About the Race
The Mingus Traverse is not just a race.
It’s a confrontation with doubt, exhaustion, elevation, and the quiet voice that asks you to quit.
Stretching roughly 80 miles across the brutal beauty of Arizona’s Mingus Mountain range, the Traverse weaves through rugged desert floor, punishing climbs, thin mountain air, and endless technical trails. Runners face:
- Thousands of feet of elevation gain
- Scorching daytime heat and freezing night cold
- Remote wilderness with no easy exits
- Mental warfare as fierce as the physical strain
This course is built to break comfort and reveal courage.
And that’s exactly why I chose it.
