Palmdale (30 min. Drive to Start):

• Palmdale Hotel (661) 273-1200
• E-Z 8 Motel (661) 273-6400
• Super8 Motel (661) 273-8000
• Best Western (661) 573-9322
• Holiday Inn (661) 947-8055
• Days Inn (661) 273-1400

Castaic (40 min. Drive to Start):

• Rodeway Inn (661) 295-1100
• Days Inn (661) 295-1070

Spunky Canyon Campground:

• Closed

Cottonwood Campground:

• 21 Miles northeast of Castaic on Lake Hughes Rd
• 22 campsites, vault toilets, picnic tables, fire rings; No potable water. Adventure Pass required.

Packet Pick-up: Friday, April 16, 4pm to 7:30pm, and Saturday, April 17, 4:30am to 5:30am, both at Lake Hughes Community Center. NO RACE DAY ENTRIES.

No Pacers Allowed: This is a relatively safe and technically easy course with plenty of daylight at the finish. We ask that everyone on the course have an official entry and wear the bib number. The course is carefully and thoroughly marked with white flour.

Crew Access: Only aid stations #3 & #9 are accessible to crew.  We ask that crew stay off the dirt roads as they are steep and narrow, and aid station volunteers need access to their locations. See aid station map on Course Map page for directions.

Drop Bags for aid stations #3(16.4mi), #9(42.6mi), will be collected at the start/finish area at Lake Hughes Community Center, during packet pick up times. We will have bags and markers available for your use. Mark bags with your name, bib#, & aid station number.

Aid stations #3 & 9 don't close until nearly 7pm. To avoid a long wait for your stuff to reach the finish area, mark your separate bags #3, and #9 (rather than "#3 & 9" on one bag) and we will try to get the #3 bags to you sooner. Please mark any drop bags that you don't want returned with "DO NOT RETURN" so we know which ones we don't have to worry about. You are welcome to pick up your drop bags from aid st. 3/9 after you have finished, or have a friend or crew pick them up for you. See map page for directions.

Friday Pasta Dinner: $5.00 (vegetarian sauce), $3.50 children under 10, from 5 - 7pm at the Start/Finish location. Dinners will be available while they last and include baked zeti, sauce, salad, roll, desert, coffee, tea, and lemonade. This is a fund raiser for the Lakes Women's Club who take pride in their home-cooked meals. Don Hughes will give a pre-race briefing and answer questions around 6pm.

Race Day Check In, Drop Bags, Packet Pick Up: Saturday, 4:30 - 5:30am at the Lk Hughes Com. Center. PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY! Hot drinks, muffins, bagels, fruit.

Pre-Race Briefing: There will be a pre-race briefing both at the Friday pasta dinner and Saturday morning at 5:40am at the starting line. A large (4' x 8') map of the course will be on display in the Community Bldg. Friday and Saturday.

RACE STARTS at 6am SHARP! Arrive early so you don't get caught in the potty line when the saw blade rings to signal the start.

Drop Outs: THIS IS IMPORTANT! Any runner who drops out must inform race officials at an aid station immediately so we don't spend time & effort looking for someone who isn't lost. If this happens, the runner will be billed for any search & rescue expenses. Runners who hand in their starter tags and for some reason do NOT actually start must tell a race official immediately! We reserve the right to refuse future entry to any runner who does not notify a race official if they drop out.

Cut Offs: No runner who continues past a cut off will be included in the official results. These generous cut offs are imposed for the safety of the runners and out of consideration for the volunteers, without whom events like this would not be possible.

We reserve the right to refuse future race entry to any runner who continues on the course after the cut offs.

Aid Stations: Sports drink, cola, sprite, fruit, cookies, candy, chips, boiled potatoes (at later aid stations), pretzels, sandwiches, and maybe something homemade by our fabulous volunteers. Aid stations will have basic first aid kits with band aids, vaseline, etc. Please bring your own aspirin, ibuprofen, etc. Please show your appreciation to our wonderful volunteers as you pass through the aid stations!

Professional Photographer Mark Haymond will be on the course. www.markhaymond.smugmug.com

PLEASE DO NOT LITTER ON THE COURSE! Trash bags will be available at each Aid Station to dispose of your trash. Please help keep the course litter free so we can continue to get our permit from the USFS.

Finish Line Food: Chicken and Veggie Fajitas with Vegetarian black beans, steamed white rice, fresh fruit, salad, and tortillas.

Custom Awards: Presented to the overall winners of both the 50 and 31.9 mile runs, and top finishers in the age groups for the 50 mile run at the start/finish site as we sort out the results. Every finisher also receives a custom LD finisher medal.