Cascade Crest 100

The Cascade Crest 100 has looped through the Cascade Mountains from the Easton Fire Station since 1999, and it has grown into one of the Pacific Northwest's most sought-after 100s. The standard course climbs more than 23,000 feet between its low point in Easton at 2,140 feet and the high point on Thorpe Mountain at 5,840 feet, about 70 percent of it on single-track through the Wenatchee National Forest and Washington state parks. Wildfire and trail access force the race onto a separate out-and-back reroute in some years, which it scores as its own course.

Entry is by lottery, drawn in the winter, and every runner owes trail work before race day. The race starts at 9:00 a.m. on a Friday in July, and a finish counts as a Western States 100 qualifier.

A loop from the Easton Fire Station through the Cascade Mountains: more than 23,000 feet of climbing on 70 percent single-track, 26 percent forest road, and 4 percent pavement, from a low of 2,140 feet in Easton to 5,840 feet on Thorpe Mountain. Some years use a separate out-and-back reroute. The race starts at 9:00 a.m. Friday.

Entry is by lottery: registration opens December 14 and closes January 11, with the draw that winter. Every entrant owes eight hours of organized trail work by June 14 or a $150 buyout, and needs either a prior 100-mile trail finish or a qualifying 50-miler with at least 6,500 feet of climbing.