Hellbender 100

The Hellbender One Hundred is one of the most scenic hundred milers on the East Coast. This course will take you through a grueling tour of the massive Black Mountains, deep into the valleys below and to the summit of Mt. Mitchell, the highest mountain East of the Mississippi. With an elevation change of ~48,000+ ft, runners will experience some of the most challenging and beautiful trails in all of Western North Carolina. You’ll not want to miss this premiere, graduate level hundred through the heart of Southern Appalachia!

Qualification for Running Hellbender
You must have completed a 100k with 10,000′ of vertical gain or a 100-mile event with 14,000′ of vertical gain. These need not be a formal race. You can have completed a route with the aforementioned requirements in a non-competitive event, FKT, or adventure run. Be prepared to submit a proof if you are submitting the latter as your qualifier (a Strava link for example).

Cutoffs
You will have 40 Hours to complete this race. Cutoffs will be enforced at multiple Aid Stations. Those cutoffs will be listed in the Runners Guide.

Transgender and non-binary runners are encouraged to participate! We will accept every transgender and non-binary runner’s self-declared gender category at registration and no one may challenge a runner’s self-declaration.