Leatherwood Introduction
Leatherwood 100 Miler
Total Distance - 106.97 Miles Elevation Gain - 25,145
Leatherwood 100K
Total Distance - 64.15 Miles Elevation Gain - 15,095
Leatherwood 50 Miler
Total Distance - 53.15 Miles Elevation Gain - 11,944
Leatherwood 50K
Total Distance - 32.1 Miles Elevation Gain - 6,989
Leatherwood 25K
Total Distance - 16.35 Miles Elevation Gain - 3,235
Leatherwood Marathons
🌲 LEATHERWOOD ULTRA
APRIL 3, 2027 – FERGUSON, NC
HOSTED BY DIRTY WOLF RACING
🐺 THE TRAIL TAKES WHAT IT WANTS
Race Manual - https://docs.google.com/document/d/17qV1zXvc3I_6c_myHHhhBEITDVbFLsydhKBzj-fqcTE/edit?usp=sharing
This is not a race. It’s a ritual.
A trial by mountain. A slow unmaking.
Set deep in the ancient folds of the Leatherwood Mountains — on private trails where few humans go, and fewer return unchanged — this course does not welcome you. It tolerates you, for a time.
Each loop is a reckoning.
Each climb is a question.
And if you're lucky, by the end, you'll have an answer worth bleeding for.
🌘 THE FOREST DOESN’T SLEEP
The trail is marked — technically. Orange ribbons and yellow arrows guide the way. But after a few loops, the signs start to blur.
The switchbacks feel longer.
The air feels heavier.
Maybe it’s just the hunger.
Or maybe the trail remembers everyone who’s ever quit here.
🕗 RACE DAY – APRIL 3RD
Gates open: 7:00 AM
Bib Pickup: 7:10–7:50 AM
Race Start: 8:00 AM SHARP
Course closes: Sunday 8:00 PM
100-Miler Cutoff: 36 hours — no exceptions, no mercy
Early packet pickup available Friday — in case you want to walk the starting line before it takes you.
🔥 AID STATIONS — WHERE THE LIVING GATHER
Stocked with:
Water, Tailwind, soda
Candy, bacon, fruit, pickles
Salt. You’ll need it.
Basic first aid — but the real wounds run deeper
🎖️ FOR THOSE WHO FINISH
Handmade pottery medal — no plastic, no mass production. Just mud, fire, and form.
Race swag for all
Results posted on UltraSignup
Photos released one week after (assuming the cameras survived)
Tag your moments of madness:
@dirty_wolf_racing
#leatherwoodmarathons #dirtywolfracing
🐾 RULES OF THE RITUAL
No dogs. No strollers. No ghosts.
No refunds. If the weather turns, so do the odds — but the race goes on
No unregistered runners. You face this alone
Deferments available by request — but only before the forest has your name
Accomodations
🏕️ SLEEP CLOSE TO THE SHADOWS
Cabins
Leatherwood Mountains Cabins – 45+ rustic hideaways
Some have hot tubs… though water won’t wash away what this trail will do to you
Book direct: leatherwoodmountains.com
| 336-973-4142
Camping
Creekside Campground – Tent & RV sites with water, power, and flickering lights
Call 336-973-5044 to reserve
Sleep lightly. The woods never do.
🩻 REGISTER IF YOU DARE
Leatherwood doesn’t care about your pace, your crew, or your polished training plan.
It only wants to know one thing:
What are you willing to leave behind to finish?
Sign up. Show up. Suffer.
And maybe — if it lets you — come back changed.
https://www.leatherwoodmountains.com/
Their creekside campground offers 20 & 30 amp breaker sites and h20 hook ups for RV or tent camping. Shower and bathroom facilities are located in the barn area. Call 336-973-5044 for campground reservations. Campsite are limited.
Event's current local time: 4:16 PM ET
