2025 Entrants & Wait Lists
Congratulations to all of this year's entrants - we look forward to seeing you in Silverton this coming July!
To everyone else - thank you for applying, and we hope to see you on the start line soon!
Hardrock 2025 - Official Print
Submissions are open for your photograph or original art for consideration as the official print for the 2025 running of Hardrock. The theme and focus for this submission is something that encapsulates and represents the “wild and tough” spirit of the Hardrock Hundred Endurance Run and/or the natural beauty of the Hardrock course. In addition, 2025 is a special year as we will celebrate our 30th running!
Your artwork will be used for the finisher posters and all print and digital publicity for the 2025 running of the Hardrock. Hardrock will pay for all expenses associated with copying and producing your work into the various formats. You will retain rights to the image if yours is selected.
Submission specifics:
- Can be a photograph you took or original compositions you created
- Please limit your submission to no more than 3 images. Submissions with more than 3 images will not be considered
- Submit in jpeg or pdf file format. Submissions with links to websites, Google drives, etc. will not be considered
- Selection will be made in late March by a panel of photographers, graphic art specialists, printers and past winners of this contest
The deadline for submitting artwork is Sunday, Jan. 31st, 2025. Please send submissions, along with any questions, to Run Director Dale Garland. Also, we invite you to share this opportunity with photographers and artists you may know who would like to participate.
Tommyknocker Tales - Jan 2025
Check out RD Dale's monthly missive to this year's entrants, with topics including:
- Hardrock Turns 30
- Where do I stay?
- Hardrock Zoom Sessions
- What about the snow???
and more!
January Snow Report
Overall the December 2024 snowfall in the San Juans was less than impressive. Most of the month was dry, but happily, a large storm arrived late in the month and provided some significant precipitation which bumped up the numbers up to reasonable levels. Silverton received nearly 15" of snow in this storm resulting in a year-to-date amount of 31.7" (close to the snow amount last year). Up at the Red Mountain Pass SNOTEL site, there was 45" of snow on the ground on January 1st. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is still predicting the development of a La Niña condition, but it is now thought to be weak and short-lived. This prediction keeps hope alive for at least average snowfall amounts in the critical months of January and February. Fingers crossed that more snow arrives in the San Juan to lower the fire risk later this Spring.
2025 Service Requirement
The 2025 Lottery Service Requirement Form is now available for download on OpenSplitTime. To download the form, visit the lottery link and follow instructions you find there.
Kari Fraser elected to Hardrock Board of Directors
The Hardrock Hundred Endurance Run Board of Directors is pleased to announce the election of Kari Fraser of Boulder, Colorado to its Board of Directors. Kari was elected to take the place of Blake Wood, who is retiring from the Board of Directors. Kari is a 2-time finisher of Hardrock and has captained the Chapman Gulch, Finish Line and Ouray aid stations.
Read the full releaseCONGRATULATIONS to 2024's Joel Zucker Memorial Scholarship winners!
This year we are supporting 13 Continuing Education students each receiving $3,000, for a total distribution of $39,000.
The following 13 students will each receive $3,000:
Continuing Education:
- Daniela Acosta
- Raja Braford-Lefebvre
- Katelyn Cunningham
- Emelie deKay
- Paton Edwards
- Ian Hall
- Miranda Hall
- Bennett Levine
- Jaden McNeese
- Belen Roof
- Caroline Thompson
- Kharis Weller
- Molly Wright
In the past 25 years, we have awarded a total of 151 scholarships totaling $327,050 in memory of Joel Zucker who passed away in 1998 after completing his third Hardrock Hundred run. Joel was a university librarian who loved running in the San Juan Mountains and we established this scholarship in his memory to support local students who are continuing their education.
Hardrock 100 At a Glance
100-mile run with 33,197 feet of climb and 33,197 feet of descent for a total elevation change of 66,394 feet with an average elevation of 11,186 feet - low point 7,680 feet (Ouray) and high point 14,048 feet (Handies Peak).
We acknowledge the land the Hardrock 100 traverses is the ancestral homeland of the Ute, Puebloan and Diné people. Information about this land is often told from dominant perspectives, without full recognition of the original land stewards. We invite others to join us in this acknowledgment to heal, renew and reaffirm the First Nations’ history and continued presence in Colorado and pay tribute to these traditional homelands and its people.
All or part of this operation is conducted on Public Lands under special permit from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service.
