Frequently Asked Questions

Friday, August 8: Friday Night Party and packet pick-up at Gas Works Park in Seattle

• Packet pick-up: 4 – 8 p.m.
• Friday Night Party: 4 – 8 p.m.
• Check out the Friday Night Party page for more details.

Saturday, August 9: Obliteride Day

• If you’re joining us in person, we’ll see you in the morning at the University of Washington in Seattle to start the rides and 5K. Start times can be found on the Ride and Walk/Run pages of this website.
• The finish line will be at Gas Works Park.

If you’re participating virtually, you can complete your activity anytime between when you register and Saturday, August 9. You are also welcome to join us in Seattle to cheer for riders and walkers on Obliteride Day. (You can purchase a guest ticket to enjoy food and beverages at the Friday Night Party and/or Saturday Celebration too!)

Obliteride includes a fun party the night before Obliteride Day with live music, an opportunity to connect with teammates and fellow Obliteriders, kid-friendly activities, a full dinner buffet, and beverages. It brings the Obliteride community together to celebrate our impact, honor loved ones, and kick off an incredible weekend! The party is on Friday, August 8, at Gas Works Park in Seattle from 4 – 8 p.m.

Admission to the Friday Night Party is included with registration for all in-person participants. Virtual participants and guests can purchase tickets online through Thursday, August 7, or day-of at Gas Works Park.

2025 Fundraising Minimums:

• Riders ages 25+: $1,250
• Riders ages 18-24: $500
• 5K walk/run participants ages 25+: $250
• 5K walk/run participants ages 18-24: $100
• 5K walk/run participants between the ages of 0 and 17: No fundraising minimum
• Virtual participants: No fundraising minimum (but we encourage you to fundraise and support groundbreaking research!)
• To see a chart with fundraising minimums and registration fees for all routes, check out Obliteride 2025 Fast Facts.

About Fundraising Minimums:

• When you register for Obliteride, you agree to fulfill your fundraising commitment (that is, donate or raise that amount) by the fundraising deadline: September 30, 2025.
• 100% of participant-raised dollars fuel discoveries at Fred Hutch, thanks to generous sponsors and supporters. That’s something you and your donors can feel great about!
• If you are an individual participant and do not meet or exceed your fundraising minimum by September 30, 2025, we will initiate a self-donation for the remaining balance by charging your credit or debit card used at registration. We will contact you before any charges occur.
• If you are on a team, your fundraising minimum may be fulfilled with the support of your team members who exceed their fundraising minimums. As long as your team reaches their collective fundraising minimum (that is, the total of each of your individual minimums added together) by September 30, 2025, then every team member is considered to have fulfilled their commitments.

Tuesday, September 30, 2025.

Individual participants: If you do not meet your fundraising minimum by September 30, 2025, we will initiate a self-donation for the remaining balance by charging your credit or debit card used at registration. We will contact you before any charges occur.

Participants on a team: As long as your team meets or exceeds the collective fundraising minimum of the team (that is, the sum total of each individual’s fundraising minimum), then you will not be charged for your individual balance. Again, this only applies if the team total meets or exceeds the collective fundraising minimum. Otherwise, you or your team will be responsible for the remaining balance, and we'll contact the team captain to determine the next steps.

Yes, email us at obliteride@fredhutch.org and we’ll help you make any changes. Please let us know by Friday, July 25, if you would like to change your route.

Note: Registration fees are not refundable or transferable. You will be held responsible for the fundraising minimum of the route or activity for which you are registered as of August 9, 2025.

For username/email and password issues, please contact us at obliteride@fredhutch.org or 206.667.RIDE (7433). We’ll help you get logged in!

Bike ride (all routes):

• All ages: $150

5K walk/run:

• Participants ages 18+: $75
• Participants between the ages of 10-17: $35
• Kids ages 0-9: Free

Virtual participation:

• All ages: $10

Volunteer (ages 12+):

• Free!

There is a 50% registration discount for people who have or have had cancer. The discount code will be visible within the registration form. There is also a 50% registration discount for Fred Hutch and UW Medicine employees.

