A 12-hour hackathon for high-school students taking place on Nov 8th, 2025, at Mountain House High School! Open to all experience levels beginner or advanced, with tons of cool stuff: food, swag (merch), workshops, prizes, dev tools, and opportunities, for ALL hackers! Whether you're looking to learn new coding skills or build revolutionary apps and win prizes, MountainHacks 2025 is for YOU!

 

Requirements

Build anything using any technology!

You can use any coding language, create a website, app, or something else, or even create a hack using electronics!

Make sure to review the judging criteria as you develop your project.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$12,460 in prizes
1st Place
$1,200 in cash
1 winner

4x Apple iPads worth $1200

Second Place
$560 in cash
1 winner

4x Airpod 4 worth $560

Third Place
$400 in cash
1 winner

4x Google Nest Hub worth $400

Best Hardware Hack
$200 in cash
1 winner

4x Raspberry Pi 5 2GB worth $200

Best Solo Hack
$100 in cash
1 winner

1x Mechanical Keyboard worth $100

Participants
$40 in cash
250 winners

250x .xyz Domains
Unlimited Stickers!
Other Free Merch!
All worth around $40

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Vivek Ahelleya

Vivek Ahelleya
SWE @ Zoom

Chandra Paladugula

Chandra Paladugula
Former SWE @ PayPal

Mohammed Nasrulla Khan

Mohammed Nasrulla Khan
Director @ NVIDIA

Sriram Veeraraghavan

Sriram Veeraraghavan
Founder of SaraS Solutions

Navan Kang

Navan Kang
PilotCity Associate

Chinmay Raval

Chinmay Raval
Senior Engineering Manager @ Affirm

Yogesh Athave

Yogesh Athave
Principle Engineer @ Sasken Technologies

Balasaheb Ilag

Balasaheb Ilag
Manager @ Juniper Networks

Lalit Kumar

Lalit Kumar
Senior Director @ Cisco

Judging Criteria

  • Creativity and Originality
    How creative and unique is the project idea? Does it offer a fresh perspective or innovative approach?
  • Technical Difficulty
    How technically challenging was the project? Did the team use advanced programming concepts, algorithms, or technology?
  • Functionality
    Does the project work as intended? Is it reliable and responsive? Does it have all the major features it talks about? Are there little to no bugs?
  • Usability and Design (UI/UX)
    How user-friendly and visually appealing is the project? Is the interface easy to navigate?
  • Theme Relevance
    How related is the project to the hackathon theme?
  • Presentation and Pitch
    How well did the team present their project? Was their pitch compelling and engaging? Did they effectively communicate the value and purpose of their project? Did they seem passionate about their efforts?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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