Make it official.
Start with the 2026 event registration. Then keep an eye out for final event details.
OCTOBER 26–30, 2026 / GOLDEN, COLORADO
GOLDEN
HELL WEEK
Five trails. Five days.
Your Trails. Your Time.
10 YEARS OF GOLDEN HELL WEEKSELF-PACED · OCT 26–30
THE CHALLENGE
A week for
the trail obsessed.
Five local trail runs. A five-day window. A whole town worth of grit. Golden Hell Week is a virtual running challenge that gets you out on Golden’s trails, on your own schedule.
Get to know Hell Week →
10 YEARS.SAME BAD IDEA.
For 2026, we’re heading back to our original routes. Four routes start and finish at Mountain Toad Brewing; Apex starts and finishes at the Apex parking lot. All five updated 2026 routes are available.
FRIDAY · OCTOBER 30
Finish together.
Finish Line Party · 6–8 p.m.
Meet us in the main beer garden at Mountain Toad Brewing to celebrate your week. Running Friday? Plan your route so you can finish around party time, then stick around and celebrate. The routes remain self-paced; this is a gathering, not a group start.
Unite Fitness will be there with giveaways and an onsite foam-rolling and stretching recovery space.
THE 2026 COURSES
Know the trails.
Earn the week.
Explore all five 2026 routes: Lookout Mountain, Galbraith, South Table, North Table Mountain and Apex Mountain Park. Each course includes a map, elevation profile and GPX download.
Explore the routes →Your time. Your pace.
Run during October 26–30. Record your activities with GPS and follow the confirmed routes.
Every run counts.
2026 results instructions are coming. Until then, take a look at the community’s past efforts.
Explore past results ↗LOCAL PEOPLE. REAL SUPPORT.
We’re stronger together.
A big thank-you to the local businesses helping make this year’s week special.
Mountain Toad Brewing
Our home base for the week and host of the Friday Finish Line Party in the main beer garden.
Unite Fitness
Bringing giveaways plus a cushioned space for foam rolling and stretching at the Friday party.
Hooga House
Offering 10 free, 90-minute contrast-therapy sessions on Sunday, Nov. 1 at 1 p.m. Advance booking is required; use code HOOGAHELL26. They’re also donating two four-session packs for a raffle.
Bentgate Mountaineering
Donating a $25 gift card for the Friday giveaway.
Death March Running Company
Contributing running gear for Friday’s giveaways and raffle.
And a local shout-out
Golden Endurance is a local running and physical-therapy resource we’re glad to recognize. Gabe Dorn generously offered to join a pre-week Q&A; that gathering has since been canceled, but we appreciate the support and the connection.
OCTOBER 26–30