No. Once you register for Obliteride, your registration fee is not refundable or transferable to another participant. To see a chart with fundraising minimums and registration fees for all routes, check out our Obliteride 2025 Fast Facts.

Registration will close the morning of Obliteride Day, August 9, unless the route sells out before that date.

If you cancel your participation by August 9, 2025, at 9 a.m. PDT, you will be switched to the virtual participation type and released from your fundraising commitment. All funds raised prior to your cancelation will remain donated to Fred Hutch Cancer Center, and you will forfeit your registration fee. Registrants are responsible for their full fundraising commitment according to their participant type as of 9 a.m. on August 9. To cancel your participation, please email obliteride@fredhutch.org.

All registered Obliteriders (bike ride, 5K walk/run, and virtual participants) will receive:

• A customizable personal fundraising page.
• Access to Obliteride’s online Participant Center, which includes fundraising tips, tools, and templates to help you meet and exceed your fundraising goals.

Registered bike riders (all routes) will also receive:

• One Obliteride 2025 participant jersey, available for pick-up at the Friday Night Party or on Obliteride Day.
• A fully supported ride, including a fully signed course, on-route police and traffic control support, rest stops with water and snacks, on-call route support as well as mechanical and medical support if needed.
• Admission to the Friday Night Party and Saturday Celebration, and food and beverages throughout the weekend.
• Keep an eye out for your 25-, 50-, and 100-mile route Event Guides that have more details and will be sent out in July.

Registered 5K walk/run participants will also receive:

• One Obliteride 2025 participant T-shirt, available for pick-up at the Friday Night Party or on Obliteride Day.
• A supported 5K walk/run with water and a rest stop.
• Admission to the Friday Night Party and Saturday Celebration, and food and beverages throughout the weekend.

Virtual participants and guests of all participants can purchase a ticket to attend the Friday Night Party or Saturday Celebration. Tickets for the Friday Night party are available for purchase online and on-site.

Riders and 5K walk/run participants can pick up their jersey or T-shirt at packet pick-up, either at the Friday Night Party or on Obliteride Day. If you choose to pick up on Obliteride Day, please plan extra time to get your packet and apply your bib and bike number.

If you are unable to attend the event, please reach out to obliteride@fredhutch.org so we can mail your shirt or jersey AFTER the event. We will not be mailing shirts or jerseys ahead of the event.

Virtual participants: If you reach the $250 fundraising milestone level prior to Obliteride Weekend, we'll mail you your shirt before Obliteride Weekend. If you reach this level after Obliteride Weekend, the shirt will be mailed to you after the September 30, fundraising deadline as part of our fundraising milestone gift redemption process.

Yes, but you must purchase a ticket for each event; they are not included with your $10 registration. Tickets for the Friday Night Party and Saturday Celebration are available for purchase online and on-site. Free spectator tickets will also be available at Gas Works Park on Saturday for virtual participants to join the Saturday Celebration without food and beverages.

Bike: To participate in the 25-, 50-, and 100-mile rides, you must be 18 or older on or before August 9, 2025. NOTE: Children in bicycle trailers, child seats, or tag along extensions are not permitted on route. This is strictly enforced for the safety of all our participants.

Walk/Run: All ages can participate in the 5K walk/run, but minors must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

Virtual: Virtual participants of all ages are welcome to participate. Please abide by all applicable safety guidelines and local laws.

Volunteer: To volunteer, you must be 12 or older. Minors must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

Yes, email us at obliteride@fredhutch.org and we’ll help you make any changes. Please let us know by Friday, July 25, if you would like to change your route.

Note: Registration fees are not refundable or transferable. Participants will be held responsible for the fundraising minimum of the route or activity they are registered for as of August 9, 2025.

See Teams section below!

Team captain responsibilities include recruiting team members, customizing the team page, and supporting your team throughout the season to help them prepare for the event and reach and exceed their fundraising minimums and goals. We support our team captains with resources including office hours and our newly updated 2025 Obliteride Team Captain Guide, which provides key details and helpful tips. In 2025, team captains can also make use of new and improved Participant Center tools, including team member and donation reports.

