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High Cascades 100: 2019 Course

Mountain Biking Trail

Hard
100.92 mi
10,247 ft
2019 course map for Bend's ultra-distance mountain bike race.

The High Cascades 100 is Bend’s local ultra-distance mountain bike race. This route doesn’t utilize laps on the same loop to reach the 100-mile distance, because it doesn’t need to. The trail system in Bend is so extensive that even this lengthy route doesn’t touch many of the most popular trails near Bend!

Bend’s singletrack is generally smooth, fast, and sandy, providing the perfect terrain for an ultra-distance singletrack race. In addition to hitting a few of the more popular trails close to town like Tiddlywinks and Upper Whoops, the route heads far to the west, looping all the way around Mount Bachelor on the Edison Lava and Metolius Windigo trails. Few people head this far afield from the core of the Bend Trail system, so racers will enjoy a unique trail experience.

While the trails in Bend are renowned for being relatively mellow, this race is still no joke. The language on the High Cascades 100 is up front and meant to detract the unprepared from entering.

"This race/ride is for people who have ridden bikes for quite a long time and understand the need for proper training,” they write. “[Dehydration] and Death can occur or serious injury. Please consult your physician before entering any event and especially a 100-mile mountain bike race.”

“In addition, due to the remoteness of the course it can and will take depending on where you go down 2-3 hrs to get to you in most situations, so take care of each other out on the course and no [sic] your limits,” they conclude.

Did those warnings scare you off? Oh, you’re actually intrigued by the prospect? Then consider signing up for this epic mountain biking challenge! Written by Greg Heil
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Route and Elevation

Segments

NameDistanceElev. Diff.Avg. Grade
Nat For Dev Road 4130 Climb2.44 mi669 ft5.2%
Heat Stroke3.94 mi1,138 ft5.5%
2015 HCC100 First Climb3.74 mi1,119 ft5.7%
300 Up To Start Of Larsen2.54 mi666 ft4.7%
Lower Half Tyler's Climb0.82 mi315 ft7.2%
NF Dev Rd 4133 Climb (pt 2)3.12 mi574 ft3.5%
Cascade Lakes Hwy Climb0.95 mi331 ft6.6%
08/07/10 Bend, OR0.67 mi272 ft7.7%
vista grind1.47 mi499 ft6.4%
The Sand Wall0.20 mi148 ft13.7%
Swampy Dutchman upper trail0.19 mi-89 ft-8.4%
Going down Ridge Loop0.49 mi-161 ft-6.2%
Ridge loop trail DH2.49 mi-453 ft-3.4%
ridge deadfall downhill1.12 mi-243 ft-4.1%
swampy music0.40 mi-115 ft-5.3%
I'm not warmed up yet0.69 mi151 ft4.1%
Swede Loop South DH0.96 mi-240 ft-4.7%
Sect 16 East bound down1.97 mi-249 ft-2.4%
S16 & Upper Whoops5.48 mi-748 ft-2.6%
Sector 16 grove session2.56 mi-190 ft-0.6%
upper upper whoops0.54 mi-174 ft-6.1%
Upper Whoops : Downhill1.99 mi-636 ft-6.0%
Shooting Star shelter to bench1.87 mi-650 ft-6.5%
Upper whoops 4615 down1.43 mi-472 ft-6.3%
Skyliners Trail - Jct 29 (top of whoops) -> Skyliners TH2.91 mi-144 ft-0.9%
Skyliners Trail West2.93 mi-167 ft-1.0%
Tumalo Ridge To FR Junction2.11 mi397 ft3.3%
RIDGE FACE CLIMB - Fork to top1.04 mi344 ft6.2%
Lower Flagline Climb1.08 mi331 ft5.8%
Cascade Lakes Hwy Climb1.54 mi430 ft5.3%
Dutchman Doubletrack from Vista3.30 mi387 ft1.8%
tumalo dh0.38 mi-135 ft-6.7%
Bachy West XC MTB1.95 mi-302 ft-2.9%
Bachy to Hosmer7.71 mi-1,316 ft-3.2%
Dinah-Moe Climb to Bench3.57 mi535 ft2.8%
DMH 4180 To Junction Kiwa-Tylers0.31 mi43 ft1.0%
Tiddlywinks DH to Larson TH3.41 mi-797 ft-4.4%
Tiddlywinks Downhill3.77 mi-994 ft-5.0%
Tiddlywinks upper DH0.71 mi-295 ft-7.8%
I'll take the entire enchilada 3.70 mi-974 ft-5.0%
Lower Tiddly DH 1.23 mi-394 ft-6.0%
Tiddlywinks lower DH2.06 mi-597 ft-5.5%
the crux0.19 mi-20 ft-1.5%
Tiddly Lower DH from Larsen's to Funner/SK0.76 mi-187 ft-4.6%
Storm King Climb0.34 mi79 ft4.2%
Lower SK & Catch and Release 5.02 mi-587 ft-1.9%
Lower Storm King - Descent section2.71 mi-541 ft-3.8%
The Only Fun Part0.22 mi-56 ft-4.9%
Storm King CR1.67 mi-66 ft-0.7%
C&R - SK to Conklin1.53 mi-59 ft-0.5%