Washington · Plain

Plain

Qualifier status per the 2026 lists

Founded in 1997, Plain runs two unmarked loops in the Wenatchee National Forest — roughly 100 miles and 21,000 feet of gain, fully self-supported with no course markings, no aid stations, and no pacers. Runners navigate by map alone; even veterans have become lost from fatigue. A resupply is permitted only at the midpoint. SAR volunteers staff safety checkpoints but offer nothing else. The 36-hour cutoff is generous by the standards of the format; the first eight years produced only four finishers, but navigation knowledge has since spread and roughly 50% now finish.