2026 Race Lottery
For the 2026 race lottery, the qualifying period is November 4, 2024 through Sunday November 2, 2025. You must run a qualifier off the 2026 qualifying races list below to enter the 2026 race lottery
We update the list of qualifying races once a year each September. We welcome corrections of factual errors at anytime. While every effort is made to ensure that this information is current, complete and accurate, WS cannot be held responsible for any loss, injury, claim, liability, or damage related to your reliance thereon. WS reserves the right to determine all WS qualifiers. For more information on our criteria for choosing qualifying races click here
An event that is not on the list cannot be used as a qualifier.
We do not allow virtual events to be used as qualifiers.
Please see our Entry Process page for more details.
Events below are official qualifiers for the 2026 Western States Endurance Run. The 2026 qualifying run must be run from Monday November 4, 2024 through Sunday November 2, 2025.Run Name | Distance | State/Country | Month | Year | Time | Notes |
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Abbots Way | 100km | Italy | 4 | 2025 | 22 hours | |
Adidas TERREX Chongli Ultra Trail | 100km | China | 7 | 2025 | 29 hours | |
Adidas TERREX Chongli Ultra Trail | 168km | China | 7 | 2025 | 48 hours | |
Altai Ultra Trail | 128km | Russia | 6 | 2025 | 36 hours | |
Angeles Crest | 100M | California | 8 | 2025 | 33 hours | |
Arc of Attrition by UTMB | 100M | England | 1 | 2025 | 36 hours | |
Arkansas Traveler | 100M | Arkansas | 10 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Aso Volcano Trail | 115km | Japan | 5 | 2025 | 28 hours | |
Autumn | 100M | England | 10 | 2025 | 28 hours | |
Azores Trail Run (Whalers’) | 118km | Portugal | 5 | 2025 | 26 hours | |
Bear, The | 100M | Utah | 9 | 2025 | 36 hours | |
Beaverhead | 100km | Idaho/Montana | 7 | 2025 | 20 hours | |
Bigfoot 200 | 206M | Washington | 8 | 2025 | 100 hours | |
Bighorn | 100M | Wyoming | 6 | 2025 | 35 hours | |
Black Canyon | 100km | Arizona | 2 | 2025 | 17 hours | |
Blackall 100k | 100km | Australia | 10 | 2025 | 18 hours | |
Borneo 100 | 100M | Borneo | 6 | 2025 | 50 hours | |
Borneo Ultra-Trail Marathon | 106km | Malaysia | 3 | 2025 | 32 hours | |
Brazil 135 | 150M | Brazil | 1 | 2025 | 60 hours | |
Brazos Bend | 100M | Texas | 12 | 2024 | 32 hours | |
Buffalo Stampede 100k | 100km | Australia | 3 | 2025 | 23 hours | new |
Bryce Canyon | 100M | Utah | 5 | 2025 | 36 hours | |
Burning River | 100M | Ohio | 7 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
C&O Canal 100 | 100M | Maryland | 4 | 2025 | 30 hours | new |
California Fall Classic at Lake Sonoma | 100km | California | 10 | 2025 | 18 hours | |
Cameron Ultra-Trail | 100km | Malaysia | 7 | 2025 | 28 hours | |
Canadian Death Race | 118km | Canada | 8 | 2025 | 24 hours | |
Canal Corridor | 100M | Ohio | 10 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Canyons by UTMB | 104km | California | 4 | 2025 | 20 hours | |
