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.

Edition notes: The 2027 200K is listed for January 8–10, 2027, and the 30K and 60K for Saturday, January 9. Registration is open on Athlete360: the 200K costs $375, or $325 with the early-bird discount through November 27, 2026. On October 20 the 200K roster showed 17 entrants, three of them on foot and two on skis. The organizer's race-details page still showed the 2026 schedule, prices and refund dates, so 2027 race-week times and cutoffs had not been confirmed.

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.