Mogollon Monster Pine, Arizona, United States

The Mogollon Monster 100 is a rugged, challenging trail race taking place about 90 minutes northeast of Phoenix, Arizona just outside the small town of Pine, Arizona. The Mogollon Monster includes the advanced degree endurance race of 100 miles, with the addition a 42 Kilometer race on Sunday. The race covers roughly 100 miles, climbing the Rim on six separate locations spending a lot of miles along the Rim, on top of the Rim and the challenging climbs up and down with climbs and descents at 30-45% grades at a some points. Qualifying for The Monster: The 100 mile distance is not an easy race and as such, we have a qualification standard for the race. If the history of the course wasn't enough to lure you in, if the beauty of the course wasn't enough to lure you in well how about a mystical monster that has been sighted in this area for nearly 100 years? The "Mogollon Monster" has been sighted on the Rim in the area of the race itself since as far back as 1903.