This route has seen several renditions over the years, mostly due to rerouting sections to get permits through the forest service (landslides, connectors that don’t exist on their maps, etc.). Hell, sometimes we just want to shake it up and incorporate other rad sections of the Ozarks. However, it has remained incredibly wild, challenging, and remote - staying around the 400ish mile distance. A blend of mountain/gravel bike terrain with hills ready to tear your equipment and mind apart.
The History of Doomers.
It all started with a legendary rider ready for a vision quest to kick off the 2022 year. First to ever complete the route in a self-supported style.
Brett Stepanik: 3d 12h 9m - Jan. 3rd, 2022
Bikes or Death Podcast:
https://bikesordeath.com/ep-brett-stepanik-ozark-gravel-doom-fkt/
Bikepacking.com:
https://bikepacking.com/news/brett-stepanik-ozark-gravel-doom-record/
Kai Caddy Photo Gallery:
https://kaicaddy.passgallery.com/-brettstepanikgraveldoomitt/gallery
The St. Joseph duo
Madison Davis & Christopher Farney:
3d 14h - March 24, 2022
Hailey Moore: 2d 15h 30m - April 29th 2022
Bikes or Death Podcast:
https://bikesordeath.com/ep-114-hailey-moore-new-doom-fkt/
Radavist:
https://theradavist.com/hailey-moore-ozark-gravel-doom-route-itt/
Bicycle Quarterly:
https://www.renehersecycles.com/haileys-ozark-gravel-doom-fkt/
Bikepacking.com:
https://bikepacking.com/news/hailey-moore-ozark-gravel-doom-fkt/
The first woman.
Grand Depart
Friday the 13th,2022
Zeno Molteni: 47h 19m
Jacob Loos (singlespeed): 2d 11h 18m
Dylan Morton: 2d 13h 13m
Nate Griffee: 2d 14h 38m
Kyle Gilbert: 2d 16h 6m
Robert Orr: 2d 23h 46m
Nick Booth: 3d 30m
Damian Wallner: 3d 12h 5m
Neal Okerbloom: 3d 12 5m
Ryan Bruce: 3d 20h 10m
Radavist:
https://theradavist.com/ode-to-the-inaugural-ozark-gravel-doom-cycling-event-depart/
Bikes or Death Podcast:
https://bikesordeath.com/ep-116-jacob-loos-doom-ss-fkt/
The Bikepack Racing Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-13-zeno-molteni-defeating-doom/id1617949561?i=1000565491452
Kai Caddy Photo Gallery:
Randy Windle: 3d 7h 44m - September 16th, 2022
Redemption. A return from Canada.
Taryn Davis: 4d 1h 31m - October 31st, 2022
The Gravel Groove Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-gravel-groove-podcast/id1598824875
Pedal Poetry:
Doom 2023 Grand Depart. April 8th
Jeff Kerkove - 42h 23m
Edward Rogers - 2d 56m
Jocelyn De La Rosa - 2d 1h 39m
Jacob Loos - 2d 4h 27m (singlespeed)
Joe “Lefty” Miller - 2d 5h 47m
Joe Fox - 2d 5h 48m
Nate Griffee - 2d 6h 48m
Bryon Doughtery - 2d 10h 5m
Eric House - 2d 11h 10m
Jesse Smith - 2d 11h 46m
Nicholas Elliot - 2d 13h 5m
Christopher Farney - 2d 13h 25m
Seth Wood - 2d 13h 33m (singlespeed)
Travis Jolly - 2d 14h 6m (singlespeed)
Gehrig Haberstock - 2d 15h 27m
Ben Oney - 2d 15h 27m
Dylan Parrish - 2d 18h 25m
Zachary McCool - 2d 18h 44m
Calvin Burgstahler - 2d 23h
Maggie Livelsberger - 3d 4h 3m
(singlespeed)
Ryan Bruce - 3d 4h 3m
Lindsay Shepard - 3d 9h 3 (singlespeed)
AND…. Turned around and YO-YO’D!
David Quinn - 3d 13h 24m
Alex Stephan - 3d 15h 22m
Chadwick Morris - 3d 18h 18m
Moez Bhatti - 3d 18h 20m
Race Heitkamp - 4d 2h 25m
Garrett Lampson - 4d 8h 53m
Andrew Onermaa, Race Director, finally gives the route a self-supported go after a sleepless 2023 Grand Depart. Gets to see Lindsay on course during her Yo-Yo return!
Blows up trying to chase Kerkove’s 2023 event time. Sleeps in a post office for long time. Gets hailed on next day and drinks a beer and sleeps at TAT shack. Finishes somewhere under 3 Days (it’s a blur).
