SWEATY YETI SCHEDULESaturday March 3rd, 2012
Three person teams- Three hour race- 10-15 min laps.
$25.00 per person entry fee-proceeds to the Levis Mound Trail Club (NASTI).
9:00 – 11:00 – Pre-Ride the course –Singletrack, XC Ski Trail: Test Track, Lower Glen, Dump, East Levis, Snodgrass. Transition at Chalet.
11:00 – Noon – Registration Noon – Captain’s Draft Derby (to determine who picks first) 12:15 – Team Rider Draft (Team Captains pick riders like in 5th grade gym class)
Riders may bring their own three person team but captains may only “protect” one rider with a “franchise tag”. Others go into the rider pool…keep it fun! The rules of this draft will have to be very flexible. We’ll need everyone’s cooperation during this phase of the process of getting the Captain/Rider ratio, basically even. If you have a fat-Bike-you may be a team captain!
1:00 – Race Starts – LeMans Start –something fun!
4:00 – Finish – The last Racer must cross the finish line at or before 4:00 PM - In the case that there is a tie for the total number of laps…..the tie breaker will be a Head to Head lap of Lucy’s Loop.
WHAT TO BRING
Only Fat-Bikes allowed on course.
Riders are NOT required to have their own Fat-Bike-teams will have their own pool of bikes. (riders of like size work well-teams may have one-two or three fat-bikes)
Fat-Bikes should all have flat pedals installed.
EZ-Ups with Sides – (If you have one) Let’s make a circle of EZ-Ups surrounding the huge Bon-Fire of love. We’ll have a couple of Torpedo heaters blasting too and the chalet to warm up in, and change clothes. Electric outlits inside for NESCOs coffee etc.
Winter camping on the mound or in the trailhead area is available.
Food and Water – Bring a portable BBQ if you like!
CLOTHING
Every sort of warm Cozy Winter Clothing you can find. This is not the time to skimp on what you bring out to the venue. Bring Chemical hand and foot warmers. Bring stuff you can ride in and stuff you can stand around and sip beer in. Bring out the big guns of your winter clothing arsenal.
Clothing Mathematics – 5-6 hours in the great out of doors –3 hour race – 10 minute laps with a 3 person team = riding 10 minutes + resting 20 minutes, divided by 3 hours = the number of dry base layers needed. Correct answer…..one ton of winter clothing. Bring Extra Socks, Hats, Mittens….bring it all!
SCORINGWe….or rather you (with counting assistance) will all be manually marking your score on large scoreboards that will be displayed in the transition area. Make sure you mark every lap (or it won’t count). We will have smart people there who can help teams count!
TRAIL PASS The Levis Mound trail pass will be included in your entry fee on race day.
PLEASE REMEMBER
Levis Mound Trails will be open to skiing, riding and snowshoeing during the race. Be courteous to all other trail users and be safe at all times. The purpose of this event is to have fun…so please have FUN! This is our first try at a Non-WORS, Non-WEMS, Non-mega-Race. We will present awards to the team that has the most fun, as well as the team that rides the most laps.
In the spirit of fun, I ask that we all try to be as easy going as possible-this is not a NORBA National race. We’re going for an atmosphere of organized chaos…so a little ‘go with the flow’ would go a long way, to make this fun for everyone.
Sand Creek Brewing Company will have a keg of their delicious beer for us to enjoy. Please drink responsibly.
-Other News
- Several newsworthy items have ben popping up on the Levis Radar- The first ever Sweaty Yeti Fat bike race will be held March 3rd,! http://fat-bike.com/2011/12/race-5-the-sweaty-yeti-march-3rd-levis-mounds/ -New Trails! "Wolf
Run" parelleling Flatlander from Buck hill to Lower Hermosa. All new
Corkscrew! Excellent descent or climb on the west side of Levis Mound. -Anyone who rides or hikes Levis Mound should read these well written blog posts by "Greg Rides Trails."
They give great detail on some of the history of each trail section and
Greg' take on returning to the area to ride them. Even though I know
each and every inch of the trails, I really enjoyed reading a different
perspective. go here for the start of his series:http://www.gregridestrails.com/2010/06/levis-and-trow-mounds-neillsville.html
- Gnomefest (www.gnome-fest.net/) will move to it's origional home for 2012-9 mile forest near Rib Mountain. -Geocache central?!
Geocachers from across the state are finding the Levis/Trow Mound area
ideal for hide (and seeking) geocaches. Geocaching.com is THE
site to explore anywhere in the world. Do a search here:
(http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx) and type in - 54754 for
the nearest caches on and to Levis Mound) -Get on the Levis Mound Work Crew List! Email:with your important information and you'll be contacted
as trail days approch next spring. Levis
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