Cascade Crest 100
2026 Alternate Out-and-Back
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The date is set. Entry has not opened. The race says an out-and-back alternate course is highly likely for 2027 because of damage from the 2026 Three Queens Fire.
Race dateJuly 16, 2027
Start9:00am
Whenin 273 days
First held1999
Who's going to Cascade Crest 100?
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Distance
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The race
What this one is
A hundred miles through Washington's Cascade Mountains, starting and finishing at the fire station in the small town of Easton. The loop runs about thirty miles of the Pacific Crest Trail and passes through the 2.5 mile Snoqualmie Pass Tunnel, with more than 23,000 feet of climbing. It happens under a special use permit through the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest and Washington State Parks. Runners line up at the Easton Fire House hoping to come back to a crowd cheering “Welcome back to Easton” as they cross the finish line.
Randy Gehrke founded the race and directed it from 1999 to 2005, setting the course and the low-key atmosphere. Charlie Crissman directed from 2007 to 2012. Rich White directed from 2013 to 2021, fine-tuned the course and worked through several wildfire years. Jess Mullen has directed since 2022. In 2016 the course was changed to wrap around and over Blowout Mountain, which added about 3.2 miles and 1,000 feet of climbing to the original route. In some years fire has closed the back half of the loop and the race has run as an out and back instead.
Getting in
Getting in
Entry, lottery and what the race asks of you before race day.
- Lottery
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Yes
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- Lottery opens
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Dec. 6, 2026
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- Lottery draw
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- Field cap
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180
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- Registration
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UltraSignup
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- Qualifying
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Complete a trail 100-miler at some point in your lifetime, or an organized or self-supported (Strava track or equivalent) trail 50-miler in under 16 hours with at least 6,500 ft of climbing between January 1 and June 13, 2027.
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- Minimum age
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- Transfers
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- Deferrals
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Crew access, pacers and drop bags
The rules that shape your day
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- Muling
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- Night running
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- Pacer rules
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- Cutoff philosophy
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Same race, other lines
Other distances and other years
What it looks like out there
Somebody has been out there with a camera
the tables say the climb is long. these say what long feels like.
11 people have been out there with a camera or a microphone.
+ 3 more.
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