Cruel Jewel

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

May 15 2027
56 Miles
15,000 15,000 ft.
Point-to-Point
10 Aid Stations
5 Elevation Rating
Mountainous, >12,500 feet in 50 miles
4 Surface Rating
Substantial rocks, roots and/or ruts
May 14 2027
105.9 Miles
33,000 33,000 ft.
Out and Back
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 (F) Top Result (M)
05/16/26 90 14:03:25 12:02:11
05/17/25 102 13:42:26 11:11:02
05/18/24 111 12:15:48 10:49:24
05/20/23 98 12:59:17 11:14:00
05/14/22 112 12:51:36 10:13:33
05/14/21 88 12:32:16 11:20:20
05/16/20 Race Cancelled
05/18/19 92 12:20:03 11:48:56
05/19/18 92 14:19:30 12:32:27
05/20/17 74 12:57:18 12:33:13
Date Finishers Top Result (F) Top Result (M)
05/15/26 143 27:45:53 25:04:28
05/17/25 115 28:22:43 27:31:11
05/18/24 149 24:50:52 21:41:31
05/19/23 121 27:55:26 23:03:44
05/13/22 129 26:34:53 23:40:42
05/14/21 138 27:56:14 22:36:05
05/15/20 Race Cancelled
05/17/19 136 28:47:56 25:02:21
05/18/18 100 30:38:32 24:19:32
05/19/17 77 37:14:41 26:30:03
Date Finishers Top Result (F) Top Result (M)
05/13/16 64 15:59:43 10:47:25
05/16/15 38 13:32:53 12:45:50
05/16/14 51 13:30:00 10:54:00
05/17/13 9 16:54:00 15:20:00
Date Finishers Top Result (F) Top Result (M)
05/13/16 87 29:44:12 25:53:07
05/15/15 49 27:17:03 24:16:29
05/16/14 21 30:56:00 25:55:00
05/17/13 13 36:08:00 27:26:00

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