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!
Tommyknocker Tales - Monday Memo June 9
Check out RD Dale's weekly missive to this year's entrants, with topics including:
- Runner Bios
- Zoom Q&A - Hardrock Course
- Leave No Trace (LNT)
- Pacer/Runner Matchmaking
- Dogs, Drones & South Mineral Creek Crossing
and more!
2025 Manuals & Schedule
The 2025 Runners Manual, Volunteer Manual & Camp Hardrock schedule are ready for you!
We regard these as living documents as schedules develop and fresh discoveries happen once the snow melts, but everything we know that needs updated for 2025 is now done. Anything major changed after this point will be listed in the "Notable Updates" section in the Runners Manual.
June Snow Report
June 1st is the start of meteorological summer and a good time to review the 2024-2025 snow year in the San Juans. The snow year of 2025 was characterized by generally near-average snowpack accumulation during the initial part of the season, followed by a significant decline due to early snowmelt and below-average precipitation. While much of the San Juans saw average peak snow water equivalent (SWE) during the accumulation season, most of the Hardrock course area experienced early melt and is now facing snow drought conditions (low precipitation and warm temperatures). The Snow-Water-Equivalent at the Red Mountain Pass SNOTEL station is only at 2.3” — so considering we use a SWE of less than 23” on June 1st to help inform the go-no/go decision for Hardrock, things are pretty dry up on the course. Typically, a low-snow Spring is followed by a vigorous monsoon season. We’ll see if this trend holds for Hardrock 2025!
CONGRATULATIONS to 2025's Joel Zucker Memorial Scholarship winners!
We are proud to announce this year’s Joel Zucker Memorial Scholarships to six graduating High School seniors and 10 Continuing Education students for a total of $47,000. Now in its 26th year, this scholarship was established in memory of Joel Zucker who died after finishing his third Hardrock Hundred Endurance Run in 1998. This year marks 165 scholarships for a total distribution of $366,050. All college-bound applicants from Silverton are considered as well as students in the surrounding San Juan Mountain communities that volunteer at the Hardrock Hundred Run. Read the full press release.
High School:
- Jacquelin Acosta, Colorado Mesa University
- Syri Christensen, Fort Lewis College
- Mylah Gallegos, New York University
- Priya Hartman, Berry College
- Karely Ortega, Colorado State University
- Alejandro Torres Saldana, Metropolitan State
Continuing Education:
- Daniela Acosta, University of Texas
- Raja Braford-Lefebvre, NOLS Wilderness Medicine
- Katelyn Cunningham, Berry College
- Miranda Hall, Gonzaga
- Bennett Levine, Western Colorado
- Jaden McNeese, Western Colorado
- Belen Roof, NOLS Wilderness Medicine
- Caroline Thompson, University of Colorado
- Kharis Weller, Western Colorado
- Molly Wright, American University
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.
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!
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.
