The Hare Mountain 100 is hard. The Ozark Highland’s Trail is a national scenic trail marked with white blazes for the main trail and blue blazes for spurs. Do not count on flagging. It will be minimal if any. We are going to add more blazes and reflective tape to those blazes. But, do not register for this race if you are not comfortable being self sufficient and comfortable with navigation. Sometimes trees with markers fall and sometimes the fog is so thick you cannot see your hands. A GPS device with the course GPX downloaded is required. Gaia is required, Avenza is highly recommended as a back up. You must have a tracking device. If you have your own, great. If not, you have to rent one. Following the San Juan Solstice 50 on this. It’s too remote and difficult for me to be okay not knowing where you are. It’s for your safety. No one finished the full course the inaugural running October 2023.
The Hare Mountain 100 is a point-to-point 100 mile run, that incorporates 2 scenic loops, along the Ozark Highlands Trail in the Northwestern part of Arkansas across the Boston Mountain segment. Hare Mountain is the highest point on the OHT at nearly 2400 feet. This segment covers 164 miles of rocky, steep and rugged forest with several creek crossings, incredible fall colors, waterfalls, bluffs and beautiful sandstone outcrops. I’m utilizing 100 miles of the most difficult sections of this segment.
Being born and raised in Cass, AR I grew up on this trail. Spending hours of my life on and off the trail running, hiking, exploring. It has been a dream of mine since I got back into ultrarunning to bring a 100 mile race to this amazing trail.
In 2023 I offered a 100k and 50 mile at the same time as the 100. Those will now be at a different time. With the level of difficulty of this course, it’s too much pressure on my volunteers and myself to have runners at vastly different speeds on this trail at the same time. I will post dates for the 100k and 50 mile as soon as I can.
Runners must sign a waiver, perform 8 hours of trail work (you can use hours already used for another race), or opt out of trail work with a $100 donation to the Ozark Highlands Trail Association in order to participate in this event. It is preferable that you complete the trail work on the OHT if possible. Please send proof of trail work to [email protected].
You must have completed at least a 50 mile race on trail with at least 5000 feet of vertical gain. This race will be extremely difficult. Measurements taken by GPS and topographic mapping have put elevation gain between 20,000-22,000 feet. Runners will have 38 hours to complete the 100 mile run.
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