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MARY JANE CIRCUIT- RACE 6
Saturday, August 14, 2010

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COURSE DESCRIPTION (UPDATED 8/3/2010)
Please note that the course can change even up to the last minute...please verify race course on the day of the event!

In just one year this course has become an epic addition to the series. It is a mountain top circuit featuring the longest sustained descent in the series, great technical riding, and some of the freshest single track in the Winter Park/Fraser Valley over the Roof of the Rockies trail. Don’t be fooled by the vertical drop, this course will challenge every rider and is unlike any other course on the circuit. You won’t want to miss this one. On race day, racers will ride the Zephyr chair lift with their bikes to access the start. To pre-ride the course, you can either purchase a bike transport ticket to ride the lift, or ride up the mountain road or on Icarus to access the start. Check it out:

COURSE ROUTE:

This course is unlike any other you've ridden in our series.  It covers some of the least ridden trail in the valley, and it is simply spectacular.  Definitely try to pre-ride, it is full of (fun) tricks. A Mountain Top Circuit with a modified Super D Finish!

START: The start is on the mountain road at the top of the Olympia lift.  To get there from the top of the Zephyr, follow the sign to Long Trail, and when you hit the road turn left and climb about ¼ mile to the top of the Olympia lift.  The start will be across from the Mary Jane sign.

• Climb .75 miles up the mountain road.
• Turn left onto Upper Roof of the Rockies at a left hand switch back on the mountain road, there is a sign on the right of the road, and a blue arrow on the left where you'll enter singletrack.
• After a little bit, the singletrack opens up right next to the road, watch out for a quick right onto narrow singletrack to stay on the trail.
• Eventually you'll end up right next to the start on singletrack.  Continue straight ahead on the singletrack.
• After a quarter mile or so, Upper Roof of the Rockies turns into Shy Ann. Follow Shy Ann and take a left onto Green World.
• Ride across the mountain road onto Green World.  Stay on Green World until it spills out onto another road, just above the base of the High Lonesome chairlift.  As soon as it hits road, take a hard left and start climbing.  This road section is called Gunbarrel.
• Ride past the top of another chairlift (Pioneer Express) and onto good rolling doubletrack.  This becomes Lower Roof of the Rockies.  At Fantasy Meadow, continue straight on Lower Roof, don't turn right.
• At the next trail intersection, bear right on to Upper Roof of the Rockies.
• You have a bit over one mile of good climbing on Upper Roof of the Rockies until you hit Icarus.  The lap is 4.0 miles long.  Beginners head down Upper Roof of the Rockies for the screaming descent to the bottom of Winter Park after their first lap, sport and Clydesdale after their second lap, and expert and pro after their third lap.
• At the Green World/Gunbarrel intersection located at the bottom of the High lonesome lift, cross the road rather than climbing Gunbarrel again (Sweet!) and descend down Green World and enjoy this winding, bermed downhill, then take a left on to Lonesome Whistle.
• This is a technical steep downhill (watch for little jump).
• That takes you to the Little Vasquez where it opens up on to a service road for some passing opportunities (if your legs still have it).
• Climb the road and take a left on Lower Arapaho to Four Points.
• At Four Points get on (new trail) Green World to Upper Cherokee.
• At the bottom of Upper Cherokee take a hard right turn and follow Tunnel Hill (last chance for open passing) to Green World at the Turnpike intersection to the Road to Nowhere to the finish.

DISTANCES:

Pro/Expert, 21 miles
Sport, 17 miles
Beginner, 13 miles
Technical course - rides longer than you think!

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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 12/31/2010!