really like
RaceBound insight
Western States 100 is a 100 Mile point-to-point trail race in Auburn, CA. On paper it reads fast: about 18,000 ft of climbing against 23,000 ft of descent. The high point sits near 8,750 ft, so altitude is a real factor.
Built from official course data
Where it gets hard
Western States combines an aggressive opening climb and alpine running with long descending and often severe canyon heat. The roughly 23,000 feet of descent creates substantial cumulative quad damage.
Editorial summary · not an official race claim and not runner consensus
Terrain
- Terrain
- mountain, alpine, rocky, forest, canyon, river crossings, technical sections
Climbing
- Total gain
- 18.0k ft
- Total loss
- 23.0k ft
Altitude
Relevance: moderate
- Start
- 6,200 ft
- High point
- 8,750 ft
Entry and registration
- Registration status
- Registration opens soon
- Entry type
- Lottery + Qualifier required
- Entry price
- Not announced yet
- Lottery window
- Nov 1, 2026 to Nov 21, 2026
- Lottery draw
- Dec 5, 2026
- Qualifier
- Qualifying race required
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