The route
Western States 100
Next edition26-27 June 2027
161 km from Olympic Valley to Auburn, California, with 5,341 m of gain to a high point at 2,644 m.
Drawn with a pen, line by line
- Distance
- 159.2 km
- Elevation gain
- 5,341 m
- Highest point
- 2,644 m
- Summits, passes and villages
- 18
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The route in numbers
Indicative figures computed by Plotrek on its illustrative route, with altitudes from a terrain model. They may differ from the organiser's.
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Reading the route
The route starts in Olympic Valley, California, at 5 am, at 1,902 m. It climbs straight to the highest point of the route, 2,644 m at km 5.6: the longest climb, with 742 m of gain in the opening kilometres. It then passes Lyon Ridge, Red Star Ridge, Duncan Canyon, Robinson Flat, Miller's Defeat and Dusty Corners.
It reaches Last Chance, at 1,397 m at km 68.8, then goes through Devil's Thumb and El Dorado Creek before Michigan Bluff, at 1,060 m at km 89. At km 103 it reaches Foresthill, at 598 m.
From there it passes Dardanelles, Peachstone, Ford's Bar, Rucky Chucky, Green Gate, Auburn Lake Trails, Quarry Rd, Pointed Rocks and Robie Point, finishing in Auburn, at Placer High School, at 393 m, after 161 km. Over the full route it adds up to 5,341 m of gain and 6,849 m of loss, across high mountains, canyons, forest and river crossings, within a 30-hour time limit.
Paths and places: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Altitudes measured on the route.
03 · Your poster
The route, drawn with a pen
The route from Olympic Valley to Auburn takes shape in contour lines, drawn with a pen, line by line, by our pen plotter, in A4, A3 or A2.
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Official information
- Illustrative route redrawn by Plotrek from public data: the course announced by the organiser and OpenStreetMap paths. It is not the official course of the event.
- Altitudes: terrain model AWS Terrain Tiles
- Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Figures and text: Plotrek
- Plotrek is not a partner of, or affiliated with, the race organiser.