Ultra Trails Lake Tahoe

The mountainous Ultra Trails Lake Tahoe will challenge you at distances of 100-mile, 100K, 50K or 25K.

Epic Endurance Events invites you to Lake Tahoe, one of the world’s most beautiful places. If you like epic views and plenty of vert than you won’t want to miss the UTLT Mountain Ultra Trail Festival. The 100mi event is now a 6 point UTMB race and the 100k is a whopping 4 points! The Village at Northstar California serves as our start and finish venue- there simply is no better mountain resort to host these scenic and difficult events. The Village is world class with great rooms, condos and homes as well as the luxurious Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Lake Tahoe. Amenities abound in this picturesque mountain setting where you can pamper yourself after the leg crushing terrain with spa treatments, hot tubs, swimming, shopping and exquisite food. Enjoy the beauty of Lake Tahoe before or after running; the water, beaches and scenery will leave you in awe. All this and more will provide the perfect backdrop for North America’s version of the ultimate Mountain Ultra Trail Festival. Experience why Mark Twain declared of Lake Tahoe: “surely the fairest picture the whole world affords.”

*Please note: All course specifics are subject to change pending final permits.

100 and 100K route
Starting in the village at Northstar you will climb up ski runs and single track to the summit of Mount Pluto then drop down West Ridge to Boondocks trail then up the TNT, back down Washoe to Lookout Lodge. The climb up Lookout Mtn is 1700 feet in 1.1 miles! but that’s only half of it. Dropping down the backside and finally up to Pluto again, 1800 feet in 1.25 miles: 6000 feet of vertical gain in the first 11 miles. Descend 2000 feet down to the Western States Trail until you reach the Tahoe Rim Trail. The TRT is a long rolling climb up Mount Watson around Lake Watson, across Hwy 267 at Brockway and continue up to Mount Baldy turn around at over 9000 feet. You will want a photo here. Go back on the TRT to Mt Watson Rd then Sawmill Flat Rd back into the village start/finish. Do it again for the 100 mile, for the 100k continue to Mt Pluto 2 times and then descend to the village finish. Incredible views, lung busting climbs and nearly 25000 feet of vertical gain for the 100 and 12,500 for the 50. 36 hour 100mi cutoff – 18 hour cutoff at the 50mi mark.

50K route
UTLT50K will be 2 loops of the 25k course for around 11000 feet of gain.

25K route
The 25K route will start in Northstar Village and head up Dog Bone to Karpiel to East Ridge to Mt. Pluto, along West ridge and down boondocks to Ritz-Carlton. Go back up Tell no Tales to over Lookout M. Take the backdoor and drop down to the backside, then up Iron Horse to Mt Pluto, 1800 feet of vert in 1.5 miles. Go back down to the Village the way you came up, vertical gain is about 5500 feet.

Trail Work
All entrants in the 100 mile event are required to do 8 hours of trail work. Volunteering at an event is not the same.