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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 NameDistanceState/CountryMonthYearTimeNotes
Abbots Way100kmItaly6202522 hours
Adidas TERREX Chongli Ultra Trail100kmChina7202529 hours
Adidas TERREX Chongli Ultra Trail168kmChina7202548 hours
Altai Ultra Trail128kmRussia6202536 hours
Angeles Crest100MCalifornia8202536 hourscut-off increased due to change in route
Arc of Attrition by UTMB100MEngland1202536 hours
Arkansas Traveler100MArkansas10202530 hours
Aso Volcano Trail115kmJapan5202528 hours
Autumn100MEngland10202528 hours
Azores Trail Run (Whalers’)118kmPortugal5202526 hours
Bear, The100MUtah9202536 hours
Beaverhead 100kmIdaho/Montana7202520 hours
Bigfoot 200206MWashington82025100 hours
Bighorn100MWyoming6202535 hours
Black Canyon100kmArizona2202517 hours
Blackall 100k100kmAustralia10202518 hours
Borneo 100100MBorneo6202550 hours
Borneo Ultra-Trail Marathon106kmMalaysia3202532 hours
Brazil 135150MBrazil1202570 hours
Brazil 135135MBrazil1202560 hours
Brazil 135100MBrazil1202540 hours
Brazil 13580MBrazil1202532 hours
Brazos Bend100MTexas12202432 hours
Buffalo Stampede 100k100kmAustralia3202523 hoursnew
Bryce Canyon100MUtah9202536 hoursno 2025 race
Burning River100MOhio7202530 hours
C&O Canal 100 100MMaryland4202530 hoursnew
California Fall Classic at Lake Sonoma 100kmCalifornia10202518 hours
Cameron Ultra-Trail100kmMalaysia7202528 hours
Canadian Death Race118kmCanada8202524 hours
Canal Corridor100MOhio10202530 hours
Canyons by UTMB104kmCalifornia4202520 hours
Canyons by UTMB100MCalifornia4202535 hours
Cascade Crest100MWashington7202534 hours
Chianti Castles by UTMB120kmItaly3202526 hours
Cocodona250MArizona52025125 hours
Courmayeur Champex Chamonix (CCC)100kmItaly8202525 hours
Craze Ultra101kmSingapore9202522 hours
Crazy Mountain100MMontana7202536 hours
Cruel Jewel106MGeorgia5202548 hours
Cuyamaca100kmCalifornia10202517 hours
Dalmacija Ultra Trail122kmCroatia10202532 hours
Desert RATS by UTMB100kmColorado4202520 hoursnew
Dinosaur Valley100kmTexas11202422 hours
Dinosaur Valley100MTexas11202435 hours
DL 100106kmChina5202526 hours
Eastern States100MPennsylvania8202536 hours
Eiger Ultra Trail by UTMB101kmSwitzerland7202522 hours
Eiger Ultra Trail by UTMB250kmSwitzerland7202590 hours
Endurance Trail des Templiers105kmFrance10202519 hours
EstrelAçor Trail Ultra Endurance100kmPortugal10202524 hours
EstrelAçor Trail Ultra Endurance180kmPortugal10202548 hours
Fat Dog120MCanada9202548 hours
Fat Dog100kmCanada9202524 hours
Formosa Trail104kmTaiwan11202428 hours
Fun Trails Chichibu & Okumusashi105kmJapan11202430 hours
Fun Trails Chichibu & Okumusashi100MJapan11202432 hours
Georgia Death Race74MGeorgia3202524 hours
Golden Ring100kmRussia7202518 hours
Gorge Waterfalls100kmOregon4202518 hours
Gran Trail Courmayeur100kmItaly7202528 hours
Gran Trail Peñalara110kmSpain10202525 hours
Grand Raid des Pyrénées – Tour de Cirques123kmFrance8202540 hours
Grand Raid des Pyrénées – Ultra 160160kmFrance8202548 hours
