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Dark Divide Trail Races

2026 Dark Divide Trail Races
50K · 50K
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 6, 2026
Start7:00am
Whenin 15 days
First held2021
Official website Entry Aid stations
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Distance 50K
Climb 9,181 ft
Descent 9,182 ft
High point 5,870 ft
Time limit 11:00:00
Aid stations 5
Started not checked yet
Finished not checked yet
Finish rate not checked yet
The course

Where it goes out and back · 5 aid stations

The Dark Divide 50K: an out-and-back from Cispus Learning Center up to Tongue Mountain and along the ridgeline of Juniper Ridge out to Sunrise Peak and back, 32.44 measured miles with 9,181 ft of gain / 9,182 ft of loss. Entirely a daylight race (7:00 AM start, 6:00 PM cutoff, well within sunrise/sunset).

Over 9,000 feet of elevation gain (page prose); official chart/GPX give 9,181 ft gain / 9,182 ft loss and 32.44 miles, both matching each other and each other's Lowest/Highest Elevation figures (1,294 ft / 5,870 ft) exactly. Route passes Juniper Ridge twice (AS #1 outbound, AS #2 return) as the out-and-back turnaround waypoint; recorded here as out_and_back rather than loop since start and finish are the same location (Cispus) and the outbound/return legs largely retrace the same ridge.

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
Lottery opens
not checked yet
Lottery draw
not checked yet
Field cap
not checked yet
Registration
UltraSignup ultrasignup.com
Qualifying
not checked yet
Minimum age
not checked yet
Transfers
No wonderlandrunning.com
Deferrals
No wonderlandrunning.com
Crew, 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
No wonderlandrunning.com
Muling
not checked yet
Drop bags
Yes wonderlandrunning.com
Cupless
Yes wonderlandrunning.com
Course marking
not checked yet
Night running
No wonderlandrunning.com
Dogs
Not allowed wonderlandrunning.com
Headphones
Not allowed wonderlandrunning.com
Crew rules
not checked yet
Pacer rules
No Pacer Pickup column appears on the official 50K aid-station chart at all (unlike the 100 Miler and 100K charts, which both have one) -- recorded as pacers not offered on this course, inferred from that absence rather than an explicit 'no pacers' statement. wonderlandrunning.com
Drop bag rules
Drop bags allowed at stations marked Yes on the official aid-station chart; no size limit published. No mandatory-light-source paragraph appears on this chart (unlike the 100 Miler/100K charts), consistent with the race running entirely in daylight. wonderlandrunning.com
Cutoff philosophy
As this is a steep, technical, remote, and long 50K, you will have a generous 11 hour cutoff to make sure you get your hard earned finish with some time to take in the resplendent meadows and Cascade mountainscapes. wonderlandrunning.com
Aid stations

Every stop, and what you get there ● yes   · no   ? nobody has checked

Mile Station Cutoff Crew Bag Pacer Med To next
0.00 Cispus Learning Center ? ● ? ? ? 8.34
8.34 Juniper Ridge #1 ? ● ● ? ? 7.87
16.21 Sunrise Peak 1:30pm · ● ? ? 7.46
23.67 Juniper Ridge #2 ? ● ● ? ? 8.77
32.44 Cispus Learning Center (Finish) 6:00pm ● ● ? ? ?
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