‘The Mammoth’

Tim Tollefson is going big at Mammoth Trailfest. Coming in 2025 is ‘The Mammoth‘ – a 200 mile race exploring the Eastern Sierra and starting and finishing in Mammoth Lakes in September. No exact dates yet and no prices set yet, permits are still pending for this event, but there’s a film showcasing Sally McRae exploring and running the route this year.

As Salomon takes their Golden Trail Series, and associated sponsorship dollars elsewhere, Tim takes Mammoth Trail Fest and makes it even bigger. It’ll be fascinating to see how this ultra long endurance event fits into Mammoth Trailfest’s short distance programming and how this will all pan out during the race week(end). This is the first major US event that’s trying to make this work. Broken Arrow has stayed short and “in the resort” with their events. Cocodona started with the really big distance and is now adding shorter events. Will this lead to an eventual 100M distance at Trailfest? And is this Tim’s play to get the event on the UTMB radar?

Registration for all races expect the new 200 miler will open on January 21, 2025.