Is crew access allowed on the 100 Mile course?

Yes, crew access is allowed on the 100 Mile course. It is up to two hours or longer on remote and sometimes rough forest service roads from Cispus Learning Center to the South Loop Aid Stations; plan pacing and race support logistics accordingly. No per-leg crew driving directions or drive times are published for this course (unlike, e.g., Western States' named crew routes) -- only a per-station Crew Access Yes/No flag.

Are drop bags allowed on the 100 Mile course?

Yes, drop bags are allowed on the 100 Mile course. Drop bags allowed at stations marked Yes on the official aid-station chart; no size limit is published. All runners must carry a reliable light source and spare batteries/charger from the race start (in the dark) until sunrise, and again after Dark Creek AS (or have one available in their Dark Creek AS drop bag) for the remainder of the race.

Are pacers allowed on the 100 Mile course?

Yes, pacers are allowed on the 100 Mile course. A pacer may join starting at mile 51.77. Pacers may be picked up starting at Wright Meadow (earliest), swapped at Summit Prairie and Juniper Ridge #2. Limited to one pacer at a time. Pacers must check in with their runner at race check-in, sign a waiver, and wear a PACER bib. Pacers must remain with their runner at all times, may not mule or otherwise take/give supplies except at aid stations, and must abide by all course rules and permitting-agency requirements; a runner may be disqualified if their pacer does not.

What is the cutoff time for the 100 Mile course?

The overall time limit for the 100 Mile course is 48 hours from the start. You will have a generous 48 hour cutoff, [but] DO NOT underestimate how challenging this course is. For many of you, it will be the hardest thing you have ever done.

Ultras · US · WA

Dark Divide Trail Races

2026 Dark Divide Trail Races

100 Mile

Scheduled

100 Miler registration on UltraSignup is marked 'Closed Aug 20 @ 11:59 PM' while the 50K listing on the same page is marked 'Open' at the same time; the page's own text is internally inconsistent about which distances are still open 14 days before the race. Recorded as a conflict, not resolved.

Race dateSeptember 4-6, 2026

Duration3 days

Start5:00am

When42 days ago

First held2021

Who's going to Dark Divide Trail Races?

I'm running itPlan your weeks and your aid station times I'm crewingWhen to leave, where to park, at every stop I'm pacing or cheeringAsk your runner for their Out Here link

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Distance 100 Mile

Climb 26,565 ft

Descent 26,564 ft

High point 5,863 ft

Time limit 48:00:00

Aid stations 12

Started not checked yet

Finished not checked yet

Finish rate not checked yet

The course

Where it goes loop · 12 aid stations

The Dark Divide 100 Mile Endurance Run: 100.19 miles, ~26,565 ft of gain, over 75% singletrack, through the Dark Divide Roadless Area. A Hardrock 100 qualifier. Not a beginner-level race: up to 16 miles between aid stations, minimal course marking, and long stretches of solo wilderness travel including at night.

Over 75% singletrack, 'much of which is quite technical.' Course-published prose says pacers pick up at Wright Meadow 'Mile 51.6', but the official aid-station chart and course-section document both give Wright Meadow as mile 51.77. Course-sections PDF is filename-dated 2025 but its per-leg mileages and totals (100.19 mi, 26,565 ft gain / 26,564 ft loss) match the explicitly-2026-dated aid-station chart and the course GPX exactly, so it is being treated as still current for 2026 (no evidence of a reroute).

The race

What this one is

A wilderness trail-race weekend (100 Mile, 100K, 50K, 15 Mile) through the 70,000+ acre Dark Divide Roadless Area in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, based at the Cispus Learning Center near Randle, Washington. The 100 Miler is a Hardrock 100 qualifier.

Wonderland Running founder Sean Harrasser has run the race since its start; a 2026 Facebook post from the organizer calls the 2026 edition "year six," placing the first edition in 2021. The race is dedicated in part to the memory of five-time Hardrock finisher Mike "Bushwhacker" Burke.

Getting in

Getting in Entry, lottery and what the race asks of you before race day.