Canyons by UTMB | 100M | California | 4 | 2025 | 35 hours | |
Cascade Crest | 100M | Washington | 7 | 2025 | 34 hours | |
Chianti Castles by UTMB | 120km | Italy | 3 | 2025 | 26 hours | |
Cocodona | 250M | Arizona | 5 | 2025 | 125 hours | |
Courmayeur Champex Chamonix (CCC) | 100km | Italy | 8 | 2025 | 25 hours | |
Craze Ultra | 101km | Singapore | 9 | 2025 | 22 hours | |
Crazy Mountain | 100M | Montana | 7 | 2025 | 36 hours | |
Cruel Jewel | 106M | Georgia | 5 | 2025 | 48 hours | |
Cuyamaca | 100km | California | 10 | 2025 | 17 hours | |
Dalmacija Ultra Trail | 122km | Croatia | 10 | 2025 | 32 hours | |
Desert RATS by UTMB | 100km | Colorado | 4 | 2025 | 20 hours | new |
Dinosaur Valley | 100km | Texas | 11 | 2024 | 22 hours | |
Dinosaur Valley | 100M | Texas | 11 | 2024 | 35 hours | |
DL 100 | 106km | China | 4 | 2025 | 26 hours | |
Eastern States | 100M | Pennsylvania | 8 | 2025 | 36 hours | |
Eiger Ultra Trail by UTMB | 101km | Switzerland | 7 | 2025 | 22 hours | |
Eiger Ultra Trail by UTMB | 250km | Switzerland | 7 | 2025 | 90 hours | |
Endurance Trail des Templiers | 105km | France | 10 | 2025 | 19 hours | |
EstrelAçor Trail Ultra Endurance | 100km | Portugal | 10 | 2025 | 24 hours | |
EstrelAçor Trail Ultra Endurance | 180km | Portugal | 10 | 2025 | 48 hours | |
Fat Dog | 120M | Canada | 9 | 2025 | 48 hours | |
Fat Dog | 100km | Canada | 9 | 2025 | 24 hours | |
Formosa Trail | 104km | Taiwan | 11 | 2024 | 28 hours | |
Fun Trails Chichibu & Okumusashi | 105km | Japan | 11 | 2024 | 30 hours | |
Fun Trails Chichibu & Okumusashi | 100M | Japan | 11 | 2024 | 32 hours | |
Georgia Death Race | 74M | Georgia | 3 | 2025 | 24 hours | |
Golden Ring | 100km | Russia | 7 | 2025 | 18 hours | |
Gorge Waterfalls | 100km | Oregon | 4 | 2025 | 18 hours | |
Gran Trail Courmayeur | 100km | Italy | 7 | 2025 | 28 hours | |
Gran Trail Peñalara | 110km | Spain | 10 | 2025 | 25 hours | |
Grand Raid des Pyrénées – Tour de Cirques | 123km | France | 8 | 2025 | 40 hours | |
Grand Raid des Pyrénées – Ultra 160 | 160km | France | 8 | 2025 | 48 hours | |
Grand Raid La Reunion | 162km | Reunion | 10 | 2025 | 50 hours | |
Grand Raid Ventoux by UTMB | 124km | France | 4 | 2025 | 30 hours | new |
Grand Trail des Lacs et Châteaux | 165km | Belgium | 5 | 2025 | 40 hours | not being held in 2025 |
Grindstone by UTMB | 100M | Virginia | 9 | 2025 | 36 hours | |
Grindstone by UTMB | 100km | Virginia | 9 | 2025 | 18 hours | |
Grossglockner Ultra-Trail | 110km | Austria | 7 | 2025 | 28 hours | |
Guzzler Ultra | 100km | Australia | 7 | 2025 | 24 hours | |
Hallucination (Run Woodstock) | 100M | Michigan | 9 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Hardcore Ultra Trail (HUT) | 100M | Philippines | 5 | 2025 | 44 hours | |
Hardrock | 100M | Colorado | 7 | 2025 | 48 hours | |
Hardwolds | 80M | England | 11 | 2024 | 24 hours | |
Hellbender | 100M | North Carolina | 5 | 2025 | 40 hours | |
Hellgate | 100km | Virginia | 12 | 2024 | 17 hours | |
Hennepin | 100M | Illinois | 10 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
