MAY 15-17, 2026
BIB COLLECTION, MANDATORY GEAR CHECKS & MERCH STORE (Alice Springs Desert Park - Race HQ)
Thursday 2pm - 4:30pm, Friday 2pm - 4:30pm & Saturday 10am - 4:30pm
MANDATORY RACE BRIEFINGS (Alice Springs Desert Park - Race HQ)
231km: Thursday 5pm, 128km: Friday 5pm, 65km: Saturday 5pm, 25km: At your start line 30mins prior
Ultra distance entrants will have their gear checked and signed off by our vollies. 25km entrants will need to complete and sign the 25km Mandatory Gear Declaration Form and bring this with them to Race HQ when you come to collect your race bib.
We are a super friendly crew who put this event on but we are STRICT on mandatory gear because the Larapinta Trail is no joke. If you are missing one item, you won't receive your bib and if you're on course without an item, you will be withdrawn (disqualified) and your run will be over for 2026.
***DEADLINE FOR TRANSFERRING 2026 ENTRIES HAS NOW CLOSED***
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Only You Know Why...
For millennia, people have journeyed on foot for countless reasons. Survival, curiosity, connection, expansion, escape. To do this once a year with your tribe, in the ancient and renowned landscape that the Larapinta Trail passes through in the Tjoritja National Park, Central Australia, is a trail running memory waiting to be made with no equal. An experience that no one can ever take from you.
Some of the most spectacular singletrack anywhere in the world awaits. Only you know why you need to do this, that’s all that matters. Come and run through a landscape so vast you could never explore it all, so expansive that it will wear you down to the very essence of who you are until exploration turns into introspection and possibly even transformation.
How deep is your well within? The Trail and Ekistica West Macs Monster is here to help you find out.
Acknowledgement of Country
The Ekistica West Macs Monster acknowledges and pays respect to the Traditional Owners of the country that the Larapinta Trail passes through, acknowledging the ancient and ongoing connection that Western and Central Arrernte people hold to the land, sky and waters of the Tjoritja National Park, Alice Springs Telegraph Station and Alice Springs Desert Park.
Inclusion Statement
Volunteer Rego
 Volunteer Rego opens on March 1st, 2026. We can't wait to put the 2026 edition of the Ekistica West Macs Monster on with you!
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ONLY YOU KNOW WHY....
All distances for 2026 (except the 5km Tele-Monster) are sold out and there are no waitlists.
If you are lucky you might find someone who wants to transfer their entry closer to the event by joining the West Macs Monster Facebook Group.
Entries open 7pm, October 1st every year for the following year.
Welcome! Whatever your cultural background, gender, orientation, politics or level of experience, the Trail casts no judgement and neither do we. Come party!