Moab 240 Canceled as 70 Runners and Volunteers Evacuated

Organizers canceled the 2026 Moab 240 ultramarathon on Sunday, October 11, after severe weather made parts of the course unsafe, while about 70 runners and volunteers were evacuated from the route near Bridger Jack in southeastern Utah. The participants had spent the night at an aid station as heavy rain, high winds and falling trees affected the remote course. Race organizers said deteriorating weather and unsafe conditions meant the event could not continue safely. The race had been scheduled to run from October 9 through October 13. The San Juan County Sheriff's Office said it coordinated with organizers to help people who could not leave the affected areas on their own. Buses took participants from the aid station near Bridger Jack Mesa, in Bears Ears National Monument. The sheriff's office reported that everyone stranded on the route had been evacuated by 12:45 p.m. Sunday; another report put the final evacuations at about 1 p.m. Organizers said those sheltering at the aid station had heated tents, food and drinking water. Cottonwood Creek had risen to unsafe crossing levels, and the access road to the aid station became impassable, according to race reporting.