The entire course is now complete, but not completely rideable.  You will not be able to ride all of the new section of Sotol Forest as we are still a  week away from completing it.

As of this writing, everyone will start with the following route for the first 35 miles: GPS map here.

Start at Bowen Round House>North on the Pipeline>West on road past tank up to Sotol Forest>North on new section of Sotol Forest>East on road to windmill and all the way to Pipeline Road>South on Pipeline back to Bowen Round House>South on Lazy Cow to Tin Mine Rd>West on Tin Mine>North(right) on Polecat>South on Blue Moon>West on Upper Polecat>West on Trenchtown>West(right) on Tin Mine>South (left) at Scenic Rd. up to Mundy's Gap>drop into west side of state park>down the scree slope to the parking lot>pavement to lower parking lot to start of Lower Sunset Trail> ALL of Lower Sunset to northern pass/Hitt Canyon>right on new section of upper (new section) of Sotol>east on road past water tank to Pipeline>South on Pipeline to Bowen Ranch.

At this point the 35 mile racers will finish.

50 milers will continue by heading north on Coyote Ugly>South on Sotol>West (uphill) on Scenic Rd>East on Tin Mine>South on Blue Moon>Right turn into Mule Shoe (yes....we are running this the opposite direction that it is normally ridden minus the gnarly waterfall)>exit Mule Shoe and turn right>about 75 meters up is a left turn into what some people call the Vent Shaft (it's all trail included in the previous Puzzlers but ridden the opposite direction)>all the usual singletrack past/through AC Draw over to Cardiac (stay right through all the choices before Cardiac)>north on the fenceline>West on Tin Mine>Left into the Maze (main Maze Trail into Tin Mine Rd)>West on Tin Mine up to Pole Cat>South on Blue Moon to Upper Pole Cat>East (right) on Trenchtown>North on Blue Moon through Dead Man's drop all the way to Rock Shock Rd>East (right) on Rock Shock>North (left) on Mad Cow to Bowen Ranch for the Finish.

This course is subject to change as it has only been estimated using TopoFusion.  Once a real GPS file is collected, we will release it to the public.  Stay tuned.

10 mile event

The 10 mile event will be one large lap on the northeast side of the range.  It will give people a taste of an epic ride without the epic distance.  This event is designed to get beginning level riders a taste of endurance racing.