Lottery: No wonderlandrunning.com

Lottery opens: not checked yet

Lottery draw: not checked yet

Field cap: not checked yet

Registration: UltraSignup ultrasignup.com

Qualifying: Formal qualification standard (must show one, via published/verifiable results, or a discretionary GPX+letter submission if none apply): (1) a 100-mile-or-longer, primarily-trail race with at least 15,000 ft of vertical gain, completed within 5 years of the 2026 start date; or (2) a 100K, primarily-trail race with at least 10,000 ft of vertical gain, completed within 3 years; or (3) at least two 50-mile-or-longer, primarily-trail races with at least 7,000 ft of vertical gain each, completed within 3 years. Also a Hardrock 100 qualifier as of the 2026 race (see hardrock100.com/hardrock-qualify.php). wonderlandrunning.com

Minimum age: not checked yet

Transfers: No wonderlandrunning.com

Deferrals: No wonderlandrunning.com

Running, crewing, pacing or still deciding

How NavRun helps with Dark Divide Trail Races Forty eight hours, and four stations with a clock on each.

You are running it

You reach Wright Meadow, mile 51.8, before its 6:00am cutoff, and you already knew that this morning.

An arrival time for all 10 stations, worked out from your own training.

Start free →

You are pacing

You are at Wright Meadow, mile 51.8, warm and fed, and you know you have 48 miles ahead of you.

The same sheet says when they reach you.

You are deciding

You find out Dark Divide Trail Races is months of work away, not years, and you go and get the qualifier.

Put in a race you have already run. NavRun shows you where this one sits from where you are.

No account needed →

Crew access, pacers and drop bags

The rules that shape your day Anything marked "not checked yet" is a gap in what we hold, never a no from the race.

Crew allowed: Yes wonderlandrunning.com

Vehicles per runner: not checked yet

Pacers: Yes, from mile 51.77 wonderlandrunning.com

Muling: Not allowed wonderlandrunning.com

Drop bags: Yes wonderlandrunning.com

Cupless: Yes wonderlandrunning.com

Course marking: Partially Marked wonderlandrunning.com

Night running: Yes wonderlandrunning.com

Dogs: Not allowed wonderlandrunning.com

Headphones: Not allowed wonderlandrunning.com

Crew rules: It is up to two hours or longer on remote and sometimes rough forest service roads from Cispus Learning Center to the South Loop Aid Stations; plan pacing and race support logistics accordingly. No per-leg crew driving directions or drive times are published for this course (unlike, e.g., Western States' named crew routes) -- only a per-station Crew Access Yes/No flag. wonderlandrunning.com

Pacer rules: Pacers may be picked up starting at Wright Meadow (earliest), swapped at Summit Prairie and Juniper Ridge #2. Limited to one pacer at a time. Pacers must check in with their runner at race check-in, sign a waiver, and wear a PACER bib. Pacers must remain with their runner at all times, may not mule or otherwise take/give supplies except at aid stations, and must abide by all course rules and permitting-agency requirements; a runner may be disqualified if their pacer does not. wonderlandrunning.com

Drop bag rules: Drop bags allowed at stations marked Yes on the official aid-station chart; no size limit is published. All runners must carry a reliable light source and spare batteries/charger from the race start (in the dark) until sunrise, and again after Dark Creek AS (or have one available in their Dark Creek AS drop bag) for the remainder of the race. wonderlandrunning.com

Cutoff philosophy: You will have a generous 48 hour cutoff, [but] DO NOT underestimate how challenging this course is. For many of you, it will be the hardest thing you have ever done. wonderlandrunning.com

Aid stations

Every stop, and what you get there ● yes ○ no ? nobody has checked – does not apply to this race

Mile	Station	Cutoff	Crew access	Bag	Pacer	Med	To next
0.00	Cispus Learning Center	?	●	?	?	?	11.84
11.84	Juniper Ridge #1	?	●	●	?	?	7.85
19.69	Sunrise Peak #1	?	○	○	?	?	5.96
25.65	Dark Creek	5:00pm	●	●	?	?	16.11
41.76	Snagtooth	?	●	●	?	?	10.01
51.77	Wright Meadow	6:00am	●	●	●	?	5.39
57.16	Lewis River	?	●	●	?	?	8.84
66.00	Quartz Butte	?	○	○	?	?	6.16
72.16	Summit Prairie	5:00pm	●	●	●	?	11.42
83.58	Sunrise Peak #2	?	○	○	?	?	7.84
91.42	Juniper Ridge #2	2:00am	●	●	●	?	8.77
100.19	Cispus Learning Center (Finish)	5:00am	●	?	?	?	?

Same race, other lines

Other distances and other years

Other distances: 100K
50K
15 Mile (15 miles)

Other years: 2027

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.

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

Social account

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Social account

Wonderland Running

Social account

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