Arizona · Prescott
Saddles
Inaugurated in 2023, Saddles 100 runs a single 100-mile loop from downtown Prescott through the Granite Mountain Wilderness and the Granite Dells, traversing terrain between 5,072 and 7,648 feet of elevation with roughly 13,000 feet of gain on 90% unpaved trail. Presented by Satisfy Running and trail runner Michael Versteeg, the race deliberately avoids commercial pageantry, built around a long day in the Arizona high desert timed to a full moon. The course direction alternates by year. A 50-mile option omits the Dells section; both distances depart from central Prescott each October.
The numbers
Race statistics
- Distance
- 100 mi
- Vertical gain
- 13,000 ft
- Course
- Loop
- Unique miles
- 97 mi
- Entry fee
- $375
- Lottery
- No
- Avg finishers
- 73
130 ft / mi
1 mi loop
per year
◈ From the runners