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Moab 240
Oct 9, 2026WS
Qualifier status per the 2026 lists
Founded in 2017 by Candice Burt in memory of ultrarunner Stephen Jones, who envisioned a 200-mile Moab loop before dying in a 2016 skiing accident, Moab 240 covers 239.66 miles of desert, canyon, slickrock, and two mountain ranges near Canyonlands and Arches National Parks — 31,564 feet of gain across trails, four-wheel-drive roads, and gravel. The 112-hour cutoff encompasses 15 aid stations, 5 of them designated sleep stations. Part of the Triple Crown of 200s; Courtney Dauwalter won the 2017 inaugural outright; McKnight's CR stands at 55:49 (2021).
The numbers
Race statistics
- Distance
- 240 mi
- Vertical gain
- 28,000 ft
- Course
- Loop
- Unique miles
- 238 mi
- Entry fee
- $1,795
- Lottery
- No
- Avg finishers
- 140
117 ft / mi
1 mi loop
per year
◈ From the runners