True Grit Epic course maps and feed zones

The 100 rides the 50 Mile course twice. At the end of the first lap you don't return to Town Hall: the organizer's route turns you back onto the course just after your second stop at the Barrel feed zone. So you pass a feed zone eight times, Zen and Barrel twice on each lap. The 2026 route measures 83.7 miles with about 9,000 feet of climbing.

The 100 goes off first, at 7:50 AM. According to the Mountain page it has the same cutoff times as the 50, including the 6:00 PM finish.

After a one mile escorted neutral start through town, the climbing begins as soon as you reach the dirt. The course strings together four trail systems, from steep rock drops and punchy technical climbs to fast, flowing singletrack. Watch for the Barrel Trail Water Fall, the Zen Wall, the Three Fingers of Death and the Notch. There's a one mile no-passing zone through bear-claw poppy habitat.

You hit the Zen feed zone before and after the Zen loop, and the Barrel feed zone before and after the Barrel Rolls. Cutoffs: 12:45 to start Zen, 2:45 at the Zen feed zone, 4:00 at the junction of Stucki Springs and Rim Runner, 4:30 to start the Barrel Rolls, and 6:00 PM at the finish. The 2026 route measures 43.2 miles with about 4,600 feet of climbing. Relay teams split this course and swap only at the Zen feed zone.

The Challenge starts in the last wave, after the 50, then at mile 2.4 goes straight down into the wash and climbs out to the west instead of following the 50's markings. It rejoins the 50 and 100 course on the rocky ridge at mile 2.6 and heads for the Rim Runner loops, passing the Barrel feed zone twice.

There are no cutoffs, and the minimum age is 12. It's the same terrain the long races ride, steep drop-offs and ledges included.

A seven mile escorted neutral start takes you through St. George to Navajo Drive, where the dirt and the timing begin. Blake's Dug Way climbs at up to 18% to the first feed zone on Hard Rootbeer Hill. Then you drop down Joshua Tree Road and Bulldog Pass Road, a long fast descent through the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area, and spin up Old Highway 91 to the Lytle Ranch Road feed zone. Indian Trail Road, the Rollers of Doom, comes next, then ten miles down Motaqua Road past sand and sandstone pillars, and the Santa Clara River before pavement back to town.

The organizer calls it 84 miles and 9,000 feet; its 2026 route measures 79.5 miles and about 6,900 feet. Commit to the Pickle is a self-serve stash box. You must carry a GPS device, a red tail light, two liters of fluid, two spare tubes, a pump and a phone.

The Sweet Stuff rolls out five minutes after the 84, without a police escort, in the opposite direction. It rides west to the Lytle Ranch Road feed zone and from there follows the 84's route home past the Pickle, Motaqua Road and the Santa Clara River.

The organizer runs the 64 as a ride with no podium, and the clock only counts from Lytle Ranch Road to the finish. E-bikes are allowed here if you declare them and carry a spare battery. The route the organizer links was last edited in 2024 and measures 67.2 miles with about 5,300 feet of climbing.

The stage race is three days: a self-supported ride on Thursday, the Gravel 84 on Friday and the 50 Mile on Saturday, scored on points. Stage 1 isn't timed, but you must ride it, check in and out at race headquarters, and show your recording.

In 2026 Stage 1 was the Turkey Farm Loop from the Pioneer Rim trailhead, with a gravel and a mountain bike version; the map shows the gravel one, 48 miles with about 4,000 feet of climbing. There were no markings or marshals. The 2027 ride will be announced ten days before the race.