Moab, Utah · Trail
Official site ↗Moab 240
A loop of about 240 miles out of Moab through the desert canyons, the slickrock and the La Sal Mountains, with 31,696 feet of climbing and a 113-hour cutoff in 2026.
Canceled
Called off on the third day, Sunday, October 11, when a storm drawing moisture from Tropical Storm Rachel hit the course. Cottonwood Creek flooded beyond the Bridger Jack aid station on Saturday night, and the runners who reached it turned back and spent the night at the aid station until local emergency responders brought them out on Sunday. With high winds and heavy rain in the La Sal Mountains and at Geyser Pass and worse forecast, Destination Trail canceled the rest of the race that afternoon. No runner had reached the finish. The course had already been rerouted in September around construction on Highway 128, to 243.5 miles and a 113-hour limit.
Distances
- Distance
- 243.5 mi (392 km)
- Vert gain
- 31,696 ft (9,700 m)
- Cutoff
- 113 hr
A loop, starting and finishing north of Moab
| Distance | Vert gain | Cutoff | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 243.5 mi (392 km) | 31,696 ft (9,700 m) | 113 hr | A loop, starting and finishing north of Moab |
About
The Moab 240 is a single continuous loop that starts and finishes north of Moab, Utah, and takes in most of the terrain southern Utah has: the canyons above the Colorado River, the slickrock, the Needles district under the Canyonlands rim, and two mountain ranges, with the high point in the La Sals above 10,000 feet. Destination Trail has held it since 2017, and it is the longest of the company's three original 200s.
Fifteen aid stations serve the loop and five of them are sleep stations, with cots and blankets, because the clock does not stop: the 113-hour limit runs from the gun and every hour of sleep comes out of it. A finish counts as a Western States 100 qualifier, which asks for the line inside 108 hours rather than the race's own 113.
Course
A loop from the Sun Outdoor Arches Gateway on North Highway 191 back to the same place, 243.5 miles with 31,696 feet of climb and 31,892 of descent in 2026, through Amasa Back, Lockhart Basin, Indian Creek, the Needles, the La Sal Mountains and Porcupine Rim. The yearly permitting review moves the route: 2025 ran 239.66 miles with a 117-hour limit, and 2026 was planned at 241.8 miles and 112 hours until construction on Highway 128 forced a detour between Porcupine Rim and the finish in late September, adding 1.7 miles and an hour.
How to register
Entry is by lottery, drawn in January for that October's race, with payment plans set up before the lottery opens. The field sells out and a waitlist runs behind it. The 2027 lottery opens January 5, 2027 and is drawn on January 26.
Results by year
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