Grand Raid La Reunion162kmReunion10202550 hours
Grand Raid Ventoux by UTMB124kmFrance4202530 hoursnew
Grand Trail des Lacs et Châteaux165kmBelgium5202540 hoursnot being held in 2025
Grindstone by UTMB100MVirginia9202536 hours
Grindstone by UTMB100kmVirginia9202518 hours
Grossglockner Ultra-Trail110kmAustria7202528 hours
Guzzler Ultra100kmAustralia7202524 hours
Hallucination (Run Woodstock)100MMichigan9202530 hours
Hardcore Ultra Trail (HUT)100MPhilippines5202544 hours
Hardrock100MColorado7202548 hours
Hardwolds80MEngland11202424 hours
Hellbender100MNorth Carolina5202540 hours
Hellgate100kmVirginia12202417 hours
Hennepin100MIllinois10202530 hours
High Lonesome100MColorado7202537 hours
HOKA Bandera100kmTexas1202517 hours
HOKA Chiang Mai Thailand by UTMB Trans-Int 160175kmThailand12202448 hoursnew
HOKA Rocky Raccoon100MTexas2202530 hours
Hong Kong100kmHong Kong1202523 hours
Hood Hundred100MOregon7202534 hoursnew
HURT100MHawaii1202536 hours
IMTUF100MIdaho9202536 hours
Indiana100MIndiana10202530 hours
Istria by UTMB110kmCroatia4202524 hours
Istria by UTMB168kmCroatia4202546 hours
Javelina Jundred100MArizona10202530 hours
Javornicka 100105kmSlovakia10202524 hours
Julian Alps Trail Run by UTMB120kmSlovenia9202526 hours
Karkloof100MSouth Africa9202536 hours
Kerry Way Ultra101kmIreland9202520 hours
Kerry Way Ultra193kmIreland9202540 hours
Kettle Moraine100MWisconsin6202530 hours
Kierat100kmPoland5202527 hours
Kodiak Ultra Marathons by UTMB100MCalifornia10202536 hours
Kodiak Ultra Marathons by UTMB100kmCalifornia10202518 hours
Kosciusko by UTMB100kmAustralia12202423 hours
Kosciusko by UTMB100MAustralia12202436 hours
Krakonosova Stovka100kmCzech Republic6202522 hours
Kullamannen by UTMB100MSweden11202532 hours
La H.O.T. du Père Noël 133kmFrance12202425 hours
La Mision120kmArgentina2202545 hours
La Mision160kmArgentina2202572 hours
La Mision200kmArgentina2202575 hours
Lake Zuri Endurance Run106kmSwitzerland3202518 hoursnew
Lakeland100MEngland7202540 hours
Laurel Highlands70.5MPennsylvania6202520 hours
Lavaredo Ultra Trail by UTMB120kmItaly6202526 hours
Leadville Trail100MColorado8202530 hours
Łemkowyna Ultra-Trail150kmPoland10202535 hours
Leona Divide100kmCalifornia4202517 hours
Leona Divide100MCalifornia4202533 hours
Les Coursières des Hauts du Lyonnais111kmFrance5202520 hours
Letecka Stovka104kmSlovakia3202521 hours
Long Haul100MFlorida1202530 hours
Lost Soul Ultra100kmCanada9202521 hours
Lost Soul Ultra100MCanada9202533 hours
Madeira Island Ultra-Trail 115kmPortugal4202529 hours
Malaysia Ultra Trail by UTMB100kMalaysia 11202426 hours
Malnad Ultra100kmIndia11202421 hours
Mamba 100100MTennessee11202434 hours
Massanutten100MVirginia5202536 hours
Miwok100kmCalifornia5202515:30:59 hours
Moab238MUtah102025108 hours
Mohican100MOhio5202532 hours
Montreux Trail Festival110kmSwitzerland6202532 hours
Morenic Trail119kmItaly5202522 hours
Mount Yun by UTMB – UMY159.6kmChina4202548 hoursnew
Mountain Lakes100MOregon9202530 hours