High Lonesome | 100M | Colorado | 7 | 2025 | 37 hours | |
HOKA Bandera | 100km | Texas | 1 | 2025 | 17 hours | |
HOKA Chiang Mai Thailand by UTMB Trans-Int 160 | 175km | Thailand | 12 | 2024 | 48 hours | new |
HOKA Rocky Raccoon | 100M | Texas | 2 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Hong Kong | 100km | Hong Kong | 1 | 2025 | 23 hours | |
Hood Hundred | 100M | Oregon | 7 | 2025 | 34 hours | new |
HURT | 100M | Hawaii | 1 | 2025 | 36 hours | |
IMTUF | 100M | Idaho | 9 | 2025 | 36 hours | |
Indiana | 100M | Indiana | 10 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Istria by UTMB | 110km | Croatia | 4 | 2025 | 24 hours | |
Istria by UTMB | 168km | Croatia | 4 | 2025 | 46 hours | |
Javelina Jundred | 100M | Arizona | 10 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Javornicka 100 | 105km | Slovakia | 10 | 2025 | 24 hours | |
Julian Alps Trail Run by UTMB | 120km | Slovenia | 9 | 2025 | 26 hours | |
Karkloof | 100M | South Africa | 9 | 2025 | 36 hours | |
Kerry Way Ultra | 101km | Ireland | 9 | 2025 | 20 hours | |
Kerry Way Ultra | 193km | Ireland | 9 | 2025 | 40 hours | |
Kettle Moraine | 100M | Wisconsin | 6 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Kierat | 100km | Poland | 5 | 2025 | 27 hours | |
Kodiak Ultra Marathons by UTMB | 100M | California | 10 | 2025 | 36 hours | |
Kodiak Ultra Marathons by UTMB | 100km | California | 10 | 2025 | 18 hours | |
Kosciusko by UTMB | 100km | Australia | 12 | 2024 | 23 hours | |
Kosciusko by UTMB | 100M | Australia | 12 | 2024 | 36 hours | |
Krakonosova Stovka | 100km | Czech Republic | 6 | 2025 | 22 hours | |
Kullamannen by UTMB | 100M | Sweden | 11 | 2025 | 32 hours | |
La H.O.T. du Père Noël | 133km | France | 12 | 2024 | 25 hours | |
La Mision | 120km | Argentina | 2 | 2025 | 45 hours | |
La Mision | 160km | Argentina | 2 | 2025 | 72 hours | |
La Mision | 200km | Argentina | 2 | 2025 | 75 hours | |
Lakeland | 100M | England | 7 | 2025 | 40 hours | |
Laurel Highlands | 70.5M | Pennsylvania | 6 | 2025 | 20 hours | |
Lavaredo Ultra Trail by UTMB | 120km | Italy | 6 | 2025 | 26 hours | |
Leadville Trail | 100M | Colorado | 8 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Łemkowyna Ultra-Trail | 150km | Poland | 10 | 2025 | 35 hours | |
Leona Divide | 100km | California | 4 | 2025 | 17 hours | |
Leona Divide | 100M | California | 4 | 2025 | 33 hours | |
Les Coursières des Hauts du Lyonnais | 111km | France | 5 | 2025 | 20 hours | |
Letecka Stovka | 104km | Slovakia | 3 | 2025 | 21 hours | |
Long Haul | 100M | Florida | 1 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Lost Soul Ultra | 100km | Canada | 9 | 2025 | 21 hours | |
Lost Soul Ultra | 100M | Canada | 9 | 2025 | 33 hours | |
Madeira Island Ultra-Trail | 115km | Portugal | 4 | 2025 | 29 hours | |
Malaysia Ultra Trail by UTMB | 100k | Malaysia | 11 | 2024 | 26 hours | |
Malnad Ultra | 100km | India | 11 | 2024 | 21 hours | |
Mamba 100 | 100M | Tennessee | 11 | 2024 | 34 hours | |
Massanutten | 100M | Virginia | 5 | 2025 | 36 hours | |
