The Yeti 100 Mile Endurance Run

The Yeti 100 is a hundred miles on the Virginia Creeper Trail, the rail trail that runs through the mountains of southwest Virginia from Abingdon, and the course is USATF certified. The organiser says road shoes are fine on the Creeper, and pitches the race both to first-timers and to runners chasing a sub-24. Runners get 30 hours from the 7:00 a.m. start.

The 2026 race ran on October 9, and Joshua Lecrone won it in 12:52:32. The 2027 race is on Friday, September 24, and registration opens on January 1, 2027. A finish is a Western States 100 qualifier. Yeti Trail Runners also puts the race in its three-race From Start to Heart series.

A hundred miles on the Virginia Creeper Trail from Abingdon, Virginia, on a USATF-certified course (VA19003MS). The Creeper is a converted railway line, and the organiser says road shoes are fine on it. The 30-hour limit is the race's; it publishes no total climb on its own pages.

Entry is on UltraSignup and has a qualifying standard: a 50-mile finish within 12 months of the race, a 100-mile finish within the last two years, or registration for a qualifying 50-mile or 24-hour event. Registration for 2027 opens on January 1, 2027. The race publishes no fee, cap or closing date ahead of opening, and it does not offer deferrals.