Rocky Mountain Slam (RMS) 1999-2024

The official Rocky Mountain Slam web site

History of the Rocky Mountain Slam (RMS)

In the early 2000's Phil Lowry, Leland Barker, Roch Horton, Hans-Deiter Weisshaar and others had the idea that an additional "Slam" series of races, in addition to the Grand Slam and the Last Great Race, would be a cool thing. At that point, race series were becoming all the rage, but none really focused on the few races that occurred in the Mountain West. So, the idea of a Rocky Mountain Slam (RMS) was born, which would consist of Hardrock, Leadville, Wasatch, and the Bear.

In 2003 the Bighorn 100 was added as one of the potential races that could count toward the Slam. Bighorn was chosen due to the feeling that it was of a similar class to the others and the imposition of lotteries at Leadville and Wasatch. The RMS required that the runners complete two races (Hardrock and The Bear) and then choose 2 more from Bighorn, Leadville, and Wasatch.

The RMS enjoyed seeing as many as 8 finishers a year until 2015 when popularity soared for Hardrock and Leadville. After 2014, there were only 1-2 finishers a year due to the difficulty of getting into Hardrock.

In 2019, Ouray 100 was substituted for Hardrock since Hardrock wasn’t held that year.

In 2020, the RMS was not held due to COVID-19

In 2024, Scout Mountain 100 was added

Rocky Mountain Slam V2.0

Given the difficulty in obtaining entrance into the original races has become more difficult we have decided to make a few adjustments to the series. An example of this was the 2023 Hardrock 100 Run, the odds of a Male runner to get in on their first try were 0.4% chance and for a female runner the odds were 0.5%. In 2022, we the Bear 100 race committee opted to discontinue the informal series, but upon reflection and feedback from runners we realized that there is continued interest, we plan to continue it in a new format. We are happy to announce that runners can now choose from the following list of races with the requirement of completing at least 4 total races with the only mandatory race being the Bear 100 since it is the final race of the series.

Scout Mountain 100 (optional-new for 2024)
Bighorn 100 (optional)
Hardrock 100 (now optional)
Ouray 100 (optional)
Wyoming Range 100 (optional)
Leadville 100 (optional)
Wasatch Front 100 (optional)
The Bear 100 (mandatory)

We hope that since Hardrock, Leadville and Wasatch all require lotteries, the additional races allow more to experience the Rocky Mountain Slam in all its painful glory. We would like to include EVERY 100 mile race in the Rockies but there are just so many that it dilutes the value of this award. We will not be adding additional races unless we remove one from the series. We now have 2 options for every month from June to September. As it is difficult to compare the races to each other there won’t be a (formal) overall time record kept. There will be an informal summation of a runner's fastest 4 runs (including The Bear). Make sure to sign up early for the races and once you are accepted, enter the RMS series.

To cover the costs of organizing the series and to provide a memorable award for finishing the series, we now require the registration of a runner who intends to compete in the series. We hope that many can experience this exciting but difficult series.

 
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Bear

Fastest 4 times
inc. The Bear

67 2024 Name, Age, State                 ___:__:__

 
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Fastest 4 times
inc. The Bear

66 2023 Andrew Barney, 50, UT 33:10:52 44:30:57   34:23:48 31:11:34 143:17:11
65 2023 Paul Terranova, 49, CO   27:54:50 19:43:01 22:54:39 21:29:40 92:02:10

 
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Photo of 2022 finishers
64 2022 Andrew Barney, 49, UT 34:35:28 46:20:57   35:23:06 32:32:47
63 2022 Shinsuke Isomura, 43, JPN 26:39:19 33:09:51 26:58:14 28:28:39 23:52:03
Photo of 2021 finishers
62 2021 Andrew Barney, 48, UT 28:09:18 40:47:00   33:37:50 30:13:06
61 2021 Franco Soriano, 50, CA 29:40:56 40:30:00   31:35:29 29:12:05
NO 2020 ENTRANTS

 
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Rocky Mountain Slammer
 

Bighorn

Hardrock

Ouray

Leadville

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Front

The
Bear

Photo of 2019 finisher
60 2019 Franco Soriano, 48, CA 32:56:13   50:46:28 29:43:01   32:45:12

