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CURRENT NEWS For TRAINING RUN / TRAIL WORK SCHEDULE click on "Blue Button" [Click for entire message] VOLUNTEERS We need: 1) help at several aid stations and 2) medical volunteers at aid stations i.e. EMTs, First Aid, etc If you are available on August 3/4, 2013 (Sat/Sun), Please contact: ken.hamada3@gmail.com Any help will be appreciated. The 26th Annual AC100 is full. 26th Annual AC100 will be August 3/4, 2013 (Sa/Su). Answer to FAQ: We do not keep a waiting list. This years race closed on 10-2-2012. ANF Trail work/Training run will begin in April 2013. Schedule will be available late March or early April 2013. 2011 and 2012 Schedule are posted for Reference Only. For detail information on race including: course maps and profiles, cutoff times, rules and regulation; the 2013 AC100 Race Book is posted on the top right corner of the website. For all future race dates click on the box: "click for entire message". Future race dates: All future races will be the first week in August so that we will be: (1) 2 weeks ahead of Leadville 100 and (2) Mt Disappointment 50 will be 3 weeks ahead. The race is on Sa/Su. We provide the Th/Fr dates for Wrightwood planning purposes since the race weekend can straddle both July and August and cause confusion. 26th Annual AC100 will be August 1/2/3/4, 2013 (Th/Fr/Sa/Su) 27th Annual AC100 will be July 31, 2014 (Th) & August 1/2/3, 2014 (Fr/Sa/Su) 28th Annual AC100 will be July 30/31, 2015 (Th/Fr) & August 1/2, 2015 (Sa/Su) 29th Annual AC100 will be August 4/5/6/7, 2016 (Th/Fr/Sa/Su) 30th Annual AC100 will be August 3/4/5/6, 2017 (Th/Fr/Sa/Su) 31st Annual AC100 will be August 2/3/4/5, 2018 (Th/Fr/Sa/Su) 32nd Annual AC100 will be August 1/2/3/4, 2019 (Th/Fr/Sa/Su) 33rd Annual AC100 will be July 30/31, 2020 (Th/Fr) & August 1/2, 2020 (Sa/Su) Highway 2 is now open from LaCanada to WW. Driving to Chantry Flats during race weekend. Chantry Flats is open to crews. However, parking is very limited! Do not recommend you take a motor home or any large vehicle because of the limited space to drive, park and turn around. There is also "one-way" section near the end of the drive, to accommodate a damaged section of the road that has not been repaired yet. 2011 AC100 Trail Work Schedule (for reference only): 4/16/11 Silver Moccasin – Charlton to Shortcut Saddle 5/21/11 Idlehour Trail, East Side 6/18/11 Idlehour Trail, West Side 7/9/11 Gabrielino Trail – Newcomb Saddle to Sturtevant Camp 2012 AC100 Training Runs -Trail Work Schedule (posted on website on 4-3-2012, for reference only). 4-21-12 Saturday Trail Work 4-22-12 Sunday Training Run 5-5-12 Saturday Trail Work 5-6-12 Sunday Training Run 5-19-12 Saturday Trail Work 5-20-12 Sunday Training Run 6-16-12 Saturday Trail Work 6-17-12 Sunday Training Run The USFS has increased its focus on safety. Volunteers working in the forest are now required to wear long pants and shirts, gloves and work boots (not running/tennis shoes etc). Hard hats if available. These are now USFS requirements, not requests. Please comply. CHECK WHITE PAGES FOR POSSIBLE SCHEDULE CHANGE. 2013 AC100 Training Runs -Trail Work Schedule (Check AC100.com for any changes). Posted 3-16-13. April 13, 7:00AM (Saturday): Trail Work: (NOTICE: This trail work day restricted to the 1st 25 who call or e-mail Hal that they are coming) Meet at Hahamongna Park-Ball Diamond (see directions below) at 7:00AM. Carpool to work site. (Trucks, SUVs, 4WDs up Mt Wilson Rd . to Idlehour Ckpoint parking). Trail work will be on the Idlehour East Side trail. April 14, 6:30 AM (Sunday): Training Run: Meet at Chantry Flats Parking Lot 6:30 AM: Carpool to Chilao Flats Ckpoint (Start together please) Run 22 miles from Chilao Flats to Chantry Flats Parking Lot May 18, 7:00AM (Saturday): Trail Work (NOTICE: This trail work day also restricted to the 1st 25 who call or e-mail Hal that they are coming Meet at Hahamongna Park-Ball Diamond at 7:00AM Carpool to work site. Trail Work, Idlehour Trail West Side (High Clearance Vehicles Only, Up Mt Lowe Fire Road, to Sam Merrill Ckpoint) May 19, 7:00AM (Sunday): Training Run Meet at Chilao Flats Visitors Center at 7:00AM, Carpool to Islip Saddle. (Start together please.) Run 27 miles from Islip Saddle to Chilao Flats Visitor Center. Water/Aid at normal Checkpoints between Islip and Chilao Flats. Advise rain protection gear (trash bag adequate). June 15, 7:AM (Saturday) Trail Work Meet at Hahamongna Park-Ball Diamond at 7:00 AM Carpool to work site Trail work on Wintercreek Trail. (High clearance vehicles best, down Mt. Wilson Toll Road to Harvard Saddle parking) June 16 , 7:00 AM (Sunday) Training Run (Daytime Run) to the finish area. (This training run may not have aid during the run): Meet at the AC100 finish area Loma Alta Park (Parking lot above the North Side of the Park) at 7 AM Carpool to Chantry Flats, need carpool drivers. (Start together after short briefing please.) Run 26 miles from Chantry Flats to Loma Alta Park. Please be completely self-contained: Water accessibility at Chantry Flats & Millard Campground (private residence hose possibly?). Idlehour Creek Side Stream before Main crossing (Purification tablets). June 22, 8 AM (Saturday) Training Run Meet at Islip Saddle at 8 AM . Carpool to Wrightwood Community Center. Water, aid at Vincent Gap Ckpoint, Spring water at Little Jimmy Springs (signed just down off trail) Advise rain protection (trash bag adequate) July 20, 7:00AM (Saturday) Trail Work Meet at Hahamongna Park-Ball Diamond at 7:00AM Carpool to work site (High Clearance Vehicles Only, Red Box-Rincon Rd.). Trail work will be on the Gabrielino Trail below Newcomb Saddle. Directions to Hahamongna Park-Ball Diamond just outside the location previously known as Oak Grove Ranger Station Exit at 210 Freeway at Berkshire/Oak Grove Dr. off ramp (in La Canada) to Oak Grove Dr. Go North past La Canada High School to Foothill Blvd. Turn right at Hahamongna Park sign one block and make left turn downhill then right at bottom to the parking lot behind the Ball Diamond. General Procedure at all Training Runs and Work Days. Sign in and provide emergency phone number on both Training Runs and Work Days No Trail Work Certification Form needed for those who sign in on sign in sheet. Contact Hal Winton at: (310) 534-1704 Contact Hal at: e-mail at harold l winton [winton4jesus@juno.com]or Contact Hal by mail at: Hal Winton, 24409 S. Meyler, Harbor City, CA 90710 Purchase (Sports Chalet, REI, Shell gas etc) and display your Adventure Pass. Required when parking on the forest, except on a very few designated days. Adventure Pass is not required at Hahamongna Park public parking lots or at Wrightwood Community Center Adventure Pass is required to park at Chilao & Chantry Flats, Islip Saddle, Eagles Roost and most other areas within the forest. $5 a day Adventure Pass available at some LaCanada/Pasadena sporting good stores and nearby gas station and at some Wrightwood stores.