The race starts on
Turnpike and climbs steeply from the gun. Take this doubletrack to the
4 Points Spur. Turn right and follow
4 Points Spur through 4 Points intersection.
After reaching 4 Points, head straight onto
Lower Arapahoe. Here you'll encounter tight turns, rocks, and roots, but the trail ends too quickly and turns into
Upper Cherokee.
Upper Cherokee provides clean, mostly non-technical connection between Trestle Bike Park and the area's other XC trails, so rip it! At the bottom, turn right onto
Tunnel Hill - an easy doubletrack.
Follow all the way down to a left turn onto the
Turnpike, then a quick left onto
Tunnel Hill Trail. Here you'll encounter roots, rock drops, and fast flow. After the final switchbacks on
Tunnel Hill Trail, turn left onto
Serenity - A nice trail through the trees, leading from the resort up towards town. At the end of
Serenity turn left onto
Ice Hill. The fun is now over...
Ice Hill is a steep nasty climb - rideable, but probably only by fairly advanced and/or fit riders. Once this grunt is over you'll be sitting pretty, contouring hill all the way to
Blue Sky. Turn left, then immediately right to enter
Blue Sky for a nice meandering stroll through the woods, climbing gently over a fairly smooth trail surface. There are some roots and rocks here and there to remind you it's a mountain bike ride, but it's pretty mellow overall.
Once at the top of
Blue Sky turn left onto 897 FSR Cut for a short stint and turn a sharp left onto
Tunnel Hill. Follow this all the way to a left turn onto
Chickadee. After
Tunnel Hill,
Chickadee is a rude awakening. The trail begins with with two very tight switchbacks, of which are spotted with roots/rocks. After exiting these obstacles, you can let it rip all the way down to
Little Vasquez Rd. Keep your speed in check here and turn a sharp right onto
Little Vasquez Rd.
From here,
Little Vasquez Rd. is a significant climb. Turn right onto
Tunnel Hill, cross the Little Vasquez creek over a bridge, then quickly turn left to stay on
Little Vasquez Rd. Stay on
Little Vasquez Rd. until you see a singletrack trail off to your right - Lonesome Whistle.
Take Lonesome Whistle up to
Green World. Lonesome Whistle is generally ridden as downhill, if that gives you an idea of the terrain here. Once at the top, turn left onto
Green World, which is the easiest way down Trestle Bike Park featuring wide, buffed out singletrack and beautiful vistas. Descend this awesomely fun trail to a left onto
Arapahoe. Descend
Arapahoe, which is littered with rocks and roots, to
Lower Arapahoe.
Lower Arapahoe features tight turns, rocks, roots and undulating terrain. After multiple tight switchbacks, this trail eventually pops out onto a left turn on
Upper Cherokee, which you've been on before!
Take a sharp right turn onto
Tunnel Hill, then a sharp left to stay on
Tunnel Hill. Shortly after this left, take a quick left onto the lower portion of
Green World. Follow this trail all the way to a right onto the
Road to Nowhere. Fly down this all the way to the Base Area Finish, and you're done!
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