The Hardrock Experience

The Hardrock Experience invites runners from around the world to take on a monthlong virtual challenge that parallels the legendary Hardrock 100 course. This event is a digital tribute to the spirit of Hardrock—gritty, steep, and stunning—and serves as a fundraising initiative to support the Hardrock 100 and its official livestream.

Participants will virtually traverse the Hardrock course and climb their way through 33,197 feet of elevation to earn a coveted finisher badge. Along the way, they'll unlock exclusive course segment badges, earn fun swag, and compete in mini-challenges for prizes from Hardrock brand partners.

The event culminates in a celebratory moment on the Hardrock 100 LIVE broadcast, where challenge winners and standout participants will be spotlighted in front of a global audience. The goal is to create an immersive omni-channel experience that blends the live race coverage with digital community participation, storytelling, and brand integration.

Hardrocker Games

Participants will be invited to complete themed mini-challenges throughout the month called Hardrocker Games (e.g. best summit selfie, steepest run, most creative trail name). Winners will be announced on the Hardrock 100 LIVE broadcast. Prizes provided by brand partners. All participants are automatically entered into end-of-week raffles.

Unlockable Badges

As you conquer each challenge, you'll earn badges for your achievements and accumulate Camp Bucks to redeem for exciting prizes!

Uploading Your Results- Best Practices

Entering your results into the Run Signup dashboard is a very user friendly process.  The easiest way is to manually enter your run time, distance, and vert in the Run Signup results portal.  You should also be able to upload a .tcx file into the dashboard as well, however different platforms will read the file differently which may cause you to lose vert.  To ensure fairness and fun-ness please do your best to follow the best practices listed below.

Please enter your activities frequently.  In order to get the most out of this experience, and to see your spot on the race leaderboard, we encourage you to enter your results every day. 

Keep evidence of your activity.  If you want to be considered for any awards during this event, you must have proof of your activity.  This can be as simple as sharing your Strava activity links for your runs, or taking a photo of your treadmill screen if you are running indoors. We will reach out to you if we need to see evidence of your activity.  Otherwise- we are operating on an honors system-- so be honest :).

ALL RESULTS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 11:59p Colorado Time on July 13th.  Please get your results submitted early.  If you are having any tech issues at any point during the event please reach out.  If you don't have your results submitted into the Run Signup Portal by 11:59 p.m. on July 13th, those results will not count. No exceptions. Although our Worldwide community does extraordinary things, the one thing we cannot do is fly around the Earth really fast in reverse like Superman to turn back time.

View Your Camp Bucks Balances

Keep track of your earned Camp Bucks from climbs and challenges! Stay motivated as you monitor your progress and work toward your goals. LINK HERE