Madison Davis and Joe Fox: “2d 19h ish” - May 2023
Friends come back shortly after the Grand Depart to become Double Doomers!
Andrew tours the new 2024 route via singlespeed over 4 days and three nights.
January 29th, 2024.
Introduction of Despair
Rumbles of the Doom event has spread far and wide at this point; in 2024 we included a “half-distance” option - Despair. This route proves to be equally rowdy and incorporates all the same singletrack rolled out in 2024 for Doom. This option mimics something along the lines of the Vapor Trail 125 in CO with some neutral aid and more of a “weekend warrior” mentality. An epic challenge for all, and very much so a race at the pointy end. Allowed many to dip their toes into the ultra-distance world and backcountry event environment!
GRAND DEPART 2024
TWO RACE OPTIONS, ONE EVENT
Kai Caddy Photo Gallery: https://kaicaddy.passgallery.com/-2024doom/gallery
Kate Austin Photo Gallery: https://www.kateaustinphotography.com/Browse/Gravel-DoomDespair-2024
Bikes or Death Podcast: https://bikesordeath.com/ep-177-meaghan-hackinen-doom-3rd-overall/
Dirty Chain Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/10o6ri1inzoQQRMeTnVbBb
The Radavist: https://theradavist.com/the-bells-of-doom-seth-woods-rodeo-labs-flaanimal-singlespeed/
Doom
Dexter Kopas - 45H 42M
Bryan Doughterty - 2D 3H 36M
Meaghan Hackinen - 2D 4H 15M
Edward Rogers - 2D 4H 28M
Miles Payton - 2D 6H 26M
Corey (Hardcore) Kronser (SS) - 2D 6H 58M
Kuya Takami - 2D 8H 28M
Chris Joice (SS) - 2D 9H 32M
Walker Jones - 2D 9H 56M
Nate Griffee (SS) - 2D 10H 17M
Hannah Simon - 2D 10H 21M
Alex Kowalski (SS) - 2D 10H 40M
Jacob Loos (SS) - 2D 11H 11M
Nick Elliot - 2D 10H 30M
Jeff Terebey - 2D 16H 28M
Chris Farney - 2D 16H 45M
Travis Jolly (SS) - 2D 19H 26M
Adam Scro - 2D 19H 26M
Zeno Molteni - 2D 20H 40M
Jack Peck - 2D 20H 53M
Preston Williams - 2D 23H 10M
Seth Wood (SS) - 3D 34M
Tanner Frady (SS) - 3D 34M
Kat Dale - 3D 5H 3M
Jonathan Harbin - 3D 8H 30M
Eli Steiger - 3D 9H 56M
Stephanie Hall - 3D 9H 56M
Brenden Lingg - 3D 10H 18M
Dave Easley (SS) - 3D 10H 42M
David Quinn - 3D 11H 28M
Glyn Hanmer - 3D 12H 10M
Dustin Marsh - 3D 13H 29M
Joe Beals - 3D 13H 44M
Matt Dohn - 3D 15H 6M
Jamie Wilger - 4D 7H 36M
Kendall Park - 6D 11H 57M
Despair
Jesse Smith - 20H 12M
Carter Persyn - 21H 53M
John Hoffmann - 23H 55M
Craig Schucart - 24H 13M
Josh Kile - 26H 8M
Jason Rowland - 26H 54M
Natalie Peet - 28H 55M
Josh Deen - 29H 32M
Ryan Bruce - 30H 5M
Kyle Gilbert (SS) - 30H 17M
Ian Bolton - 30H 37M
Jonathan Vota - 31H 23M
Dylan Parrish - 31H 27M
Mike Jackson - 31H 29M
Zach Smith - 32H
Randy Windle (SS) - 32H
Ryan Gebhardt - 35H 22M
Alex Laitamaki - 35H 22M
Austin Harrill - 41H 12M
Laura Shields - 41H 32M
Bradley Gilmore - 41H 52M
Yevgeny Karpekin - 2D 5H 30M
Andrew Ironside - 2D 6H 9M
Jordan Rayboy - 2D 6H 27M
Katherine Anderson - 2D 6H 28M
Darrell Pennington - 2D 6H 50M
Myles Hartman - 2D 6H 51M
Emily Miller - 2D 6H 57M
Mark McGraw - 2D 7H 3M
Brian Potter - 2D 7H 21M
Peter Kane - 2D 9H 48M
Elliot Moravec - 2D 9H 48M
Josh Duffus - 2D 10H 10M
Jenn Swartout - 2D 10H 11M
Jannine Fitzgerald - 2D 10H 11M
Diana Gibson - 2D 10H 11M
Charles Fox - 2D 15H 57M