Miwok | 100km | California | 5 | 2025 | 15:30:59 hours | |
Moab | 238M | Utah | 10 | 2025 | 108 hours | |
Mohican | 100M | Ohio | 5 | 2025 | 32 hours | |
Montreux Trail Festival | 110km | Switzerland | 6 | 2025 | 32 hours | |
Morenic Trail | 160km | Italy | 5 | 2025 | 32 hours | |
Mount Yun by UTMB – UMY | 159.6km | China | 4 | 2025 | 48 hours | new |
Mountain Lakes | 100M | Oregon | 9 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Mozart 100 by UTMB> | 119km | Austria | 6 | 2025 | 23 hours | |
Mt. Fuji 100 | 100M | Japan | 4 | 2025 | 46 hours | |
Never Summer | 100km | Colorado | 7 | 2025 | 23 hours | |
Nice Côte d’Azur by UTMB | 107km | France | 9 | 2025 | 28 hours | |
Nice Côte d’Azur by UTMB | 159km | France | 9 | 2025 | 48 hours | |
Ninghai Ultra Trail | 109km | China | 10 | 2025 | 24 hours | |
No Business | 100M | Tennessee | 10 | 2025 | 34 hours | |
North Downs Way | 100M | England | 8 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Nuts Ylläs Pallas | 100km | Finland | 7 | 2025 | 22 hours | |
Nuts Ylläs Pallas | 160km | Finland | 7 | 2025 | 35 hours | |
Nuts Ylläs Pallas | 327km | Finland | 7 | 2025 | 100 hours | |
Okushinano | 100km | Japan | 6 | 2025 | 21 hours | |
Olympus Mythical Trail | 110km | Greece | 7 | 2025 | 28 hours | |
Oregon Cascades | 100M | Oregon | 8 | 2025 | 32:01:18 | |
OSJ Ontake | 100km | Japan | 7 | 2025 | 20 hours | |
OSJ Ontake | 100M | Japan | 7 | 2025 | 24 hours | |
Oso Negro | 100km | Mexico | 1 | 2025 | 24 hours | |
Paraty Brazil by UTMB | 108km | Brazil | 9 | 2025 | 26 hours | |
Patagonia Run | 110km | Argentina | 4 | 2025 | 27 hours | |
Patagonia Run | 100M | Argentina | 4 | 2025 | 42 hours | |
Penyagolosa | 106km | Spain | 4 | 2025 | 26 hours | |
Pine to Palm | 100M | Oregon | 9 | 2025 | 34 hours | |
Pinhoti | 100M | Alabama | 11 | 2025 | 31 hours | |
Pong Yaeng Trail | 110km | Thailand | 10 | 2025 | 33 hours | |
Pong Yaeng Trail | 120km | Thailand | 10 | 2025 | 37 hours | |
Pong Yaeng Trail | 100M | Thailand | 10 | 2025 | 48 hours | |
Puerto Vallarta by UTMB | 147km | Mexico | 11 | 2024 | 35 hours | |
Pulag Ultra Trail (PUT) | 132km | Philippines | 2 | 2025 | 40 hours | |
Quebec Mega Trail | 135km | Canada | 7 | 2025 | 28 hours | |
Quebec Mega Trail | 100M | Canada | 7 | 2025 | 40 hours | |
Quicksilver | 100km | California | 5 | 2025 | 17 hours | |
Restonica Trail by UTMB – Ultra-Trail® di Corsica | 110km | France | 7 | 2025 | 36 hours | |
Rim to River | 100M | West Virginia | 11 | 2025 | 32 hours | |
Rio Del Lago | 100M | California | 11 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Run Rabbit Run | 100M | Colorado | 9 | 2025 | 36 hours | |
Salomon Cappadocia Ultra-Trail | 119km | Turkey | 10 | 2025 | 23 hours | |
Salomon Hong Kong Dynamic 100Km Challenge 2024 | 100km | Hong Kong | 2 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Salomon Ultra-Trail Hungary | 112km | Hungary | 5 | 2025 | 20 hours | |
San Diego | 100M | California | 6 | 2025 | 32 hours | |
Scenic Trail | 130km | Switzerland | 6 | 2025 | 38 hours | |
