Scorecard
First 100 miler scorecard: Javelina vs Vermont
A first 100 is a logistics decision dressed up as a mountain decision. Javelina is the desert loop people fly for. Vermont is the historic rollers 100 you drive to if you already live in the Northeast. Neither is Hardrock. Read the cards before you buy a buckle story.
Fly for Javelina if you want a destination first 100; drive for Vermont if you already live near the Northeast rollers.
No blended index. Low Worth is the take.
Javelina Jundred
McDowell Mountain Regional Park, Arizona · 100M
Demand
3 out of 5
How much it asks
Worth
3 out of 5
Worth the flight + fee
Javelina is in this catalog because people treat it like a destination 100, and we need a score that says what kind. It is a ~20-mile rolling loop on the Pemberton Trail in McDowell Mountain Regional Park, costumes, Golden Ticket, 30 hours, Halloween weekend. Demand is 3: 100 miles in desert heat-to-cold is a real night, and it is still a runnable loop. Vertical is a 2. Technicality is a 2. This is not HURT. This is not Hardrock. The demand is climate and distance, not terrain. A Golden Ticket does not turn a party loop into a mountain 100, and we are not going to score it as if it did.
Vermont 100
Silver Hill Meadow, Vermont · 100M
Demand
3 out of 5
How much it asks
Worth
3 out of 5
Worth the flight + fee
Vermont 100 is a genuine American 100, and it is not a mountain destination. That is the regional score, not an insult. The published product is 450 runners, 70 horses, about 17,000 feet of climbing, 30 hours, Silver Hill Meadow, dirt roads and forested trails and a concurrent endurance horse race, the last 100 miler that still does that. Demand is 3 because 100 miles of unrelenting rollers in July humidity is a real day, and because the technicality is not rock. Altitude is a 1. Grand Slam history is a 4 on prestige. History is not topography. A famous 100 can still be the wrong flight.
| Dimension | Javelina Jundred | Vermont 100 |
|---|---|---|
Distance & format | 4 A 100-mile loop party with a 30-hour cutoff and a Golden Ticket. The format is social, not alpine. | 4 A historic 100 with a 30-hour cutoff and a concurrent horse race. The format is the history. |
Vertical | 2 Rolling desert. The vert is not the story. | 3 About 17,000 ft of rollers. Unrelenting, not alpine. |
Technicality | 2 Pemberton Trail singletrack, mostly runnable. Not a mountain 100. | 2 Country roads, forested trails, horse paths. Not a rocky 100. |
Climate | 4 Late October in the McDowells: heat by day, cold by night. Climate is the demand. | 3 July in the Green Mountains: humidity, heat possible, not a monsoon. |
Altitude | 1 Sonoran desert hills, not a 14er. | 1 Southern Vermont. The air is not the problem. |
Logistics | 2 Fountain Hills / Phoenix airport. Easy. That is why people fly for a party 100. | 2 Silver Hill Meadow is a drive from the Northeast corridor. Easy if you already live here. |
Prestige & field | 4 Golden Ticket, costumes, a deep field. Prestige of a scene, not a mountain. | 4 Grand Slam, oldest remaining 100 with a horse race. History is not topography. |
Organization | 4 Aravaipa machine, publicly documented, large. Competent. | 4 Vermont Adaptive, long public record. Competent classic. |
Value | 3 A destination for the scene. Not a destination for the mountains. Worth 3 is that split. | 3 Worth 3 is regional: strong if you are nearby, not a default plane ticket. |
Adventure & scenery | 3 Saguaro and a costume 100. Desert pretty. Not a reason if you wanted ridges. | 3 Green Mountains from dirt roads. Pretty. Not a reason to cross a continent. |
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Javelina Jundred
McDowell Mountain Regional Park, Arizona · 100M
Demand
3 out of 5
How much it asks
Worth
3 out of 5
Worth the flight + fee
Vermont 100
Silver Hill Meadow, Vermont · 100M
Demand
3 out of 5
How much it asks
Worth
3 out of 5
Worth the flight + fee
| Dimension | Javelina Jundred | Vermont 100 |
|---|---|---|
Distance & format | 4 A 100-mile loop party with a 30-hour cutoff and a Golden Ticket. The format is social, not alpine. | 4 A historic 100 with a 30-hour cutoff and a concurrent horse race. The format is the history. |
Vertical | 2 Rolling desert. The vert is not the story. | 3 About 17,000 ft of rollers. Unrelenting, not alpine. |
Technicality | 2 Pemberton Trail singletrack, mostly runnable. Not a mountain 100. | 2 Country roads, forested trails, horse paths. Not a rocky 100. |
Climate | 4 Late October in the McDowells: heat by day, cold by night. Climate is the demand. | 3 July in the Green Mountains: humidity, heat possible, not a monsoon. |
Altitude | 1 Sonoran desert hills, not a 14er. | 1 Southern Vermont. The air is not the problem. |
Logistics | 2 Fountain Hills / Phoenix airport. Easy. That is why people fly for a party 100. | 2 Silver Hill Meadow is a drive from the Northeast corridor. Easy if you already live here. |
Prestige & field | 4 Golden Ticket, costumes, a deep field. Prestige of a scene, not a mountain. | 4 Grand Slam, oldest remaining 100 with a horse race. History is not topography. |
Organization | 4 Aravaipa machine, publicly documented, large. Competent. | 4 Vermont Adaptive, long public record. Competent classic. |
Value | 3 A destination for the scene. Not a destination for the mountains. Worth 3 is that split. | 3 Worth 3 is regional: strong if you are nearby, not a default plane ticket. |
Adventure & scenery | 3 Saguaro and a costume 100. Desert pretty. Not a reason if you wanted ridges. | 3 Green Mountains from dirt roads. Pretty. Not a reason to cross a continent. |