Our objective is to organize the ultimate all-mountain stage race with a focus on single track with naturual flow from trail to trail, technical climbs and epic descents. To keep it interesting we have chosen new trails and unique connectors to some classic trails. We hope you enjoy!
Stage 1 – Saturday, June 27th, start at 9:30AM
28km 1295m elevation gain
3 day and 1 day riders will love this traditional single track route with four epic descents. The climbs are also traditionally challenging. Fast guys & gals 1.45hr, mid pack 2.5hrs, relaxed riders 3 to 5hrs.
Start line: The Cedars
Race from the start line at the Cedars onto the new Elk Valley Nordic Centre (EVNC) ski trail, cross the new bridge and climb to Ben Emmitt to Sherwoody to Happy Gilmar and descend Old Goat.
Climb Snake Bite to Red Tree Road and descend Verboten.
Gorby to Park Bridge and take Park Connector to Hedonism.
Climb Hedonism to Mushroom Head to Lactic to Moccasin to the Stupid Traverse and descend Slunt to Brokeback.
Cedar Valley Road to Park Bridge to climb Gorby to descend Black Forest to EVNC to finish at the Cedars.
U13 3PM start – 5.6km – 217m
Start line: The Cedars
Controlled start line at the Cedars onto the new Elk Valley Nordic Centre (EVNC) ski trail to Sherwoody to Happy Gilmar to EVNC to Cedars Finish.
U16 – 3PM start – 8.2km – 314m
Start line: The Cedars
Controlled start line at the Cedars onto the new Elk Valley Nordic Centre (EVNC) ski trail to Sherwoody to Gorby to Old Goat to Black Forest to EVNC to Cedars Finish.
Stage 2 – Sunday June 28th, start at 9AM
33km 1235m elevation gain
Day 2 is designed around descending Hyper Vent and flowing the Coal Discovery Trail. Fast guys & gals 2hrs, mid pack 2.5hrs, relaxed riders 3 to 5hrs.
The Kids’ Bike Rally rides in the morning at the Aquatic Centre.
Start line: Fernie Aquatic Centre
A controlled start to Pine Avenue to Cokato Road to the Castle Mountain Road.
Start racing on a double track climb to Roots to Hyper Vent to descend Roots Hyper Extension to Roots Extension.
Climb River Road to descend Uprooted to the Montane Trail.
Coal Creek road to St Margret’s road to climb Scary Trail to Cemetery Bypass to What’s Up Doc to Erik’s Trail to Kids Stuff.
Descents and climbs on Kush to Kushier to Kushiest to Ridgemont Road (5km) to the Coal Discovery Trail.
Climb Sidewinder to Eco Terrorist to descend What’s Up Doc to Cemetery Bypass to St Margret’s road to the Coal Heritage Trail to finish at the Aquatic Centre.
Stage 3 – Monday June 29th, start at 9AM
32km 1048m elevation gain
The final day is focused on flowing the new Montane Trail and Ridgemont’s most interesting singletrack. Fast guys & gals 1.5hrs, mid pack 2.2hrs, relaxed riders 3 to 5hrs.
Start line: Fernie Aquatic Centre
A controlled start to Pine Avenue to Coal Creek Road to begin racing the Montane Trail to Uprooted to Roots to descend Roots to the Montane Trail to a brief descend on Uprooted.
Coal Creek road to St Margret’s road to climb Cemetery Bypass to Kiddy Up to Queen V to Eco Terrorist.
Descend Sidewinder to Stumpy to Coal Discovery Trail to Loose Change to Ridgemont Road to Kushiest to Kushier to Ridgemont Road.
R Trail to Deadfall to Kids Stuff to descend Splitting Bears to Hessian.
Climb Ridgemont Road to descend What’s Up Doc to Cemetery Bypass to Scary trail to St Margret’s road to the Coal Heritage Trail to finish at the Aquatic Centre.
