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Out from Camp Morganton in Blue Ridge toward Blairsville and back, through the Chattahoochee National Forest of the North Georgia Mountains. Single track trail with some technical sections, steep ascents and steeper descents, an historic steel bridge over the Toccoa River and the Dragon's Spine, plus stretches of mountain road. Twenty aid stations and a 48 hour clock. The race lists it as a Western States 100 and Hardrock qualifier.
The Cruel Jewel 100 is a 103.9 mile mountain race in the Chattahoochee National Forest of north Georgia, run out from Camp Morganton in Blue Ridge to a turnaround above Blairsville and back the same way. About 92 miles are trail and 12 are mountain roads, over the Benton MacKaye Trail, the Duncan Ridge Trail and the run of steep climbs and steeper descents known as the Dragon's Spine, with a historic steel bridge over the Toccoa River on the way out and again on the way back. It carries 30,000 feet of climbing and the same again of descent, 20 aid stations and a 48 hour limit. Finishing it qualifies a runner for the Western States 100 and Hardrock 100 lotteries.
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