The Cruel Jewel 100 is a 105.9 mile foot race deep with in the beautiful Chattahoochee National Forest of the North Georgia Mountains. It consists of 95 miles of trails, 11miles of mountain roads, and 20 aid stations. Along your journey from Vogel State Park to Blue Ridge and back, you will experience tough, and sometimes technical, single track trails, ferns and old growth poplar trees, steep ascents and even steeper descents, an historic steel bridge spanning the Toccoa River, the Dragon's Spine, lush green hardwood forests, rocks, roots and ridge lines ... all of which will be passed before you reach your final destination. And as a bonus we have thrown in 33,000 feet of gain and 33,000 feet of loss just to keep it interesting !!
Cruel Jewel 50 is a point to point 56 mile trail race deep with in the beautiful Chattahoochee National Forest of the North Georgia Mountains. It consists of 50 miles of trails, 6 miles of mountain roads, and has 10 aid stations. Along your journey from Blue Ridge to Vogel State Park you will experience tough, and sometimes technical, single track trails, ferns and old growth poplar trees, steep ascents and even steeper descents, an historic steel bridge spanning the Toccoa River, the Dragon’s Spine, lush green hardwood forests, rocks, roots and ridge lines … all of which will be passed before you reach your final destination. And as a bonus we have thrown in 15,000 feet of gain and 15,000 feet of loss just to keep you smiling !!
Upcoming Races
15,000
15,000
ft.
Point-to-Point
Course
10 Aid
Stations
5
Elevation Rating
Mountainous, >12,500 feet in 50 miles
4
Surface Rating
Substantial rocks, roots and/or ruts
33,000
33,000
ft.
Out and Back
Course
20 Aid
Stations
48:00 Cutoff
5
Elevation Rating
Mountainous, >12,500 feet in 50 miles
4
Surface Rating
Substantial rocks, roots and/or ruts
Results
Date |
Finishers |
Top Result (M) |
Top Result (F) |
05/20/23
|
98 |
11:14:00
|
12:59:17
|
05/14/22
|
112 |
10:13:33
|
12:51:36
|
05/14/21
|
88 |
11:20:20
|
12:32:16
|
05/16/20 |
Race Cancelled
|
05/18/19
|
92 |
11:48:56
|
12:20:03
|
05/19/18
|
92 |
12:32:27
|
14:19:30
|
05/20/17
|
74 |
12:33:13
|
12:57:18
|
Date |
Finishers |
Top Result (M) |
Top Result (F) |
05/19/23
|
121 |
23:03:44
|
27:55:26
|
05/13/22
|
129 |
23:40:42
|
26:34:53
|
05/14/21
|
138 |
22:36:05
|
27:56:14
|
05/15/20 |
Race Cancelled
|
05/17/19
|
136 |
25:02:21
|
28:47:56
|
05/18/18
|
100 |
24:19:32
|
30:38:32
|
05/19/17
|
77 |
26:30:03
|
37:14:41
|
Date |
Finishers |
Top Result (M) |
Top Result (F) |
05/13/16
|
64 |
10:47:25
|
15:59:43
|
05/16/15
|
38 |
12:45:50
|
13:32:53
|
05/16/14
|
51 |
10:54:00
|
13:30:00
|
05/17/13
|
9 |
15:20:00
|
16:54:00
|
Date |
Finishers |
Top Result (M) |
Top Result (F) |
05/13/16
|
87 |
25:53:07
|
29:44:12
|
05/15/15
|
49 |
24:16:29
|
27:17:03
|
05/16/14
|
21 |
25:55:00
|
30:56:00
|
05/17/13
|
13 |
27:26:00
|
36:08:00
|
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