HS MTB Practice 15-21 September and race #2 info

IMPORTANT RACE #2 NOTES - PLEASE READ.

-BRING YOUR RACE PLATE TO RACE #2.  REPLACEMENT RACE PLATES WILL COST $10.

-Adult volunteers who would like to bring food to the race venue (reimbursed from team funds with receipt) please contact me at your earliest convenience (drewcycle@gmail.com).

ROAD CLOSURE

WARNING! SNOWBASIN IS HOSTING XTERRA NATIONALS ON THE SAME DATE. PLEASE USE ALTERNATE ROUTES OR ARRIVE BEFORE 8:30 AM. SEE "DIRECTIONS" ON RACE FLYER FOR MORE DETAILS. www.utahmtb.org/events/races/

From South: Take Huntsville Canyon (I-84) to Trappers Loop. 
From North: Take 3100 North in Ogden up North Ogden Canyon Road

WAVE SCHEDULE

PLEASE NOTE CHANGES IN WAVES AND START TIMES

WAVE 1

Sophomore Boys D1 9:30AM 
Freshman Boys D2 9:34AM 
Freshman Boys D1 9:38AM

WAVE 2

Varsity Girls 10:50AM 
JV Girls 10:53AM 
Sophomore Girls 10:56AM 
Freshman Girls 10:59AM

WAVE 3

JVBoys D1 12:25PM 
Sophomore Boys D2 12:30PM

WAVE 4

Varsity Boys 1:45PM 
JV Boys D2 1:50PM

REGISTRATION

Online registration closes Monday September 15th at midnight. Avoid long lines and late fees by registering now online.

Onsite registration opens Saturday, September 20th at 8:00AM. $10 late fee added at on-site registration.

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Weekly team practice schedule:

-PAY ATTENTION TO NEW PRACTICE TIME AND MEETING LOCATION

-This week we are going to conduct a Tuesday practice only.  On Thursday Please get out on your own and spin your legs, clean your bike with special focus on your drivetrain.  Make sure the bike is in proper working order before race #2.  Race #2 is at a ski resort.  You will be climbing right off the start!

-Many of our student athletes and adult volunteers are getting tired of the BST Trail system at Red Butte Gardens.  On Tuesday we are going to practice on the Mormon Pioneer Trail system.  This will switch things up for everyone and offer you a climbing trail system to match your effort on Saturdays race course.

-For those of you that do not have transportation to the trail head we will meet at the SHOPKO parking lot and match up students with adult volunteer drivers.  There is no carpool sign up for this event.  I am going off historical weekly attendance numbers. (volunteer drivers please contact me with seats available and bikes you can transport drewcycle@gmail.com).

SCHEDULE:

Tuesday 16 September

Time: 5:00pm-7:00pm

(Students requiring transportation depart/return Sugarhouse SHOPKO 4:30pm-7:30pm)

Location: Mormon Pioneer TR (meet at Little Dell Reservoir parking lot)

From SLC:

-Take I-80 East

-Take exit 134 for UT-65 N toward East Canyon

-Turn left on UT-65N

-Drive approximately .6 mile and Mountain a Dell Reservoir parking lot will be on your right

-Enter parking lot ($5 parking fee waived for mountain bikers)

Saturday 20 September

Time: 9:00am-4:30pm

Location: Race #2 Nordic Valley Ski Resort Eden UT

Note: food and drink provided by the team.  Bagels in the am and sandwiches in the PM.  Family members and friends invited to join us under the tents.  We look forward to seeing everyone!

Directions: (see note at beginning of this notice regarding alternate routes due to road closures for XTERRA event).

From Salt Lake City UT I-15 North to US 89 North for 7.5 miles and merge onto I-84 East via the ramp to Morgan/Evanston. At 4.4 miles take exit 92 for UT-167 toward Mountain Green/Huntsville. Turn left onto UT-167 N/N 6300 West. Continue to follow UT-167 North 9.5 miles. Turn right onto UT-39E/UT-39 Scenic E 1.8 miles. Road curves north and becomes State Road 166. Follow 166 as it winds around Pine View Reservoir (turning west and north and west and north) and into Eden where 166 is 5500 East. At State Rte 158, turn left and follow 2.4 miles, it joins route 162. Turn left onto 3300 North heading east. Turn left onto 3500 North for .6 miles. Left on Nordic Valley Way .5 miles