Mozart 100 by UTMB119kmAustria6202523 hours
Mt. Fuji 100100MJapan4202546 hours
Never Summer100kmColorado7202523 hours
Nice Côte d’Azur by UTMB107kmFrance9202528 hours
Nice Côte d’Azur by UTMB159kmFrance9202548 hours
Ninghai Ultra Trail109kmChina10202524 hours
No Business100MTennessee10202534 hours
North Downs Way100MEngland8202530 hours
Nuts Ylläs Pallas100kmFinland7202522 hours
Nuts Ylläs Pallas160kmFinland7202535 hours
Nuts Ylläs Pallas327kmFinland72025100 hours
Okushinano100kmJapan6202521 hours
Olympus Mythical Trail110kmGreece7202528 hours
Oregon Cascades100MOregon8202532:01:18
OSJ Ontake100kmJapan7202520 hours
OSJ Ontake100MJapan7202524 hours
Oso Negro100kmMexico1202524 hours
Paraty Brazil by UTMB108kmBrazil9202526 hours
Patagonia Run110kmArgentina4202527 hours
Patagonia Run100MArgentina4202542 hours
Penyagolosa106kmSpain4202526 hours
Pine to Palm100MOregon9202534 hours
Pinhoti100MAlabama11202531 hours
Pong Yaeng Trail 110kmThailand10202533 hours
Pong Yaeng Trail 120kmThailand10202537 hours
Pong Yaeng Trail 100MThailand10202548 hours
Puerto Vallarta by UTMB147kmMexico11202435 hours
Pulag Ultra Trail (PUT)132kmPhilippines2202540 hours
Quebec Mega Trail 135kmCanada7202532 hours
Quebec Mega Trail 100MCanada7202540 hours
Quicksilver100kmCalifornia5202517 hours
Restonica Trail by UTMB – Ultra-Trail® di Corsica110kmFrance7202536 hours
Rim to River100MWest Virginia11202532 hours
Rio Del Lago100MCalifornia11202530 hours
Run Rabbit Run100MColorado9202536 hours
Salomon Cappadocia Ultra-Trail119kmTurkey10202523 hours
Salomon Ultra-Trail Hungary112kmHungary5202520 hours
San Diego100MCalifornia6202532 hours
Scenic Trail130kmSwitzerland6202538 hours
Scott TMBT109kmMalaysia9202530 hours
Sean O’Brien100kmCalifornia2202517 hours
Sedona Canyons 125125MArizona5202552 hours
Shinetsu Five Mountains Trail110kmJapan9202522 hours
Shinetsu Five Mountains Trail100MJapan9202533 hours
Siskiyou Out Back100kmOregon7202518 hours
SkyRun100kmSouth Africa11202428 hours
SkyView Ultra Trail140kmJapan9202534 hours
Soria Moria til Verden Ende100MNorway5202535 hoursno 2025 race
South Downs Way100MEngland6202530 hours
Sulphur Springs100kmCanada5202518 hours
Sulphur Springs100MCanada5202530 hours
Superior 100100MMinnesota9202538 hours
Surf Coast Century100kmAustralia9202517 hours
Swiss Alps100kmSwitzerland8202522 hours
Swiss Alps100MSwitzerland8202550 hours
Swiss Canyon Trail111kmSwitzerland6202524 hours
SwissPeaks100kmSwitzerland9202528 hours
SwissPeaks170kmSwitzerland9202558 hours
SwissPeaks360kmSwitzerland92025156 hours
Täby Extreme Challenge 100100MSweden4202530 hours
Tahoe 200202MCalifornia62025100 hours
Tahoe Rim Trail100MNevada7202536 hourscanceled in 2025
Tahoe Rim Trail100kmNevada7202520 hourscanceled in 2025
Tarawera by UTMB102kmNew Zealand2202517 hours
Tarawera by UTMB100MNew Zealand2202536 hours
Taupo100kmNew Zealand10202517 hours
TDS (Sur les Traces des Ducs de Savoie)147kmItaly8202544:10 hours
Tenerife Bluetrail by UTMB110 kmSpain6202526 hoursnew
