As promised in the teaser, Northstar unveiled the full course details and maps. This season you will be tested on true Northstar trails – it will be a true test of endurance and technical skill.
Pro and Expert categories will be racing a total of 6 stages over 2 days, 3 stages each day, covering 36 totals miles – 14 miles of timed racing with 7000 feet of descent, and 22 miles of transfer with 6000 feet of climbing. Link to Pro/Expert Course.
Sport and Beginner categories will be racing a total of 5 stages over 2 days, 3 stages on Saturday and 2 stages on Sunday, covering 30 totals miles – 12.5 miles of timed racing with 6000 feet of descent, and 17.5 miles of transfer with 3800 feet of climbing. Link to the Sport/Beginner Course.
Packet Pick-Up
- Located in the conference center on the lower level of the Village here at Northstar
- Friday August 28th from 4:00pm-8:30pm
- Saturday & Sunday August 29th & 30th from 7:00am- 8:30am
Northstar Bike Park Operating Hours
- Friday 10:00am – 7:00pm (weather permitting)
- Saturday & Sunday 9:00am – 5:00pm (weather permitting)
Rider Meetings
- 8:45am Saturday morning at the race start located in the Village View parking lot C
- 8:45am Sunday morning at the race start located on Village Run just up from the bottom of the Gondola
- Full Face helmets will be required by CES for this race. Helmets must be worn at all times – if you don’t want to climb in a full-face, either carry 2 helmets (full-face for race stages and half-helmet for climbing) or use a helmet with removable chin bar.
Lift Tickets
$38 Pre-Race Days discounted lift ticket (One ticket per day per racer) $0 Race day no lift ticket is required for racers only
$13 Hiking spectator lift ticket
$52 Biking spectator lift ticket
Schedule
Friday August 28th
- Packet Pick-up in the Village Conference Center 4:00pm-8:30pm
Saturday August 29th
- Packet Pick-up in the Village Conference Center 7:00am-8:30am
- Pro/Expert Riders meeting at race start 8:45am
- Pro/Expert Race Start 9:00am
- Sport/Beginner Riders meeting at race start 9:05am
- Sport/Beginner Race Start 9:20am
- unReal Movie Premier- doors open 7pm, movie starts at 8pm
Sunday August 30th
- Packet Pick-up in the Village Conference Center 7:00am-8:30am
- Pro/Expert Riders meeting at race start 8:45am
- Pro/Expert Race Start 9:00am
- Sport/Beginner Riders meeting at race start 9:00am
- Sport/Beginner Race Start 9:20am
- Awards on the Day Lodge Deck at Mid Mountain
Course Marking
- Special Stage Starts will be marked by end of day on August 15th
- Full course marking will be in place by end of day on August 27th and ready for practice on Friday August 28th
Awards
- Will be held at Mid Mountain on the Day Lodge Deck. The time for the awards ceremony will be announced once the last racers have finished on Sunday. We need 1 hour minimum to generate results.
Here is a link to the full Competitor List. Please look at the list and make sure all of your information is correct. If you have something that needs to be corrected please go to this Correction Form to make any necessary changes.
Northstar will be offering discounted lift tickets for registered racers only, every day from now until the race. Please take note that we are only open Fri-Sun now thru the rest of the season. If you do come pre-ride the courses, please be aware that some of the transfer stages go uphill on downhill trails.
