3 Bears Trail Races Preston, ID   Sep 16–17, 2022

The 3 Bears Trail Races consist of the Papa Bear 100 Mile, Mama Bear 50 Mile, & Baby Bear 50K. The course is 78% trail, and 22% dirt road. Elevation gain/drop is app. 20,000 feet each. The race is situated in the beautiful Wasatch Cache National Forest, in the Bear River Range in southeast Idaho. Elevation ranges from 5,700 feet to over 9,000 feet. Much of the course is along the Highline Trail, which gives you stunning views of the area. This is a tough course, and should only be attempted if you have trained sufficiently to be able to complete it.

The 100 mile race will start first, on Friday at 6:30 am at Deer Cliff Inn, and will follow the 50 mile course in a clockwise direction until Danish Pass, then will do a counter clockwise loop back to Danish Pass, and will continue from there in a clockwise direction to Deer Cliff Inn, and the 50 mile point. From there, runners will do the 50 mile course in reverse of what they just did. They will go to Danish Pass, and then do the 19 mile loop in a clockwise direction back to Danish Pass. From there, they will head north and finish the course in a counter clockwise direction, finishing at Deer Cliff Inn.

The 50 mile will start at 5 am on Sat. the 9th at Deer Cliff Inn, and the 50K will start at 6:30 am on the 9th, and will begin at the campground a mile up from Deer Cliff Inn. They will both follow the course in a counter clockwise direction to Danish Pass, where the 50K runners will head north on the Highline Trail from there, and will finish at Deer Cliff Inn. The 50 mile runners will do a counter clockwise loop from Danish Pass to Danish Pass, then will head north on the Highline Trail and finish at Deer Cliff Inn.