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!
Maurten Joins Hardrock
The Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run is proud to announce that Maurten has joined the Hardrock family as the official gel and solid bar partner.
“We are excited to be working with Maurten! Their products, philosophy and commitment to community are perfect fits for Hardrock ” said Dale Garland, Run Director of the Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run.
“Maurten will be there to fuel the community from the start until kissing the Hardrock — throughout the 102.5 miles. Maurten makes fueling for ultra and trail runs easier — Maurten products will be provided on course, fueling athletes with carbohydrates to ensure energy and performance.” added Maurten representative Bill Dittman.
Tommyknocker Tales - April 2025
Check out RD Dale's monthly missive to this year's entrants, with topics including:
- Camping Hardrock
- Pacer-Runner Matchmaking
- Snow Report
- Zoom Sessions
- Say hello to Telluride
and more!
April Snow Report
Resisting an April Fool’s Joke about the snow in the San Juans, because the snowpack is no laughing matter! Seriously, March saw a good amount of snow arrive in the San Juans (31” in Silverton and more the 40” on parts of the course), bringing the snowpack up to nearly the 20-year average in the San Juans. Just about 100” of snow has fallen this season in Silverton (with the long-term average being 120”). Up on the course, some areas have considerably more snow (the Red Mountain Pass SNOTEL site is about 91% of the long-term average). With more snow predicted in early April (some reports are predicting up to a foot of snow later this week), hopes are high that snow (and moisture) will continue to arrive, decreasing the early summer fire danger in the San Juans. As the map below (the Snow Water Equivalent as of mid-March) shows, the San Juans (and Hardrock) sit in the divide between very good (Northern CO) and very disappointing snowpack (Northern NM). Fingers crossed for more storms in April!
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.
Pacer/Runner Matchmaking GoogleSheet
Need a Pacer? Our Pacer Coordinator Andrea has this year's Pacer-Runner matchmaking spreadsheet ready to help find you your perfect trail partner!
Hardrock 2025 Official Print
The art selection committee has selected the attached photo as the official photo of the 2025 Hardrock. It was submitted by South African photographer Marzelle van der Merwe who wrote:
Watching the Salomon film, Kroger's Canteen, in 2015 is quite literally the reason I started trail running! Last year I had the opportunity to visit the San Juans for the first time during Hardrock and it was such a meaningful few weeks camping under the stars and running with friends. The day before Hardrock I ran from Cunningham Gulch towards Maggie Gulch, I noticed the three granite peaks in the distance and immediately knew I wanted to return to this section of the trail during Hardrock. I waited for over an hour to line the runners up on the horizon against the peaks, and was lucky to have the shadows play along with my intentions!
CONGRATULATIONS 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.
