Trail course guide · 3 loops · 24 legs

Ragnar Trail Zion, loop by loop

Three trail loops from one village at Zion Ponderosa, Mount Carmel, UT. Each of 8 runners runs every loop once — 125.6 miles as a team, about 15.7 each.

Next race: Fri–Sat, May 7–8, 2027. Confirm on the official site.

An independent guide built from Ragnar's published course maps. Relay Tracker is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Ragnar. Courses change from year to year — confirm loops against the official race guide.

125.6miteam distance

15.7miper runner

4.1 / 4.1 / 7.5migreen / yellow / red loops

+2,063ftclimb per runner

6,466ftvillage elevation

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The course

The three loops

Green loop4.1 mi

Rolling

Starts and finishes at the village · run as legs 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22

start · 6,466 fthigh 6,518 · low 6,398 ftend · 6,465 ft

+347ft climb

−346ft descent

+1ft net

Map of the Green loop: the route with mile markers.

Yellow loop4.1 mi

Hilly

Starts and finishes at the village · run as legs 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23

start · 6,466 fthigh 6,921 · low 6,459 ftend · 6,465 ft

+687ft climb

−688ft descent

−1ft net

Map of the Yellow loop: the route with mile markers.

Red loop7.5 mi

Hilly

Starts and finishes at the village · run as legs 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24

start · 6,466 fthigh 6,878 · low 6,458 ftend · 6,464 ft

+1,029ft climb

−1,031ft descent

−2ft net

Map of the Red loop: the route with mile markers.

Village and transition at 37.2712, -112.8776 · Open in Google Maps

Who runs what

The rotation

Ragnar fixes the order: the loops cycle Green, Yellow, Red and every runner keeps their place, so runner 1 runs legs 1, 9 and 17. That is Relay Tracker's default running order for a team of 8 — no setup needed.

Runner	1st loop	2nd loop	3rd loop	Total
R1	Leg 1 · Green 4.1 mi	Leg 9 · Red 7.5 mi	Leg 17 · Yellow 4.1 mi	15.7 mi
R2	Leg 2 · Yellow 4.1 mi	Leg 10 · Green 4.1 mi	Leg 18 · Red 7.5 mi	15.7 mi
R3	Leg 3 · Red 7.5 mi	Leg 11 · Yellow 4.1 mi	Leg 19 · Green 4.1 mi	15.7 mi
R4	Leg 4 · Green 4.1 mi	Leg 12 · Red 7.5 mi	Leg 20 · Yellow 4.1 mi	15.7 mi
R5	Leg 5 · Yellow 4.1 mi	Leg 13 · Green 4.1 mi	Leg 21 · Red 7.5 mi	15.7 mi
R6	Leg 6 · Red 7.5 mi	Leg 14 · Yellow 4.1 mi	Leg 22 · Green 4.1 mi	15.7 mi
R7	Leg 7 · Green 4.1 mi	Leg 15 · Red 7.5 mi	Leg 23 · Yellow 4.1 mi	15.7 mi
R8	Leg 8 · Yellow 4.1 mi	Leg 16 · Green 4.1 mi	Leg 24 · Red 7.5 mi	15.7 mi

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Ultra teams of four run six loops each, either one at a time (legs 1, 5, 9…) or two back to back (legs 1–2, 9–10, 17–18). Pick Classic or Doubled under the roster's running order. Short a runner? Keep every roster slot and hand the open slot's loops to teammates; Ragnar keeps the loop pattern the same.

Trail pace. Relay Tracker prices a trail loop about 10% slower than a road leg with the same climb by day and 20% slower at night — the gap measured against 2026 Ragnar Trail results — and each runner's prediction then adjusts to their real loop times.

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About this data. Loop distances, elevations and the village location come from Relay Tracker's race pack for Ragnar Trail Zion (v2, October 2026), built from Ragnar's 2026 course maps; distances follow Ragnar's published loop lengths. The two-person Black Loop, where offered, is a separate event and isn't shown. Terrain is a simple derived label: Flat under 40 ft of climb per mile, Rolling under 100, Hilly under 200, Steep above.