Hood Hundred Course Details

This 100 mile course offers a world-class scenic tour of Mt. Hood’s high country and its dryer, sunnier eastern backcountry, with fantastic crew access, well-appointed aid stations and exceptional volunteer support. The course format is a lollipop loop-style route—essentially a 20 mile outbound stem from Mt. Hood Meadows to a dynamic 60 mile figure eight loop, then the 20 mile ridgeline return to Mt. Hood Meadows for the finish. This is a true mountain ultra, with a suprisingly fast first half and a sneaky tough back half. Awe-inspiring views, trails and community support await along this challenging and incredibly diverse course!

Race Timeline

• Start Time: 5:00AM, Saturday, July 26, 2025

• On-Course Cutoffs: See Course Chart below

• Overall Time Limit: 34 hours (3PM at Finish Line on Sunday, July 27th)

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 17,300’ of elevation gain and 17,300’ of loss.

Course Surfaces

The following surfaces will be encountered. Non-singletrack is intermittent and split into multiple shorter stretches.

• Singletrack trail: 82 miles, mostly smooth dirt, some segments of rocky and technical

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

• Gravel (maintained forest road): 7 miles

• Pavement: 3 miles

Aid Stations

The course includes 14 aid stations, with 12 offering full service and 2 being hydration only/self-service (at Gunsight aid station outbound, then on the way back). 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 or Tropical 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: 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 multiple savory and/or hot food options such as soup, quesadillas, burritos, breakfast burritos, etc.

LIMITED SERVICE: These 2 aid stations (Gunsight) are unstaffed and self service, stocked with water and Gnarly Nutrition Fuel2O energy drink only.

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

CUPLESS RACE: All Daybreak races are CUPLESS. Be sure to carry 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 for a wide variety of weather and temperatures. 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 multiple 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. 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 so always be vigilant.

Equestrians: Horses may be spooked by the sudden appearance of a runner, with potentially serious consequences to everyone nearby. Call out 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 and the rider instructs you when they are ready for you to pass.

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-- dates and location TBA or posted on their website at https://www.44trails.org.

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.