 
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Rocky Mountain Slammer
 

Bighorn

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Leadville

Wasatch
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The
Bear

NO 2018 ENTRANTS
NO 2017 ENTRANTS
Photo of 2016 finishers
59 2016 Jill Bohney(F), 52, UT 32:07:16 45:28:39   33:17:59 32:54:47
58 2016 Andrew Barney, 43, UT 33:39:15 44:36:00   33:28:01 32:51:25
Photo of 2015 finisher
57 2015 Sheila Huss(F),41, CO 28:57:59 47:31:02 29:32:56   28:53:57
Photo of 2014 finishers
56 2014 Andrew Barney, 41, UT 30:42:23 42:28:39   31:18:26 31:45:38
55 2014 Kendall Wimmer, 49, UT 26:26:01 43:46:42   31:37:41 28:46:31
54 2014 Ben Corrales, 40, UT 28:55:55 42:38:26   29:57:43 28:46:31
Photo of 2013 finishers
53 2013 Hans Dieter-Weisshaar, 72, GER   47:34:00 29:34:47 35:07:15 34:49:00
52 2013 Alan Smith, 44, CO   43:33:56 29:44:14 34:56:16 34:33:00
51 2013 Andrew Barney, 40, UT 30:57:01 44:42:05 29:16:11   33:30:00
50 2013 Scott Snyder, 58, CO 32:39:38 41:45:40 29:30:57 34:56:40 33:11:00
49 2013 Sarah Evans-McCloskey(F), 40, UT 23:20:07 36:51:03   24:31:19 24:22:00
48 2013 Shane Martin, 46, UT   39:07:10 28:43:33 29:50:06 23:21:00
Photo of 2012 finishers
47 2012 Alan Smith, 43, CO 32:26:28 43:52:00 29:38:35   33:53:04
46 2012 Ernie Floyd, 58, UT 31:08:30 44:38:00   33:36:35 31:17:54
45 2012 Brett Gosney, 53, CO 24:13:24 34:03:00   28:39:40 25:05:24
44 2012 Darcy Africa(F), 37, CO 22:27:26 29:09:00 23:20:06   22:10:58
Photo of 2011 finisher
43 2011 Philip Wiley, 50, CO 27:50:26 40:09:00   29:27:25 28:53:03
Photo of 2010 finishers
42 2010 Jamshid Khajavi, 57, WA   43:30:00 29:36:05 29:50:25 32:21:50
41 2010 Tom Schnitzius, 57, CO 31:16:27 42:50:00 29:27:30   31:08:05
40 2010 Gordon Hardman, 59, CO   43:39:00 29:01:37 33:30:27 29:18:31
39 2010 Jon Teisher, 35, CO 29:24:07 39:31:00 23:42:16   29:15:24
38 2010 Matt Watts, 53, CO 30:43:41 42:03:00 27:27:57   28:37:06
37 2010 Tom Remkes, 49, UT 23:56:24 32:31:00   25:32:39 23:55:36
Photo of 2009 finisher
36 2009 Andrew Barney, 36, UT 33:25:03 47:33:01   34:28:42 34:14:00
Photo of 2008 finishers
35 2008 Daniel Benhammou, 28, CO 31:07:32 37:46:46   33:20:50 30:39:00
34 2008 Michael Ehredt, 47, ID 22:23:04 38:38:49   28:00:25 30:13:00
33 2008 Cory Johnson, 44, UT 28:32:45 35:25:20   28:31:28 27:11:45
32 2008 Tom Remkes, 47, UT 24:46:05 32:56:00   26:11:30 27:11:45
Photo of 2007 finishers
31 2007 Cory Johnson, 43, UT   40:35:52 28:40:34 34:31:50 33:14:__
30 2007 Rickie Redland-McManus(F), 53, CO 31:17:12 42:20:40 28:26:00   32:36:__
29 2007 Hans-Dieter Weisshaar, 67, GER 32:22:10 46:27:01 28:11:59 32:49:07 32:34:__
28 2007 Mike Smith, 49, IN 33:16:54 46:49:08 29:19:54   31:14:__
27 2007 Larry Hall, 53, IL 31:10:55 44:15:26 28:41:12   31:14:__
26 2007 Daniel Benhammou, 27, CO 33:40:53 46:00:37 28:08:58   29:22:__
25 2007 Paul Schoenlaub, 48, MO 26:43:19 37:09:58 27:13:29   26:19:__
24 2007 Ken Jensen, 39, UT 26:00:14 34:18:05   29:12:05 25:46:__
Photo of 2006 finishers
23 2006 Hans-Dieter Weisshaar, 66, GER 32:21:04 43:08:40 27:29:16 33:48:55 32:59:20
22 2006 Susan Gebhart(F), 51, CO 32:04:06 42:14:52 28:06:51   30:09:00
21 2006 Tom Schnitzius, 53, CO 32:19:08 44:07:07 29:39:49   30:09:00
20 2006 Rickie Redland(F), 52, CO 32:04:06 42:14:52   30:19:45 30:02:00
19 2006 Larry Hall, 52, IL 28:24:15 42:58:42 29:06:53   28:55:10
18 2006 Roch Horton, 49, UT 23:20:10 32:28:38   29:20:41 27:14:55
17 2006 Ty Draney, 32, WY 22:13:36 32:27:17 21:33:07   23:32:30
16 2006 Karl Meltzer, 39, UT   27:07:55 20:52:20 20:18:58 18:35:00
No photo of 2005 finishers
15 2005 Hans-Dieter Weisshaar, 65, GER 32:23:56 46:17:31 28:17:12 33:34:25 33:14:06
14 2005 Dennis Drey, 54, NM 30:00:48 38:32:31 28:02:07   30:47:03
13 2005 Diane Van Deren(F), 45, CO 31:36:36 46:45:29 27:49:51   29:51:26
12 2005 Rickie Redland(F), 51, CO 31:36:36 46:45:29 27:24:34   29:51:26
11 2005 Kirk Apt, 43, CO 26:05:39 35:52:16 24:04:50   27:31:20
Photo of 2004 finishers
10 2004 Hiroki Ishikawa, 29, JPN   38:59:30 24:34:02 27:05:40 33:17:06
9 2004 Hans-Dieter Weisshaar, 64, GER 30:46:29 41:57:52 27:37:47 34:48:07 32:54:30
8 2004 Rickie Redland(F), 50, CO 31:50:21 43:46:34 28:37:08   31:46:10
Photo of 2003 finishers
7 2003 Hans-Dieter Weisshaar, 63, GER 32:39:22 47:45:32 29:21:21 34:27:18 30:23:38
6 2003 Rickie Redland(F), 49, CO 31:48:15 43:23:32   30:42:00 29:51:16
5 2003 Tim Seminoff, 45, UT 28:53:10 35:58:07   29:45:01 28:54:32
4 2003 Roch Horton, 46, CO 27:48:12 37:19:00   29:38:42 26:55:14
3 2003 Leland Barker, 46, UT   29:43:06 21:16:35 22:42:49 21:45:11
NO FINISHERS IN 2002
2 2001 Betsy Kalmeyer(F), 40, CO   29:58:00 27:07:39 32:29:09 28:26:02
NO FINISHERS IN 2000
1 1999 James Ballard, 49, MT   47:31:30 29:33:13 35:46:__ 34:15:41

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