Race planning

Plan Fat Pursuit

Use the listed edition as your starting point. Each tool keeps imported race facts separate from the targets and assumptions you choose.

Listed edition: Jan 8, 2027 – Jan 10, 2027
Format: Fixed-Distance
Distance: 200 km; separate 60 km and 30 km
Local start time: 7:00 AM Friday in 2026, at Sawtelle Mountain Resort. The 2027 race-day schedule had not been posted on October 20, 2026.
Duration / cutoff: No overall time limit is published. In 2026 the 200K cutoffs were 7:00 PM Friday at checkpoint 1 (mile 28, 12 hours) and 7:00 PM Saturday at checkpoint 2 (mile 77, 36 hours). Checkpoint 3 (mile 113) has no cutoff, but racers may not bivy or sleep after leaving it. The race director may pull anyone who seems unsafe or unprepared. In 2025 the last foot finisher took 61:04.
Crew and pacers: No outside support. Racers may take help from other racers, race officials, checkpoints and commercial services they pass, but not from snowmobilers or other trail users. Family and friends may visit checkpoints but may not give their racer anything or meet them on the trail.
Drop bags: Food only, in two 2-gallon plastic bags issued at registration, sent to checkpoints 1 and 2 for the 200K. No batteries, hand warmers or clothing, and racers must finish with all the gear they started with.

Recorded facts reviewed Oct 20, 2026. Check the organizer’s latest rules. Calendar downloads use all-day dates and do not set a starting alarm.

Pace & duration

Start with the recorded course distance. Choose a planning duration; this race has no single recorded time limit to import.

Choose a checklist suited to your expected duration. Add the organizer’s mandatory gear.

Bring across the race name. Add confirmed access points, distances and your own arrival estimates.