Thames Path 100100MEngland4202530 hours
TOR100 – Cervino-Monte Bianco100kmItaly9202538 hours
TOR330 – Tor de Géants330kmItaly92025132 hours
TOR130 – Tot Dret130kmItaly9202544 hours
Trail 100 Andorra by UTMB105kmAndorra6202530 hours
Trail Alsace Grand Est by UTMB – Ultra-Trail des Chevaliers158kmFrance5202537 hours
Trail Alsace Grand Est by UTMB – Ultra-Trail des Païens 113kmFrance5202521 hours
Trail de Conímbriga Terras de Sicó111kmPortugal2202524 hours
Trail de Conímbriga Terras de Sicó111MPortugal2202542 hours
Trail du Saint-Jacques by UTMB130kmFrance6202528 hours
Trail Verbier St Bernard by UTMB140kmSwitzerland7202540 hours
Transgrancanaria125kmCanary Islands2202528 hours
Transjeju by UTMB107kmSouth Korea10202525 hours
Transjeju by UTMB150kmSouth Korea10202537 hours
TransLantau by UTMB100kmHong Kong11202428 hours
TransLantau by UTMB120kmHong Kong11202436 hours
Tunnel Hill100MIllinois11202430 hours
Tuscany Crossing103kmItaly4202521 hours
Tuscany Crossing160kmItaly4202535 hours
Twisted Branch100kmNew York8202520 hours
Ultra Tour Monte Rosa170kmSwitzerland9202560 hours
Ultra Trail Amanecer Comechingón120kmArgentia10202532 hours
Ultra Trail Amanecer Comechingón100MArgentia10202541 hours
Ultra Trail do Marão120kmPortugal3202532 hours
Ultra Trail Drakensberg100kmAfrica4202523 hours
Ultra Trail Drakensberg163kmAfrica4202548 hours
Ultra Trail Lago d’Orta100kmItaly10202524 hours
Ultra Trail Nan109kmThailand10202530 hours
Ultra Trail Sierras del Bandolero166kmSpain3202540 hourscancelled in 2025
Ultra Trail Vipava Valley106kmSlovenia5202525 hours
Ultra Trail Vipava Valley165kmSlovenia5202546 hours
Ultra-Trail Australia by UTMB100kmAustralia5202519 hours
Ultra-Trail Australia by UTMB100MAustralia5202542 hoursnew
Ultra-Trail Cape Town100kmSouth Africa11202421 hours
Ultra-Trail Cape Town100MSouth Africa11202445 hours
Ultra-Trail Du Mont-Blanc (UTMB)100MFrance8202546:30
Ultra Trail Harricana125kmCanada9202526 hours
Ultra-Trail Snowdonia by UTMB100kmNorth Wales5202528 hours
Ultra-Trail Snowdonia by UTMB165kmNorth Wales5202548 hours
Umstead100MNorth Carolina4202530 hours
Val d’Aran by UTMB, Camins de Hèr110kmSpain7202526 hours
Val d’Aran by UTMB, Torn dera Val d’Aran168kmSpain7202548 hours
Valleys Ultra (13)180kmEngland
9202546.5 hours
new
Valleys Ultra (7)110kmEngland 9202525 hoursnew
Vermont100MVermont7202530 hours
Vermont100kmVermont7202517 hours
Vietnam Mountain Marathon100kmVietnam9202527 hoursNov 2024 race also a qualifier
Vietnam Mountain Marathon100MVietnam9202544 hoursNov 2024 race also a qualifier
Vulcano Ultra Trail100kmChile12202424 hours
Waldo100kmOregon8202518 hours
Wasatch Front100MUtah9202536 hours
West Highland Way95MScotland6202530 hours
Western States100MCalifornia6202530 hours
Wildstrubel by UTMB110kmSwtzerland9202527 hours
Worlds End100kmPennsylvania6202519 hours
Yeti100MVirginia9202530 hours
Zion100kmUtah4202519 hours
Zion100MUtah4202536 hours
Zugspitz106kmGermany6202525 hours
Zugspitz100MGermany6202548 hoursincreased time limit for 2025