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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.
11 people have been out there with a camera or a microphone.
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