Salt Flats 50 Mile Endurance Run

The Salt Flats 50 Mile Endurance Run is a premier 50 mile event, exposing the runner to the mind-bending terrain and extreme environment of the Salt Flats, Island Mountains, and Mud-Flats surrounding the Bonneville Speedway. The weather at this time of year can be everything from sunny and low 80's to blowing snow and low 20's. Part of the experience of running this course is encountering and conquering the unpredictable weather. The course will start with the 100 Milers and take the runner along the same course as the 100 Mile Endurance Run up to mile 23, where it diverts and heads back south, over two mountain passes, and returns to the flats for the finish. As has been demonstrated, the weather at this time of year can be everything from sunny and low 80's to freezing rain and blowing snow in the low 20's. You are fundamentally responsible for preparing yourself to run in any weather. The finish cutoff is 14 hrs, and every finisher receives the 50 Mile "mini-buckle" medal! 

The 50 Mile race starts at 7:00AM at the same time as the 100 milers on the Bonneville Speedway and runs out to join the roads and trails that traverse the "islands"... mountains that seem to float on the Salt Flats.

As a general description; you'll be running on the salt and compacted salt-sands for roughly 16 miles, then transition to dirt jeep road (double-track) for about 5 miles where you'll hit (Cobb Peak road). Then you'll split off from the 100 mile course for 9 miles of dirt road, followed by a technical double-track climb and descent of about 6 miles, a couple more miles of dirt road, then another double track climb of a mile or so with moderately technical descent of another mile or so back to the salt for the remainder of the course. I personally love the two climbs/descents on the 50 mile course... they are an exceptionally beautiful example of the desert mountains and offer a good technical respite ;) The course starts and finishes at the same location, so runners won't have to worry about shuttling vehicles or themselves.