While I’ve got a couple article ideas swirling around my mind at the moment, if I close my eyes and relax, I still see Hardrock. Given my failure to publish some of the 700-plus photos I took from the 2016 Hardrock, I decided I’d share some of the images I have on my hard drive as well as in my head. Below are a few of the 762 photos I shot while running this year’s Hardrock 100. Enjoy!
Now, there’s a bonus photo album on Facebook.
[This is no race report, nor do I intend to publish one, but you can watch Meghan’s post-race interview with me and I’m happy to answer questions about my race, gear, etc. in the comments below.]
![2018 Hardrock 100 - Putnam Powell Train](https://irunfar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018-Hardrock-100-Putnam-Powell-Train.jpg)
While offering plenty of alone time, the Hardrock 100 also offers plenty of time to chat with friends, old and new. Here, a train of at least 10 runners heads up toward Putnam Mountain. All photos: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
![2018 Hardrock 100 - Oscar's Pass](https://irunfar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018-Hardrock-100-Oscars-Pass.jpg)
Runners climb Oscar’s Pass under grumpy skies. Those same clouds help keep runners happy by keeping temperatures from soaring during the heat of the day.
![2018 Hardrock 100 - Wasatch Basin](https://irunfar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018-Hardrock-100-Wasatch-Basin.jpg)
Although the wildflowers bloomed early this year and the race was a week later than normal, north-facing aspects such as Wasatch Basin retained show-stopping displays.
![2018 Hardrock 100 - Marshall Basin](https://irunfar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018-Hardrock-100-Marshall-Basin.jpg)
Dappled light poured into Marshall Basin above Telluride, providing a stunning display while runners traversed between Mendota Saddle and Virginius Pass.
![2018 Hardrock 100 - One Great Step - Adam Wilcox](https://irunfar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018-Hardrock-100-One-Great-Step-Adam-Wilcox.jpg)
Adam Wilcox takes the first hands-needed steps before the rope-assisted descent off Virginius Pass, the home of Kroger’s Canteen. It’s one of my “Oh, hell no!” moments from this year’s race.
![2018 Hardrock 100 - The Great Uncomfortmity](https://irunfar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018-Hardrock-100-The-Great-Uncomfortmity.jpg)
I stop whenever I pass the textbook Great Unconformity in Box Canyon, where a whooping 1.3 billion years of geology is missing between the 1.4-billion-year-old Precambrian rock below and the roughly 27-million-year-old volcanic San Juan Tuff above.
![2018 Hardrock 100 - My Million Dollar Highway](https://irunfar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018-Hardrock-100-My-Million-Dollar-Highway.jpg)
One of the numerous (and numbered) Red Mountains pokes out above the Million Dollar Highway during the climb up the Bear Creek Trail.
![2018 Hardrock 100 - Grenadiers](https://irunfar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018-Hardrock-100-Grenadiers.jpg)
The simple, yet stunning scene of the Grenadier Range showing off from Green Mountain. For me, this is the view that is Hardrock.