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Boulder Field 100

The city you want to run becomes your next trip.

USSeptember 2027100km

YouTube · Bouncing Soles

Race date Sep expected: September 2027
City · Distance: Jim Thorpe · 100km
Entry fee: $109From the 2026 edition
Status: SoonSee how to enter ↗

2027Date September 2027 · expected · Soon

2026Date Sep 12, 2026 · Entry fee $65 · Start 05:00

Official website ↗D-day as of Oct 7, 2026

About the race Runner stories How to enter Course Race Prep Travel

Why you dream of this race

THE DREAM

ABOUT THE RACE

A day you'll remember,
long past the finish line.

The entire section is within Hickory Run State Park.

The figure-eight 50K cycle is course, and the 100K participant completes this course twice.

90% of course is singletrack hiking trails and wide multi-use trails, with only about a mile of gravel road.

The road to your own record

Picture the course in advance
and find the pace that fits you.

When the city cheers

Streets lined with cheers, runners all around.
You'll be part of that scene.

The trip that follows the run

Take it slow with the finish still in you,
and meet the city all over again.

Stories from those who ran it first.

From the joy of finishing to the tough moments — read what runners wrote themselves.

Race reports: 1

Teal Hat Running

“The boulder field was absolutely breathtaking and difficult to navigate.”

In Boulder Field 100’s 18-mile event, they walked slowly across the boulder field and cooled their feet and legs at three water crossings. Fatigue and mosquitoes dogged them on the later ridge trail, but they accelerated on the final paved road and crossed finish smiling.

Read the original on Teal Hat Running

We translated a short line from each public race report and summarized the experience. Finish times are as stated by the author, and past editions may differ from this year's weather and operations.

See it on video,
feel it through their stories.

Preview the course and read what runners who went before you wrote.

Course preview

Bouncing Soles · Course preview

View on YouTube

This may be from a past edition. Check the organizer for this year's course and operations.

The way in that fits you

YOUR ENTRY

How to reach the start line —
start with what fits you.

Here are the ways to enter and what each requires.
Check the organizer's page for whether entries are open.

From the 2026 edition

100K

Entry cost $109

subject to change — verify officially

Organizer's page

50K

Entry cost $89

subject to change — verify officially

Organizer's page

18 Miler

Entry cost $65

subject to change — verify officially

Organizer's page

Official race website Entry options

From the start line to the finish

RACE WEEK

The 100km I'll run

Know the course and time limit, and race day comes into focus.

From the 2026 edition

Runners start · local timeFrom 05:00

not the start line

We have not confirmed the start line coordinates yet.

START

Jim Thorpe, PA

Start · Google Maps

Cut-off
50K: 14 hours, 100K: 16 hours

The 100K, 50K, and 18 Miler events will be held together.

Start line is located in Jim Thorpe, PA, and departure time is 5 a.m. local time.

Course is a circular composition that returns to the starting point.

Participant benefits

Not yet confirmed in the official race guide

To the start line,
step by step.

Pick up your bib, check your wave.
So on race morning, you can just run.

From the 2026 edition

Pick up your bib at the expo

The venue is the Sand Spring Lake Pavilion in Hickory Run State Park, and the Packet Pickup time has not been published.
Contact: Stephanweiss@comcast.net

Sand Spring Lake Pavilion, Hickory Run State Park, Albrightsville, PA

Google Maps

Stations & transport near the venue

Getting to the start

No transit station nearby — Hickory Run State Park, Boulder Field parking area, off unnamed park road (via PA-534), near White Haven/Jim Thorpe, PA

Course is a figure-8 loop entirely within Hickory Run State Park;

access via I-80 exit 274, south on PA-534 for ~2 miles,

then signed turns to Boulder Field parking lots (per uncoveringpa.com and PA DCNR park page, not official race site).

No public transit — car access only, rural Pocono-region state park.

Getting to the finish

Same as start — single Start/Finish area (loop/figure-8 course, both 50K/100K use same point)

100K runners complete the 50K figure-8 loop twice, finishing at the same Start/Finish area.

Stations & transport near the venue

No dedicated transit card system;

the Jim Thorpe/Lehigh Gorge area of the Poconos has no local public transit, so car access applies for this race.

Source · checked Aug 24, 2026

READY TO RUN

From race morning to after the finish.

Your start time, fuel and bag drop.
Know them ahead and the run feels easier.

The finish time limit is 14 hours for the 50K and 16 hours for the 100K, which consists of completing the 50K course twice.

A key feature is the generous time limit time limit, allowing participants to attempt the course at a walking pace.

Times are local to Jim Thorpe. Check the latest official information before the race.

A trip built around the race

STAY A LITTLE

MAKE IT A RUNTRIP

The race is one day,
the trip can be longer.

From a hotel that makes race morning easy,
to the meals and views you'll enjoy with the medal on.

Hotels that make race morning easy

1 places

Distances are straight-line from the start.
Check real travel times and booking terms with each hotel.

Holiday Inn Express & Suites White Haven - Poconos, An Ihg Hotel

Hotel · 4.9km

8.3/10(480)

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Time for you, before and after the finish

43 experiences

Rest a little, wander a little.
Pick what suits you and whoever you're with.

SIT-DOWN TOURS7CARB LOADING7LOCAL TRANSIT3FAMILY PASS7TRAIL & OUTDOOR7CITY TOURS6EASY WALKING6

Philadelphia Big Bus City Tour (Open-Top)

$56

Boulder Field 100

About Boulder Field 100 — what makes it special

A day you'll remember,long past the finish line.

The road to your own record

When the city cheers

The trip that follows the run