Scott TMBT | 109km | Malaysia | 9 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Sean O’Brien | 100km | California | 2 | 2025 | 17 hours | |
Sedona Canyons 125 | 125M | Arizona | 5 | 2025 | 52 hours | |
Shinetsu Five Mountains Trail | 110km | Japan | 9 | 2025 | 22 hours | |
Shinetsu Five Mountains Trail | 100M | Japan | 9 | 2025 | 33 hours | |
Siskiyou Out Back | 100km | Oregon | 7 | 2025 | 18 hours | |
SkyRun | 100km | South Africa | 11 | 2024 | 28 hours | |
SkyView Ultra Trail | 140km | Japan | 9 | 2025 | 34 hours | |
Soria Moria til Verden Ende | 100M | Norway | 5 | 2025 | 35 hours | |
South Downs Way | 100M | England | 6 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Sulphur Springs | 100km | Canada | 5 | 2025 | 18 hours | |
Sulphur Springs | 100M | Canada | 5 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Superior 100 | 100M | Minnesota | 9 | 2025 | 38 hours | |
Surf Coast Century | 100km | Australia | 9 | 2025 | 17 hours | |
Swiss Alps | 100km | Switzerland | 8 | 2025 | 22 hours | |
Swiss Alps | 100M | Switzerland | 8 | 2025 | 50 hours | |
Swiss Canyon Trail | 111km | Switzerland | 6 | 2025 | 24 hours | |
SwissPeaks | 100km | Switzerland | 9 | 2025 | 28 hours | |
SwissPeaks | 170km | Switzerland | 9 | 2025 | 58 hours | |
SwissPeaks | 360km | Switzerland | 9 | 2025 | 156 hours | |
Täby Extreme Challenge 100 | 100M | Sweden | 4 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Tahoe 200 | 202M | California | 6 | 2025 | 100 hours | |
Tahoe Rim Trail | 100M | Nevada | 7 | 2025 | 36 hours | canceled in 2025 |
Tahoe Rim Trail | 100km | Nevada | 7 | 2025 | 20 hours | canceled in 2025 |
Tarawera by UTMB | 102km | New Zealand | 2 | 2025 | 17 hours | |
Tarawera by UTMB | 100M | New Zealand | 2 | 2025 | 36 hours | |
Taupo | 100km | New Zealand | 10 | 2025 | 17 hours | |
TDS (Sur les Traces des Ducs de Savoie) | 147km | Italy | 8 | 2025 | 44:10 hours | |
Tenerife Bluetrail by UTMB | 110 km | Spain | 6 | 2025 | 26 hours | new |
Thames Path 100 | 100M | England | 4 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
TOR100 – Cervino-Monte Bianco | 100km | Italy | 9 | 2025 | 38 hours | |
TOR330 – Tor de Géants | 330km | Italy | 9 | 2024 | 132 hours | |
TOR130 – Tot Dret | 130km | Italy | 9 | 2024 | 44 hours | |
Trail 100 Andorra by UTMB | 105km | Andorra | 6 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Trail Alsace Grand Est by UTMB – Ultra-Trail des Chevaliers | 158km | France | 5 | 2025 | 37 hours | |
Trail Alsace Grand Est by UTMB – Ultra-Trail des Païens | 113km | France | 5 | 2025 | 21 hours | |
Trail de Conímbriga Terras de Sicó | 111km | Portugal | 2 | 2025 | 24 hours | |
Trail de Conímbriga Terras de Sicó | 111M | Portugal | 2 | 2025 | 42 hours | |
Trail du Saint-Jacques by UTMB | 130km | France | 6 | 2025 | 28 hours | |
Trail Verbier St Bernard by UTMB | 140km | Switzerland | 7 | 2025 | 40 hours | |
Transgrancanaria | 125km | Canary Islands | 2 | 2025 | 28 hours | |
Transjeju International Trail Run | 112km | South Korea | 11 | 2025 | 27 hours | |
TransLantau by UTMB | 100km | Hong Kong | 11 | 2024 | 28 hours | |