When you register online for Obliteride, you’ll have the option to start a new team or bring back your team from last year. By default, the person who starts the team will be the team captain.

Teams can have up to two co-captains. To add a second team captain, email obliteride@fredhutch.org with the name of the participant who is already registered, and we will promote them to a co-captain!

Teams can have any number of participants, and can include riders, walkers, runners, virtual participants, and volunteers.

There are two easy ways to join a team:

1. In the first step of the Obliteride registration process, select the option to “Join or Bring Back a Team.” You will be prompted to log in or create an account. After that, you can search for and select the team you’d like to join. Once you complete the registration process, you are officially a team member!
2. You can also search for an existing team by clicking the search icon at the top of Obliteride.org. Once you arrive at a team page, you can read about the team’s mission, view the team roster, see what they are fundraising for, and view their fundraising goals and progress. At the top of every team page is a “Join our team” button. Click that button to launch the registration process. Once you register, you’ll automatically be placed on that team!

If you have already registered as an individual participant, and would now like to join a team, email obliteride@fredhutch.org with your name and the name of the team you’d like to join.

If you want to join a team but need help finding one, or if you have other questions, feel free to contact us at obliteride@fredhutch.org or 206.667.RIDE (7433). Our goal is to help every person who’d like to join a team find a group they’ll love!

Please contact us at obliteride@fredhutch.org or 206.667.RIDE (7433) and we’ll help you out.

Not at all! We encourage Obliteriders to build teams of riders, walkers, runners, virtual participants, and volunteers. It's part of the fun!

A special bonus to being on a team is that members can fundraise TOGETHER! We know that everyone will do their best to raise as much as they can to meet their fundraising commitment, but members of a team can help one another, too. They can do this by working together to meet the team’s collective fundraising minimum.

How It Works
If you add together the individual fundraising commitments of each member of your team, that is your team’s collective fundraising minimum. ALL the money your team members raise can go toward that amount.

So, if some team members have trouble raising the minimum amount, and some team members raise MORE than their minimum, you can share that success around! As long as your team meets or exceeds your collective fundraising commitment, then individual members who have not met their minimum will not be charged for their individual balance.

The collective fundraising minimum is a supportive strategy that many teams find useful, but ultimately, every individual is responsible for ensuring enough funds are raised to cover their fundraising minimum. If your team does not meet your collective fundraising commitment, we will work with the team captain to determine the next steps, which may include charging individuals’ credit cards for the remaining balance.

An Example
If a team has five participants in the ride with fundraising minimums of $1,250 each, the collective fundraising minimum for that team is $6,250. To fulfill that commitment, each team member might raise $1,250; or two team members might raise $2,000 each, and the other three raise $750 each to reach their team’s collective fundraising minimum. This allows team members to work together and support one another.

Only team gifts (donations made to a team) can be redistributed. Team captains may choose to distribute all or a portion of a team gift to one or more members of their team. This is optional and is not required to help team members reach their individual fundraising commitments. However, team captains may choose to do this to help teammates reach fundraising milestone or support the specific disease area, program, researcher, or clinician at Fred Hutch they have chosen to fundraise for.

How to Distribute Team Donations:

1. Download the Team Donation Distribution Form.
   Team captains can also find this form in the Participant Center, in the “Team Tools” tab of the “Resources” section.
2. Email the completed form to obliteride@fredhutch.org.
   Please allow at least one week for the Obliteride team to complete the distributions. Depending on the volume of requests, we may let you know that it will take longer than a week, so please get your requests in well ahead of the fundraising deadline, which is September 30, 2025.

To donate to a team, use the team search function by entering the team's name and clicking the “search” button. Scroll down to view results and select “View Page”. Once you’re on the team page, select “Donate to Our Team” and make your donation!

Yes! Some companies choose to form multiple teams. Team captains can indicate that their team is affiliated with a company during the registration process; this will link their team page to a company page.

Company pages can be customized too. Please email obliteride@fredhutch.org to add a logo, custom message, and fundraising goal.

Please contact us at obliteride@fredhutch.org or 206.667.RIDE (7433).

