Hood Hundred


August 3-4, 2024

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Hood Hundred Course Details

This 100.1 mile course offers a world-class scenic tour of Mt. Hood, with fantastic crew access, well-appointed aid stations and great local and regional volunteer support. The course format is a lollipop loop-style route—essentially a 20 mile outbound stem from Mt. Hood Meadows to a massive 60 mile figure eight loop, then the 20 mile return to Mt. Hood Meadows for the finish. Awe-inspiring views and trails await along this challenging and incredibly diverse course!

Race Timeline

  • Start Time: 6:00AM, Saturday, August 3

  • On-Course Cutoffs: See Course Chart below

  • Overall Time Limit: 34 hours (4PM at Finish Line on Sunday, August 4th)

Course Map

  • Click on the map image to open a full resolution version for download.

  • INTERACTIVE MAP: Click HERE for a full window map, where you can change layers, zoom in and out, view elevation profile, etc.

  • GPX DATA: Click HERE for a .gpx data file.

Elevation Change

Approximately 17,700’ of elevation gain and 17,700’ of loss.

Course Surfaces

The following surfaces will be encountered. Non-singletrack is intermittent in increments of 0.8-2 miles.

  • Singletrack trail: 81 miles

  • Doubletrack (native dirt/rock surface): 8 miles

  • Gravel (maintained forest road): 8 miles

  • Paved road: 3 miles

Aid Stations

The course includes 15 aid stations, with 12 offering full service and 3 being limited service. Review the information and chart below for details:

FULL SERVICE: These 12 aid stations will be staffed with enthusiastic, experienced hosts and volunteers, and amply stocked with the following:

  • HYDRATION: water, Gnarly Nutrition Fuel2O energy drink (200 kcal per 20 oz + electrolytes, no caffeine, Limeade flavor), Coke, ginger ale. Beginning at Aid Station 11, coffee and hot water for tea and veggie-based broth will also be available.

  • FOOD/NUTRITION: Spring Energy gels, PB&J sandwiches, cookies, various fresh fruit options, candy, potato chips, gummi snacks, trail mix, and a variety of other ultra fare. Beginning at Aid Station 6, each full service aid station will have some catered real food options, including 1-3 savory and/or hot food options such as soup, quesadillas, burritos, hot breakfast items such as pancakes and bacon, etc.

LIMITED SERVICE: These 3 aid stations are unstaffed and self service only, stocked with water, Gnarly Nutrition Fuel2O energy drink and Spring Energy gels and trash receptacle.

MEDICAL: Each full service aid station will have professional medical personnel monitoring, with a full compliment of first aid and emergency response equipment. 

All Daybreak races are CUPLESS. Be sure to bring your own drinking vessel/cup for liquids such as soda at the aid stations.

Required Gear

  • All runners (and pacers) shall have two working headlamps/lights (or other effective illumination devices) and at least one set of extra batteries with them during all hours between 8PM Saturday and 6AM Sunday. No exceptions. Most runners will want to take these items from their Surveyors Aid Station (#6) drop bag, or acquire from their crew at Fifteenmile Aid Station (#7) if arriving before 8PM.

Recommended Gear

Midsummer weather is generally mild here, however mountain weather can vary significantly and nighttime temps can get cold and sometimes windy, especially above 5000’. We expect you to be prepared. Recommended supplies include:

  • Clothing layers for night time and early morning hours

  • 400 calories of nutrition at all times

  • 30 oz minimum for hydration capacity

  • Cell phone or smartwatch with navigation app and predownloaded gps data file of the course

  • Portable charger for navigation device

Trekking Poles

Trekking poles are allowed.

Trail Etiquette

Many of the course’s trails are popular and used by many different groups. Please be courteous to other hikers, runners, and between Bennett Pass Aid Station #2 and #14, mountain bikers and sometimes equestrians. Obviously watch for vehicles on any road/doubletrack segments of the course. Collisions on trail can be disastrous. If you wish to pass another runner, ask for "passing on your left" or "passing on your right" before attempting to pass. Slower runners must yield the trail to runners wishing to pass. Hikers and runners have the right-of-way over mountain bikers, but fast-traveling bikers may not see you in time. Horses may be spooked by the sudden appearance of a runner, with serious consequences to the rider. Stop and step off the trail to let oncoming horses pass. Runners should never pass a horse from behind without first notifying the rider.

Trail Work

At this time, we do not have a trail work requirement. However, we strongly believe ultrarunners should contribute some amount of volunteer trail stewardship each year, especially considering the significant use and dependence on public lands the sport of trail and ultrarunning requires.

We will work with our beneficiary, 44 Trails, to hold at least one trail work party in the months leading up to the race (likely May and/or June) and would love your participation-- date and location TBA.

Cancellations

See the Daybreak Racing Cancellation Policy.

This event is located on the Mt. Hood National Forest, managed by the U.S. Forest Service. In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.  USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.