Crewing at Scout Mountain Ultras
Crew access is one of the most challenging aspects of the race and our permit process. We understand the community aspect of crewing at ultras and will attempt to accommodate you. Crews must drive slowly and with caution, mountain roads are dangerous and will be crowded due to the race and other users. Crews disobeying the law or disrespectful to others will be asked to leave and their runner disqualified.
Crew vehicle tags:
100-Mile and 50-mile runners will be given a crew access tag, one per runner, that must be displayed on the dash of the crew vehicle.
If a runner is crewed by a non-permitted vehicle, they are subject to disqualification. Crewing is not permitted for the 50-km or 23-mile races but accommodations can be made if necessary; please speak to race management if you need an exception. Most of the race is on remote trails that are difficult or impossible to access in a car.
100-Miler crew can see runners at the following aid stations ONLY:
Goodenough Creek. Crews must park at the additional parking at the entrance to the campground and walk in. It is less than 1/2 mile.
South Fork Road. Vehicle permits are required. They are dispensed at check-in to each runner. One vehicle and crew member per runner is allowed (plus one pacer if a pacer is starting here).
West Fork. NO PARKING FOR CREW. All crew must park at either Crystal Summit or Century High School and ride the shuttle to the aid station. There will be attendants at those two parking lots and they will release crew to board the shuttle only after your runner has reached South Fork Road aid station.
Gibson Jack (47.8). There is a large parking lot here, please do not block in other runners and use caution on the dirt road. Yield to runners as they enter and exit the aid station.
City Creek. Their are two ‘City Creek’ trailheads. The aid station is at the Upper City Creek trailhead. Crew may park in the lot at the end of the street and walk the short distance to the aid station (less than 0.25 mile).
Scout. Vehicle permits are required. They are dispensed at check-in to each runner. One vehicle and crew member per runner is allowed (plus one pacer if a pacer is starting here).There is very limited parking here. Please consider skipping this one unless a pacer is joining the 100-mile runner.
50-Miler crew can see runners at the following aid stations ONLY:
West Fork. NO PARKING FOR CREW. All crew must park at either Crystal Summit or Century High School and ride the shuttle to the aid station. There will be attendants at those two parking lots and they will release crew to board the shuttle only after your runner has reached South Fork Road aid station.
Crew Driving Directions
Never drive to the finish area. Each runner is allowed one tag for a crew vehicle. The tag is available at race check-in. A tag is required at all aid stations where crew are allowed. See the aid station chart and notes for additional requirements at each aid station.
Crew is only allowed for the 100-mile and 50-mile races; crew is not allowed for the 50-km or 23-mile races.
GPS coordinates of each crew-allowed location are at the end of these directions.
Century High School to Mink Creek Group Campground [15 min; 8.9 mi]
(100 mile check-in and pre-race briefing)
Leave the parking area and turn right onto S 5th Ave 0.9 mi
Turn right onto N Fort Hall Mine Rd 0.3 mi
Turn right onto W Portneuf Rd 1.3 mi
Bear left/straight then turn left onto S Mink Creek Rd 6.4 mi
Turn right into the campground (sign reads ‘Mink Creek Group Site’)
Crystal Summit Parking Lot: Crew Staging Area
Shuttles will run between this lot, West Fork Aid Station and the Finish Line all day Saturday (see shuttle schedule).
To get to the lot, follow S Mink Creek Rd for 3.2 miles past the Finish Area (Mink Creek Group Site).
Race volunteers will allow crew to board shuttles when their runner leaves the prior aid station (South Fork AS for West Fork AS and Big Fir AS for the finish line)
Mink Creek Group Site to Lead Draw (100 mile start) [5 min; 2.4 m]
Turn left onto S Mink Creek Rd 1.6 mi
Turn right onto E Fork Mink Creek Rd 0.6 mi
Turn left onto Forest Rd 331
Destination on the left
Lead Draw to South Fork Rd Aid Station [14 min; 6.5 mi]
Turn right onto E Fork Mink Creek Rd 0.6 mi
Turn left onto S Mink Creek Rd 2.6 mi
Turn left onto S Fork Mink Creek Rd 3.3 mi
Limits: Crew for 50- and 100-milers are permitted but only one vehicle and crew member per runner is allowed. Vehicle permits are dispensed at check-in.
***The first crew-allowed aid station is Goodenough. It’s only 15 miles into the 100-mile race and requires 1.5 hours of driving. We recommend that crew and spectators NOT go to Goodenough. If you need to go, you can click on the Goodenough name/GPS coordinates on the aid station spreadsheet or at the end of this section to launch Google Maps.
South Fork Rd Aid Station to Crystal Summit (to be shuttled to West Fork Aid Station or Finish Line)
Return the way you came in along S Fork Mink Creek Rd 3.3 mi
Turn left onto S Mink Creek Rd 2 mi
Crystal Summit to Gibson Jack Aid Station [15 min; 9.4 mi]
Head towards Pocatello (northeast) on S Mink Creek Rd for 9 mi
Bear left as the road becomes Bannock Highway and continue for 0.9 mi
Turn left onto W Gibson Jack Rd and take it all the way to it’s end (2.3 mi)
Gibson Jack Aid Station to City Creek Aid Station [12 min (6.2 mi)
Leave the aid station and follow W Gibson Jack Rd the way you came in 2.3 mi
Turn left onto Bannock Hwy and continue for 3.8 mi where the road continues over a small bridge and becomes S Main Street for another 0.5 mi
Turn left onto W Benton St for 0.25 miles
Turn Right on S Grant Ave for one block
Left onto S Whitman St for 0.1 mi (four blocks)
Left onto S Lincoln Ave winding up for 0.5 mi
Left onto City Creek Rd, continue straight for 0.5 mi
City Creek Rd ends at the parking lot
GPS Locations of crew-allowed LOTS
Links will launch Google Maps
Century High School 7801 West Diamond Back Drive, Pocatello, ID 83204
42°48'29.0"N 112°22'19.8"W 42.808060, -112.372166
Crystal Summit 100 and 50 mile crew staging
42°41'42.1"N 112°26'52.3"W. 42.695017, -112.447851
Lead Draw
42°44'16.5"N 112°23'02.3"W 42.737917, -112.383958
Goodenough AS: we recommend not going to this aid station, it’s a 1.5 hr drive and only 15 miles into the 100 mile race
42°39'16.1"N 112°17'09.0"W. 42.654464, -112.285828
South Fork AS
42°40'08.4"N 112°24'27.6"W 42.669003, -112.407657
Gibson Jack AS
42°47'34.4"N 112°25'53.1"W. 42.792879, -112.431425
Scout AS (for 100-mile and 50-mile runners ONLY)
42°41'20.3"N 112°21'34.1"W 42.68898, -112.35946