The flagship single-loop mountain race through Palisades Tahoe along the Western States trail, a Mountain Running World Cup event. Run as the 26K through 2022.
Distance
22.9km
Elevation Gain
1,372m+
Race History
Winners and podiums of 23K
2026
(June 21)
Men
1st
Philemon Kiriago๐ฐ๐ช
1:42:59
2nd
Elhousine Elazzaoui๐ฒ๐ฆ
1:43:12
3rd
Patrick Kipngeno๐ฐ๐ช
1:44:34
Women
1st
Mฤdฤlina Florea๐ท๐ด
2:02:1823rd
overall
2nd
Lauren Gregory๐บ๐ธ
2:03:5626th
overall
3rd
Joyce Muthoni Njeru๐ฐ๐ช
2:03:5927th
overall
Men's course record (broke Elazzaoui's 2025
mark, who was 2nd in 1:43:12).
2025
(June 22)
Men
1st
Elhousine Elazzaoui๐ฒ๐ฆ
1:43:53
2nd
Philemon Kiriago๐ฐ๐ช
1:43:57
3rd
Patrick Kipngeno๐ฐ๐ช
1:44:11
Women
1st
Joyce Muthoni Njeru๐ฐ๐ช
2:01:1622nd
overall
2nd
Mฤdฤlina Florea๐ท๐ด
2:02:0323rd
overall
3rd
Anna Gibson๐บ๐ธ
2:03:4624th
overall
Both course records. Golden Trail World Series and
Mountain Running World Cup race.
2024
(June 23)
Men
1st
Patrick Kipngeno๐ฐ๐ช
1:45:37
2nd
Eli Hemming๐บ๐ธ
1:47:00
3rd
Philemon Kiriago๐ฐ๐ช
1:50:23
Women
1st
Joyce Muthoni Njeru๐ฐ๐ช
2:11:5234th
overall
2nd
Jade Belzberg๐จ๐ฆ
2:12:2936th
overall
3rd
Tabor Scholl-Hemming๐บ๐ธ
2:13:3138th
overall
Kipngeno and Njeru each won the Ascent/23K double.
2023
(June 18)(23K)
Men
1st
Eli Hemming๐บ๐ธ
1:34:46
2nd
Chad Hall๐บ๐ธ
1:37:14
3rd
Meikael Beaudoin-Rousseau๐บ๐ธ
1:38:33
Women
1st
Allie McLaughlin๐บ๐ธ
1:51:4619th
overall
2nd
Anna Gibson๐บ๐ธ
1:57:5031st
overall
3rd
Tabor Scholl-Hemming๐บ๐ธ
1:58:5535th
overall
Sources:UTMB Index
Distance renamed from 26K to 23K. High winds forced a
reroute and delayed start.
2022
(June 19)(26K)
Men
1st
Andy Wacker๐บ๐ธ
1:50:11
2nd
Eli Hemming๐บ๐ธ
1:51:00
3rd
Cameron Smith๐บ๐ธ
1:54:22
Women
1st
Sophia Laukli๐บ๐ธ
2:06:1820th
overall
2nd
Allie McLaughlin๐บ๐ธ
2:08:2225th
overall
3rd
Ashley Brasovan๐บ๐ธ
2:16:2638th
overall
Sources:UTMB Index
2021
(26K)
Men
1st
Joe Gray๐บ๐ธ
1:52:44
2nd
Darren Thomas๐บ๐ธ
1:52:46
3rd
Andy Wacker๐บ๐ธ
1:53:12
Women
1st
Janelle Lincks๐บ๐ธ
2:14:0322nd
overall
2nd
Emkay Sullivan๐บ๐ธ
2:17:1929th
overall
3rd
Bailey Kowalczyk๐บ๐ธ
2:19:4332nd
overall
Sources:UTMB Index
Held in the fall after the June edition was postponed.
2019
(June 23)(26K)
Men
1st
Andrew Douglas๐ฌ๐ง
1:56:31
2nd
Sam Sahli๐บ๐ธ
2:06:18
3rd
Henri Aymonod๐ฎ๐น
2:08:03
Women
1st
Lindsay Webster๐จ๐ฆ
2:22:3512th
overall
2nd
Morgan Arritola๐บ๐ธ
2:24:2414th
overall
3rd
Kasie Enman๐บ๐ธ
2:29:0917th
overall
Sources:UTMB Index
2018
(June 17)(26K)
Men
1st
Max King๐บ๐ธ
2:09:21
2nd
Cole Watson๐บ๐ธ
2:11:50
3rd
Ryan Phebus๐บ๐ธ
2:12:17
Women
1st
Dani Moreno๐บ๐ธ
2:36:4519th
overall
2nd
Caitlin Patterson๐บ๐ธ
2:40:0423rd
overall
3rd
Christine Lundy๐บ๐ธ
2:41:3824th
overall
Sources:UTMB Index
First edition.