TransLantau by UTMB | 120km | Hong Kong | 11 | 2024 | 36 hours | |
Tunnel Hill | 100M | Illinois | 11 | 2024 | 30 hours | |
Tuscany Crossing | 103km | Italy | 4 | 2025 | 21 hours | |
Tuscany Crossing | 160km | Italy | 4 | 2025 | 32 hours | |
Twisted Branch | 100km | New York | 8 | 2025 | 20 hours | |
Ultra Tour Monte Rosa | 170km | Switzerland | 9 | 2025 | 60 hours | |
Ultra Trail Amanecer Comechingón | 120km | Argentia | 10 | 2025 | 32 hours | |
Ultra Trail Amanecer Comechingón | 100M | Argentia | 10 | 2025 | 41 hours | |
Ultra Trail do Marão | 120km | Portugal | 3 | 2025 | 32 hours | |
Ultra Trail Drakensberg | 100km | Africa | 4 | 2025 | 23 hours | |
Ultra Trail Drakensberg | 163km | Africa | 4 | 2025 | 48 hours | |
Ultra Trail Nan | 109km | Thailand | 10 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Ultra Trail Sierras del Bandolero | 166km | Spain | 3 | 2025 | 40 hours | |
Ultra Trail Vipava Valley | 106km | Slovenia | 5 | 2025 | 25 hours | |
Ultra Trail Vipava Valley | 165km | Slovenia | 5 | 2025 | 46 hours | |
Ultra-Trail Australia by UTMB | 100km | Australia | 5 | 2025 | 19 hours | |
Ultra-Trail Cape Town | 100km | South Africa | 11 | 2024 | 21 hours | |
Ultra-Trail Cape Town | 100M | South Africa | 11 | 2024 | 45 hours | |
Ultra-Trail Du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) | 100M | France | 8 | 2025 | 46:30 | |
Ultra Trail Harricana | 125km | Canada | 9 | 2025 | 26 hours | |
Ultra-Trail Snowdonia by UTMB | 100km | North Wales | 5 | 2025 | 28 hours | |
Ultra-Trail Snowdonia by UTMB | 165km | North Wales | 5 | 2025 | 50 hours | |
Umstead | 100M | North Carolina | 4 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Val d’Aran by UTMB, Camins de Hèr | 110km | Spain | 7 | 2025 | 26 hours | |
Val d’Aran by UTMB, Torn dera Val d’Aran | 168km | Spain | 7 | 2025 | 48 hours | |
Valleys Ultra (13) | 180km | England | 9 | 2025 | 46.5 hours | new |
Valleys Ultra (7) | 110km | England | 9 | 2025 | 25 hours | new |
Vermont | 100M | Vermont | 7 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Vermont | 100km | Vermont | 7 | 2025 | 17 hours | |
Vietnam Mountain Marathon | 100km | Vietnam | 9 | 2025 | 27 hours | Nov 2024 race also a qualifier |
Vietnam Mountain Marathon | 100M | Vietnam | 9 | 2025 | 44 hours | Nov 2024 race also a qualifier |
Vulcano Ultra Trail | 100km | Chile | 12 | 2024 | 24 hours | |
Waldo | 100km | Oregon | 8 | 2025 | 18 hours | |
Wasatch Front | 100M | Utah | 9 | 2025 | 36 hours | |
West Highland Way | 95M | Scotland | 6 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Western States | 100M | California | 6 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Wildstrubel by UTMB | 110km | Swtzerland | 9 | 2025 | 27 hours | |
Worlds End | 100km | Pennsylvania | 6 | 2025 | 19 hours | |
Yeti | 100M | Virginia | 9 | 2025 | 30 hours | |
Zion | 100km | Utah | 4 | 2025 | 19 hours | |
Zion | 100M | Utah | 4 | 2025 | 36 hours | |
Zugspitz | 106km | Germany | 6 | 2025 | 25 hours | |
Zugspitz | 100M | Germany | 6 | 2025 | 40 hours |