Visit VolunteerHub, our dedicated volunteer registration site, where you can explore a variety of exciting volunteer shift options and sign up. We can’t wait to welcome you to join in the fun this year!

You will receive an email automatically after completing registration that confirms the date, time, role, and location for which you are registered. We will also send more detailed information closer to your volunteer shift. Be on the lookout for more details about one week before your scheduled shift!

We do not have remote volunteer shifts at this time. If you would like to be involved in Obliteride but cannot make it in person, consider registering as a virtual participant! You can choose to complete any activity you’d like, from wherever you are.

You must be at least 12 years of age to volunteer for Obliteride. Volunteers ages 12 -17 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian during their shift. Visit VolunteerHub to view a list of volunteer opportunities specifically for minors, or please contact our Volunteer Manager at oblvolunteer@fredhutch.org to sign up your minor. Parents or guardians and minors must both register for the same volunteer shift.

For all other positions, we encourage families to volunteer together — as long as everyone is at least 18 years old by the day of their shift.

At Obliteride, the safety and well-being of our participants — of all ages — are our top priorities. That’s why we require background checks for volunteers. This simple step helps us create a secure and welcoming environment for everyone involved.

Please note: Credit checks are not run as part of the background check process. Also, if you are a Fred Hutch employee and volunteering, you will also need to go through a background check. This is true even if you completed one as part of your Fred Hutch on-boarding process.

Thank you for your understanding and for helping us maintain a safe and positive experience for all! If you have specific questions about this process, please reach out to our volunteer manager at oblvolunteer@fredhutch.org.

Of course, it’s part of the fun! Once you sign up for a volunteer shift, you'll receive information on how you can join a team. This will add you to the team roster, create you a personal fundraising page, and grant you access to the online Participant Center with tools and tips to inspire your fundraising efforts.

Yes! All volunteers are welcome to fundraise and help Fred Hutch advance cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and cures. After you register for a volunteer shift, you will receive an email with instructions you can use to set up a personal fundraising page. There is no minimum for volunteers who choose to fundraise — simply set a fundraising goal that works for you. If you have specific questions, please reach out to our Volunteer Manager at oblvolunteer@fredhutch.org.

Come ready to have fun! You should wear comfortable shoes, be prepared for changeable and inclement weather, and wear sunscreen. Each volunteer will receive one volunteer T-shirt during their shift(s). It’s a good idea to wear something that can go under your T-shirt so that you can change easily. Food options will also be available during your volunteer shift.

Detailed information about times, locations, parking, and key contacts for your specific volunteer role will be emailed directly to you ahead of your volunteer shift.

Parking options for volunteers will vary based on shift. Parking details will be sent to registered volunteers in early August.

Yes! Volunteers that have signed up for or completed at least one volunteer shift for Obliteride will get a ticket to the Friday Night Party and/or a ticket to the Saturday Celebration. To attend the Friday or Saturday event, volunteers must be off their shift and change out of their volunteer T-shirt. Volunteers will need to come to the volunteer check-in tent to receive their ticket.

Absolutely! We have volunteer opportunities available from July 30 - August 9. Contact our Volunteer Manager for more information at oblvolunteer@obliteride.org.

Please contact our Volunteer Manager at oblvolunteer@obliteride.org.

Please check out our routes, including GPS and elevation information, on the Ride page.

The 5K is a fully-paved, ADA accessible, and mostly flat route. It starts at the University of Washington and finishes at Gas Works Park. For more information on the route, please check the Walk/Run page.

July 25 is the last day to register and receive a personalized participant packet (includes wristband, name tag, bag tag, and more with your own name and information included). Registrations after July 25 are welcome and will receive a standard packet without this customization.

If you are a rider or 5K walk/run participant, you are required to pick up your packet on one of these two dates —

• Friday, August 8: From 4 – 8 p.m. at Gas Works Park
• Saturday, August 9: At the University of Washington start line, up to one hour before your start time

Yes. You may have another team member pick up your packet on your behalf, but please be sure to have all your materials on Obliteride Day.

