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Race-weekend photography from the Malad Valley Marathon will appear here after race day. Below: a recon of the course from May 2026. A slow ride along the dirt and pavement that 13.1- and 26.2-mile runners will see in September. Click any photo to enlarge.

Course recon — May 2026

Dirt road on the Malad Valley Marathon course approaching Aid Station 2 with the Bannock Range in the distance.
Approaching Aid Station 2
Hard-packed dirt opens onto the valley floor on the way to Aid Station 2, with Elkhorn Mountain to the north.
Y-junction near Aid Station 2 with cottonwoods, a metal cattle gate, and mountains in the distance.
The junction at Aid Station 2
The Y-junction at Aid Station 2.
Quiet dirt farm road through grassland just past Aid Station 2 on the Malad Valley Marathon course.
Leaving Aid Station 2
Heading out from Aid Station 2. Quiet farm road through open grassland under a bright Idaho sky looking south on the Samaria Mountain range.
Dirt road heading north toward Aid Station 4 with mountains in the distance.
On approach to Aid Station 4
Looking east towards Oxford and “M” mountain where aid station 4 will be.
Mile 10 of the Malad Valley Marathon course with farm fields and the Sublett Range on the horizon.
Mile 10
Mile 10 of the marathon course — long views east across farm fields toward “M” mountain.
Reddish butte and pasture gate at the Red Rock turn on the Malad Valley Marathon course.
The Red Rock turn
A look eastward on Oxford Mountain at one of the course’s most distinctive “Red Rock” turns.
Open pasture with barbed-wire fence and the Bannock Range stretching south.
Approaching the Red Rock turn
Open fields stretch north on the approach to the Red Rock turn.
Paved intersection past the Red Rock turn looking out across the Malad Valley.
Past the Red Rock turn
The Red Rock turn with a wide valley view westward.