Bear Mountain Challenge 2008
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Mission trail conditions: March 2008
The road to Arduum on Red Mountain is completely clear of snow and the road is in excellent condition.
Arduum is in excellent shape and has seen some recent trail work.
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Mission trail conditions: December 2007
The trails on Bear and Red Mountains in Mission usually have a dump of snow on them at this time of the year but, as of yesterday, things were pretty decent. If you’re out on either of the two mountains, feel free to post up trail conditions using the comment boxes below this entry.
Red Mountain
There was a skim coat of snow at the base of the hill with about 10cm near the trailhead. We didn’t ride the xc course.
Arduum. The trail is in decent shape. There are a few mucky areas left over from the race, but lots of water mitigation work has been done since then. If you’re familiar with the trail, keep your eye out for a couple of new features — they’re definitely not something you’d want to hit without a preview!
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DH race in Mission, 20-21 October
There’s a new DH race course on Red Mountain! Race the 2007 Arduum Challenge, 20-21 October!
arduum: steep place, the steep
challenge: something that by its nature or character serves as a call to battle, contest, special effort, etc.
The trail “Arduum” itself started out as two trails built “back in the day” We hiked these trails, looking for a good DH training course. When we realized that the combination of the two would give us everything we wanted (steep, techy, off-camber, rooty, and some flow) we built a connector and started reworking them. The finished product was this trail. We rode it a few times, had some friends ride it and we all agreed, we couldn’t keep it a secret, we had to share this one. We decided to host a race. Just like that??
Nope. The decision to do the race happened six weeks ago. Lots of hoops to jump through, things to look after, trail to perfect but we did it. The “Arduum Challenge” has come to life. Take this as your call to battle one another and “The Steep.”
Check out www.arduumchallenge.com for details!
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2007 Bear Mountain Challenge a success!
The race weekend went off quite well. Almost 200 racers turned out on Sunday for some very fast racing. I believe we shattered the course record, due primarily to the excellent work the course builders put in, and of course the near-perfect conditions leading up to and on the day of the race.
Although there were a few areas for improvement, the race went off quite smoothly, with everyone getting to race on time, and in some cases, even early. There’s always room for improvement with the shuttling, but from reports, this was better than last year. If we run it again, we’ll try to improve where possible. One big lesson: If you want to practice come the day before. Some riders on Saturday got in 9 laps. And, posting results there was a hiccup, but our backup plan kicked in and while delayed we got the results posted.
Loads of smiling faces around the place.
Results: 2007 Bear Mountain Challenge
Results are here: 2007 Bear Mountain Challenge Results
Thanks go out to…
There are too many people/organizations to mention them all, but a few thanks out to:
- Wentings Cycle. If Bruce hadn’t gotten the ball rolling, I’m not sure the race this year would have gone. He eventually let FVMBA lead in the planning, but he was still a big supporter, but in providing ALL the cash prizes, some of the swag, and an injection of cash to the organizers to assist with expenses. Thanks Bruce!! (Next time, we’ll wear YOUR shirts).
- Course Builders. Tireless fiends. Trail building geniuses. Mosquito-bait.
- Racers. Tree-hitting, jump-casing, rock-smacking, sweaty fools. Without you, there’d be no race.
- Race-weekend volunteers. Thanks, Thanks, Thanks. And a special hello to Paul, who manned the gate alone for WAY too many hours.
- St John Ambulance. Luckily, these guys / gals didntt have to work too hard.
- CyclingBC race officals. These guys knew what they were doing.
- CyclingBC as a whole. Tremendous support, and financial assistance. Tanya ‘Wow’ work a work-horse.
- RCMP: For not having a car there to catch the couple of instances where drivers could have been heavily fined for no-seatbelts on riders in the back of the trucks. (Don’t do that!)
- Huckwagon. Ah shuttling in luxury. Nice. Those poor CV joints, though. I’m not sure Martin was expecting that road to be as rough.
- Sponsors. Too many to mention, but please look them over below. They all contributed greatly.
Sponsors for the 2007 Bear Mountain Challenge
Thanks.
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Bear Mountain Challenge this weekend!
Finally!!! Race weekend is here. Make sure you sign up before sunday, and preferably before Saturday if you’re signing up onlne.
I rode the course last night, and it’s in primo shape. I suspect we’ll see some records being broken.
Signup link is on the the homepage, or visit www.bearmountainchallenge.com for all the details.
Keep an eye also on NSMB forums for last minute updates.
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Trail day on Red Mountain, 13 May
Trail day on Red Mountain!
We’re going to clean out the trails for the XC portion of the upcoming Bear Mountain Challenge in July.
Red Mountain is directly across the street from the Bear Mountain DH course, so those familiar with Bear will know where to park:
Meet at Mill Pond parking lot, 10:00am May 13th.
Sponsored by Wentings Cycle in Mission.
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2007 Bear Mountain Challenge
Mark your calendars, because the Bear Mountain racing weekend is now happening July 7th/8th in Mission. This racing weekend will feature the XC Provincial Championships as well as a Downhill Race.
The XC Provincial Championships will be held Saturday, July 7th and are organized by Cycling BC. Registration will be available on Karelo and all event information will be posted on the Cycling BC website.
The Downhill race, organized and hosted by the Fraser Valley Mountain Bikers Association (FVMBA) will take place Sunday, July 8th. Event information will be available from the FVMBA website.
Both events will be sanctioned through Cycling BC. More information soon to come!
Note: this event was originally schedule to run in May, but the July dates have been chosen as a better fit.
Also note the original website “Bearmountainchallenge.com” is alive, but obsolete for the time being. Be patient - all will be worked out.
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The future of racing at Bear / Red Mountain
After 10 great years, race promoter Cory Adsit has decided to move on, but there are many who would like to see the race live on as more of a fun, local event.
If you would like to have some input into the future of the Bear Mountain DH and Red Mountain XC races, please come out to a meeting at Wenting’s Cycle in Mission, Wednesday March 7 at 6:00 PM. Wenting’s is located at 33245 N. Railway Ave.
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