What’s Up in Ultra This Weekend — July 26, 2025

The final weekend of July features 49 races on the UltraRunning Magazine race calendar. In this week’s What’s Up in Ultra, we highlight ultramarathons in Utah, Minnesota, West Virginia, New Jersey and Northern Mexico. If you’re a race director and would like your event to be featured in the calendar, register here.

Featured: Speedgoat (Snowbird Resort, UT)

Speedgoat Mountain Races by UTMB® kicks off Saturday, July 26, at Utah’s Snowbird Resort. Recognized as one of the toughest and most competitive 50k ultramarathons in the United States, Speedgoat attracts some of the best trail runners in the world vying for the $7,000 prize purse. On course, participants will traverse Utah’s Wasatch Mountain Range on extremely steep and technical trails with over 11,400 feet of ascent and descent with the majority of the course at an elevation above 9,000 feet. The 50k begins at 6:30 a.m. and runners have 13 hours to complete the race to earn an official finish. Read more.

Other West Events:

Pacific

• Resurrection Pass (Cooper Landing, AK)
• The San Francisco Marathon (San Francisco, CA)
• Great Shasta Rail Trail (McCloud, CA)
• Lost Sierra Endurance Race (Downieville, CA)
• Hawaii Kai Ultra Run – XTreme (Honolulu, HI)
• Hood Hundred (Mt. Hood, OR)
• White River 50 (Crystal Mountain, WA)
• 5K Fest (Bonney Lake, WA)

Mountain

• Grand Mesa Ultras (Grand Mesa, CO)
• Never Summer 100K & 60K (Gould, CO)
• Pikes Peak Ultra (Colorado Springs, CO)
• Creede 100 (Creede, CO)
• The Summit 200 (Frisco, CO)
• Standhope (Ketchum, ID)
• Crazy Mountain 100 (Lennep, MT)
• Yellowstone Trail Race (West Yellowstone, MT)
• Tushars Mountain Runs (Eagle Point Ski Resort, UT)

Featured: Minnesota Voyageur (Carlton, MN)

The 44^th annual Minnesota Voyageur 50-Mile Trail Ultramarathon begins and ends at Carlton High School in Carlton, Minnesota. Founded in 1982 by the Northern Minnesota Track Club (NMTC), whose mission is “to provide trail-running events in which we can all participate in and have fun,” the race is a true Midwest classic and one of the oldest ultras run in the United States. The race follows a rugged out-and-back course to Duluth, MN on which participants will have to navigate technical single-track trails (the most difficult in the first and last miles), steep powerline climbs with little shade, creek crossings, 5,000 feet of ascent and descent, and the likelihood of extremely hot and humid weather conditions. Runners have 14 hours to complete the course. Read more.

Other Midwest Events:

• • Whiterock Ultra (Coon Rapids, IA)
  • Psycho Psummer Run Toto Run (Kansas City, KS)
  • Grand Island Trail 50K (Munising, MI)
  • Maah Daah Hey Trail Run (Watford City, ND)
  • Burning River (Cuyahoga Falls, OH)

Featured: Rattlerock Ultra (Morgantown, WV)

The fourth annual Rattlerock Ultra (50k ultramarathon distance) takes place in the vast forest ecosystem of Coopers Rock State Forest, just outside of Morgantown, West Virginia. Course highlights include incredible mountain views, crystal clear streams, patches of rhododendron, trout-filled lakes and historic landmarks. The 50k runners will attempt to tackle over 5,500 feet of total elevation gain spread over a 7.9-mile technical and rocky loop that they’ll have to complete four times in under 9.5 hours. To aid them on their journey, they’ll have support from eight aid stations, encouraging volunteers and the lure of delicious finish line pizza. Read more.

Other South Events:

Southwest

• Sweat Hot Oklahoma Summer Trials (Nowata, OK)
• La Nuit (Dallas, TX)
• Texas Endurance Runs (Ft. Worth, TX)

Southeast

• Murderkill Ultramarathons (Felton, DE)
• The Trident (Jupiter, FL)
• Last at the Lake (West Point Lake, GA)
• FCA Endurance Race (Oakwood, GA)
• Run Under the Stars/Run for Dreams (Shelbyville, KY)
• The Sweaty Backyard Cox Ultra (Concord, NC)
• Apple Ridge Relay (Hendersonville, NC)

Featured: The Squatchy Surprise (Millburn, NJ)

The Squatchy Surprise “Trail Party” is a fun and unique fixed-timed event ultra at South Mountain Reservation in Millburn, New Jersey. Inspired by the old TommyKnocker Ultra, the event combines running speed and endurance, race strategy and a little bit of luck. During the race, participants will reach into a bucket of golf balls and pull out a colored ball that matches the color of one of the four different trail loops (ranging from 1-5 miles in length). They’ll have 6 or 12 hours, depending on which ultra distance event they sign up for, to run as many colored loops as they can before 6 p.m. After 6 p.m., they can continue drawing golf balls or wait until 6:30 p.m. to run a half-mile loop to try and rack up mileage before the 7 p.m. cutoff. Squatchy Surprise helps benefit the Bigger Than the Trail foundation, which uses trail running as a way using trail running to advocate for mental health. Read more.

Other Northeast Events:

• Wakely Dam Ultra (Piseco Lake, NY)
• The Mighty Mosquito Trail Race & Relay (Mendon, NY)
• Extreme Ravine (Binghamton, NY)
• Lost Turkey Ultra (Imler, PA)
• Cougar Prowl Ultra (Beaver Falls, PA)
• Ocean State Ultra (West Greenwich, RI)
• Moosalamoo Ultra (Goshen, VT)
• The Magnificent Bastards Challenge (Corinth, VT)

Featured: Ultra Coahuila (Coahuila, MX)

Ultra Coahuila takes place in northern Mexico’s dramatic Coahuila region at altitudes ranging between 2,584 and 3,480 meters. The event has four ultra distances, including a 50k, 80k, 100k and Mexico’s only Hardrock 100 qualifier, the grueling 160k race, in which runners have 36 hours to navigate 7,580 meters of elevation gain and loss. All courses showcase some of Mexico’s most scenic landscapes and combine a unique blend of desert, forest and mountain trails. Read more.

Other Events in Canada and Mexico:

• Buckin’ Hell (North Vancouver, BC)
• Brokenagan Backyard Ultra (Vernon, BC)
• Dark 50 (New England Settlement, NB)
• Tally in the Valley (Dundas, ON)

Email corys@ultrarunning with questions about adding your event to the UltraRunning Magazine calendar.