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VALLEY POINT TO POINT - RACE 3
Saturday, July 11, 2009

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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Please note that the course can change even up to the last minute...please verify race course on the day of the event!

This is a local's favorite that has become one of our classic courses. For 2009, in response to survey feedback, we've extended the course for pro, expert, and sport riders. You won't want to miss this race!

Due to ongoing USFS logging operations, route changes are possible and riders should check back regularly for updates.

• Start on the Mountain Road just behind the Sorensen Park sign on the north end of the ski area base.
• Up the Mountain Road to the Four Points spur.
• Ride to 4 Points and across Long Trail.
• Turn right on Upper Cherokee and descend to Tunnel Hill Road.
• Turn right on Tunnel Hill and then left on Lower Cherokee.
• Descend Lower Cherokee and follow the trail to Ice Hill.
• Turn left on Ice Hill and follow it to Little Vasquez Road.
• Cross Little Vasquez Road and then right on Blue Sky Trail.
• Follow Blue Sky to its end at Tunnel Hill Road.
• Turn right and descend quickly to the Vasquez Ford. If the water level in Vasquez Creek does not come down by race day, we'll continue straight at the top of Blue Sky along the road, then turn right, and right again onto Vasquez Road to reconnect to the course.
• Cross the Vasquez Ford and turn right on Vasquez Road.
• Descend Vasquez Road and turn sharply left onto D4.
• Climb D4 to WTB Trail and turn right.
• WTB spit out onto D2.
• Descend D2 and turn right on Elk Meadow Trail.
• At the end of Elk Meadow, the course will split. Beginners will turn right down Elk Creek Road to Chainsaw. Pros/experts/sports will turn left and climb Elk Creek Road.
• PRO/EXPERT/SPORT ADD-ON IN RED: Climb Elk Creek Rd to Sunken Bridges and turn right. Ride up Sunken Bridges to Forest Service Road 159 and turn right. After roughly 1/2 mile turn left onto a dirt road, then take an immediate right onto singletrack locally known as "Upper Zoom". At the end of "Upper Zoom" cross 159 to Zoom. Start down Zoom and take a quick right onto a singletrack trail locally known as "Iko". Ride "Iko" to its end on Elk Creek Road and turn left to Chainsaw.
• Turn left on Chainsaw Trail.
• Climb and then descend Chainsaw until it joins the Flume Trail.
• Follow the Flume Trail to Forest Service Road 159 and turn right.
• Cross the creek on 159 and then turn right on Creekside Trail.
• Follow Creekside Trail to the finish line which is just before the road at the entry to the St. Louis Creek Campground.
  

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• Short Course Race Journal
• Pro / Expert / Sport Add-On Topo
  

START TIMES
Please note that start times can change...check the board on race day!
The age classes below are the AGE YOU WILL BE on 12/31/2009!