Driving to Aid Stations

Outward Bound

From Muir Beach to Pan Toll

Retrace your way back to Hwy 1. Turn left onto Hwy 1 and follow it for only 1/4 mile. Be mindful of the runners here as you are on the course. Turn right onto Muir Woods Road and follow it for about 3 1/2 miles to the stop sign. Turn left here onto Panoramic Highway and follow it for about 4 miles to the top of the long uphill grade. Pan Toll is at the top on your left. Parking is often difficult here and expensive ($5.) The aid station is in the lower lot.

Homeward Bound

From Pan Toll to Tennessee Valley

Turn RIGHT when you leave the parking lot and proceed south down Panoramic Highway. TAKE CARE not to return to Muir Beach. So stay on Panoramic Highway for 7 miles until you reach Highway 1.

Turn left towards Mill Valley and proceed down the hill for a further 2 miles. When you reach the traffic light, take a right. Proceed half a mile and you'll see Tennessee Valley Road on the right. Turn right into Tennessee Valley Road. The aid station is at the end of road - about 2 miles further.

Highway 1 Aid Station

NO crews at this aid station!

Parking is severely restricted, with fast, heavy traffic arriving around a blind curve. For everybody's safety, any runner whose crew arrives at this station will be disqualified.

The Course

Outward Bound

Muir Beach (16.0) to Pan Toll (21.7)

From Muir Beach you will run on a short fire road for ~.3 miles that takes you to Shoreline Highway (or Hwy 1.) Turn Left at the Pelican Inn (or stop in for a Guinness if you need the extra carbs) and run along this stretch of highway for .25 miles. Be careful of traffic, especially when you cross road and turn Right onto Muir Woods Road. Look for markers on the right that lead to Redwood Creek Trail. Follow this trail for ~2 miles. You will come to the junction of Miwok. Stay Left towards Muir Woods Road. Cross the street and head up Deer Park Fire Road. Deer Park Fire Road merges with Coastal Fire Road. You will continue to climb uphill on Coastal and enter the forest. Just as the road finally dips, veer right onto Old Mine Trail (the sign post says Coastal on 3 sides, Old Mine on the side facing the road) and stay on Old Mine Trail till it meets the road at Pan Toll. Run straight across the road to the Lower Pan Toll parking lot where you’ll find the aid station.

Homeward Bound

Pan Toll (49.5) to Highway 1 (54.7)

Follow course markings from the aid station back onto Old Mine Trail till it meets Coastal Fire Road. Turn left onto the dirt road and continue to retrace your way back down to Deer Park Fire Road to where it crosses the Muir Woods Road. Cross road and get back onto Redwood Creek Trail for only ~.4 miles.

This is where some runners lose the trail every year!
LOOK for MIWOK TRAIL
(it goes left.)

Turn Left on Miwok and climb up to where it intersects with Diaz Ridge and go Left, staying on Miwok to where it crosses Shoreline Highway (Hwy 1.)