Yes! You may buy tickets for friends and family. It’s a wonderful feeling to have them enjoy the weekend with you and cheer you on. Guest tickets for the Friday Night Party and Saturday Celebration can be purchased online in advance or day-of at Gas Works Park.

Friday Night Party guest tickets are $40 for adults (ages 21+) and $30 for youth (ages 10 – 20). Kids (ages 0 – 9) get in free but must be accompanied by an adult. Guest tickets include entry, a dinner buffet, beverages and entertainment.

Saturday Celebration guest tickets are $30 for adults (ages 21+) and $20 for youth (ages 10 – 20). Kids (ages 0 – 9) get in free but must be accompanied by an adult. Guest tickets include entry, a lunch buffet, beverages and entertainment.

Spectator tickets will also be available at Gas Works Park on Saturday for family and friends to join the Saturday Celebration without food and beverages.

Bundle your guest tickets and save! Purchase guest tickets for both the Friday Night Party and Saturday Celebration to enjoy entry, food and beverages all weekend long! Bundle tickets are available online or at the Friday Night Party. The price is $65 for adults (ages 21+) and $45 for youth (ages 10-20). Kids (ages 0-9) are still free!

Yes. However, we cannot guarantee mechanical or SAG (support and gear) support for e-bikes. Our mechanics and SAG vehicles are trained and equipped for standard bike repair and transportation. If you are riding an e-bike, make sure it is fully charged before your ride (charging stations will not be available). It is also a good idea to bring basic repair supplies and arrange a backup transportation option in case your e-bike cannot be transported in our SAG vehicles.

Recycled Cycles offers a two-day rental for the price of one for Obliteride Weekend.

Outdoors For All offers adaptive bicycle rental options for Obliteride participants. They have recumbent trikes and handcycles available to rent.

Once you register, check out your Participant Center for more information on how to reserve a bike.

No. You must bring your bicycle with you to the start line on the day of the event. Secure bike parking will be available at the Friday Night Party and Saturday Celebration. Overnight bike storage will not be available.

No. Official finishing times will not be available for riders, walkers, or runners. Obliteride is a ride, not a race, and we track riders only for safety purposes. You are encouraged to self-time if desired.

No. Unfortunately, pets (excluding service animals) are not permitted on ANY Obliteride course OR at our Friday Night Party or Saturday Celebration. Please note that this policy will be strictly enforced. For your pet’s safety and the safety of others, please keep them at home.

No. Children and pets are NOT permitted to ride along in a bicycle trailer, child seat, or tag along extension. However, children are welcome to participate in the 5K if accompanied by an adult, and you may use strollers, wagons, and wheelchairs on the 5K course. Pets are not permitted at Obliteride (excluding service animals).

No. For safety reasons, the use of scooters, segways, skateboards, bicycles, roller blades and other similar modes of transportation is not permitted on the 5K course. However, you are welcome to utilize strollers, wagons and wheelchairs on the 5K course.

Yes. We welcome strollers and wagons on our 5K walk/run route for kids, trailers and wagons are NOT allowed on the 25-, 50-, or 100-mile bike routes.

Yes! The 5K is a fully-paved, ADA accessible, and mostly flat route to ensure it is fun and accessible for all!

Yes! Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and dairy-free options will be available with all food offerings throughout Obliteride Weekend. Some food items MAY contain traces of peanuts, soy or other allergens. If you have specific dietary restrictions, please consider bringing your own nourishment Obliteride Day to ensure you can stay fueled along your routes.

Yes, there is a lost and found on-site during Obliteride Weekend. During Obliteride Weekend, please stop by the Volunteer check-in tent if you lost something. After Obliteride Weekend, please contact us at obliteride@fredhutch.org or 206.667.RIDE (7433).

Yes. Download the Obliteride app (wherever you get your apps) to update your personal fundraising page, send emails, and post on social media! Note: There is no physical activity tracking in this app. If you are looking for a place to track your training miles, join the Obliteride page on Strava!

For username/email and password issues, please contact us at obliteride@fredhutch.org or 206.667.RIDE (7433). We’ll help you get logged in!