Permanent Routes

In early 2020, RUSA closed down the “perm” program due to insurance problems. It was re-introduced in August with all routes requiring “reapproval.” Consequently, only some of the routes below have been reapproved, but I have left them up for future route design purposes.

A complete permanent listing for the USA is on this interactive easy-to-use map as found on this page of the RUSA website. Also visit this FAQ page on the RUSA site.

A route between 100 and 199 km is called  a “permanent populaire.”
A route over 200 km is called just a “permanent.”
>>New rule (2020): all permanents can be started at any checkpoint en route, instead of only the designated one listed below & all are now “free route” permanents.

Route Name w/ Map Link & RUSA No.
* = active “re-approved” route
Start
City
Style Distance
(km)
Climb (ft.)
Route Owner w/ E-Mail &/or URL
Northern Utah or Idaho
Raspberry Ramble 100 #3659 Garden City, UT  (goes into ID) Loop 101  1173 Richard Stum
Trappers Loop #2375 Morgan Out & Back  104 4032 Dan Tuchyner
Great Saltair Legacy #1912 N. Salt Lake  Out & Back  103 499 Dan Tuchyner
Davis – Wasatch Bench Populaire #2782 Riverside Out & Back 104  2173 Dan Tuchyner
Plymouth City #1731  Brigham City Out & Back 100 1187 Dan Tuchyner
Brigham – Golden Spike #1631 Brigham City Out & Back 106 1631 Dan Tuchyner
NSL to Antelope Island #1365 N. Salt Lake Out & Back 122 760 Dan Tuchyner
Logans Run #1496 Harrisville (Ogden) Loop 200 3559 Dan Tuchyner
Golden Spike #1345 Harrisville (Ogden) Out & Back 200 2950 Dan Tuchyner
Tour de Davis & Weber County #1799 Clinton Out & Back 201 1431 Dan Tuchyner
Willard Bay & Beyond 400 #3556 Centerville Loop 400 5695 Kenneth Moss
Wasatch Front (Salt Lake & Provo areas)
Small Chainring 100 #3223 Salt Lake City  Out & Back  100 5941 Richard Stum
Alpine Loop 100 #3883 Orem  Loop  100 4715 Richard Stum
Backroads of the Great Basin Populaire #2646  Saratoga Springs Out & Back 133  3150 Dan Tuchyner
Salt Lake 200 #3477 Salt Lake City Loop  201  4969 Kent Holmberg
This is the Place. Ride On! #886 Salt Lake City Loop  200  8460 Richard Stum
West Mountain 100 #3721  Provo Loop  104
FR
1247 Richard Stum
Utah Lake 140 #3685  Springville Loop  141
FR
1500 Richard Stum
Utah Lake 200 (Bluffdale Start) #580  Bluffdale
(SW of SLC)
Loop  200 2444 Richard Stum
*Backroads of the Great Basin 200 #521 Saratoga Springs Loop  200 2444 Richard Stum
Oquirrh Joker #521  Saratoga Springs Loop  200  4346 Richard Stum
Land O’ Goshen (Springville Start) #561  Springville Loop  201  4495 Richard Stum
*Lehi Nephi Lehi #473  Lehi Out & Back  214  2980 Benjamin Fichialos
*Wasatch Range SR600 (RUSA #2801. An ACP Super Randonnée permanent)  Cottonwood Heights (SLC) Loop  612  34,575 Richard Stum
Heber City or Wasatch Back (SE of SLC)
Bear River Headwaters #1610 Kamas Loop 100  2400 Robert Owen
Mirror Lake Classic #983 Heber City Loop 303 10,010 Richard Stum
Central Utah
For a listing of more obscure central Utah routes not shown here,
most of which start in or near Sanpete Country, visit Richard’s blog.
Bryce Canyon 102K #1407 Panguitch Out & Back 103 4000 Lonnie Wolff
 or Website
*Gnarly Nebo Perm Pop #2748 Nephi or Payson Loop 109 5900 Richard Stum
Rock Candy Rumble #553 Richfield Loop 201 4917 Richard Stum
Yuba Res Express #544 Nephi Loop 201 3700 Richard Stum
Topaz Tumble #530 Delta Loop 200 1668 Richard Stum
SW Utah (Note: Hurricane is a suburb of Saint George)
Heart of Dixie #1510 Saint George Loop 101 4465 Robert Owen
Zion Canyon 103 #3132 Hurricane Out & Back 103 2950 Lonnie Wolff
Zion National Park 200 #3595 Hurricane Loop 203 6057 Richard Stum
Way Down South to Dixie #744 Hurricane Loop 201 6644 Richard Stum
Red Rock Randonnée 600 #2363 Kanab Loop 608 17,377 Richard Stum
Red Rock Randonnée 1200 #1232 Kanab Loop 1203 37,880 Richard Stum
SE Utah & Four Corners
Moab to Arches 100 #3228 Moab Out & Back 105 4543 Richard Stum
Moab Double Whammy #832 Moab Out & Back 202 7610 Richard Stum
Four Corners 100 #3199 Teec Nos Pos, AZ Out & Back 100 2930 Richard Stum
Four Corners 125 #3423 Montezuma Creek, UT Loop 125 3463 Richard Stum
Four Corners 200 #3206 Bluff, UT Loop 204 4934 Richard Stum
Las Vegas (other Vegas routes are outlined here)
Red Rock 100 #1790 Las Vegas Out & Back 100 3748 Robert Owen

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