26 West Mountain Bike Park today announced the addition of Super-D racing to the 2008 North Carolina State DH Champs event. 26 Wests inaugural Super-D race will not be a state title event this year, but riders should not mind because the 5 minute course is certainly state champs worthy...
Pro men and women will qualify Friday afternoon. Racers unable to qualify are encouraged to show up early for Saturday's practice, attend the rider meeting and then race as a last seed.
Slalom racing will make a return to the mountain in early November. The official word will come on the...
26 West invites YOU and your BIG BIKE, on Sunday, September 28, to come test the 2008 State Champs DH track! It will be open only to expert and pro riders from 1 4pm. The full DH track offers 800 of pure racing fun, and is the first run to descend the entire park.
The Village DH trail...
Looking from Village DH back up to Park Connector, over new 30' table.
Another angle, showing the option to hit the table and continue down Village DH.
Big new berm with step down just out of frame on the left.
Looking down on the same, notice dirt lip to grass step down.
All...
Ribbon Cutting Formally Opens Park
26 West is officially open with bedded in trails, new features and an exciting Fall planned ahead. Saturday, nearly forty riders enjoyed dry, loose conditions on the trails, new features in the terrain park and hot dogs down in the village.
All types...
26 West Mountain Bike Park is open and gearing up for an eventful Fall riding season, officially kicked off by the parks Grand Opening, next Saturday August 23.
The parks Grand Opening will officially introduce the park to Western North Carolina and the entire Southeast. A formal...
Southeast's Only Lift-Assisted Bike Park Spreads the Word
Www.26westmountainbikepark.com Is Live!
Now with the grunt of trail building for phase 1 complete, focus shifts to such items as websites, grand openings, races and whatnot. Stayed tuned to http://www.26westmountainbikepark.com for...
26 West Mountain Bike Park 2008 Schedule
2nd Annual North Carolina State DH Champs Highlights Season
26 West is here to stay - with more features built everyday! For 2008, the park is scheduled to operate until November 1. Currently, five trails are bedding-in quite well and the freeride...
The race course will have roughly 700' of elevation drop. The bike park offers roughly 400 - 450' of elevation drop.
Next year, the park will expand to the lower acreage of Breakaway Village, which will mean the park will offer nearly 800' of elevation drop!
26 West Mountain Bike Park will host the 2nd annual NC State DH Champs! Proposed race date is October 11-12 or 18-19. The 2008 race course again starts high on the open ridgeline and descends to the stepdown/tunnel, but changes course immediately from 2007's race course after exiting the...
26 West Mountain Bike Park will host the 2nd annual NC State DH Champs! Proposed race date is October 11-12 or 18-19. The 2008 race course again starts high on the open ridgeline and descends to the stepdown/tunnel, but changes course immediately from 2007's race course after exiting the...
Little update here on the freeride park within 26 West:
Progression drop landers and berms are getting dialed;
A curved wall ride is in the works;
Mini-tables for young guns and true dirt jumps set in a little patch of woods on the slope are planned as well.
We were disappointed not to...
Due to conditions, 26 West has postponed opening the park until June 14 and 15. We had more rain this morning and that sealed the deal for postponing the opening.
The weekend of June 7 and 8 is the annual Wolfridge Hill Climb automotive race. During the race, Wolfridge road is shut down and...
Due to conditions, 26 West has postponed opening the park until June 14 and 15. We had more rain this morning and that sealed the deal for postponing the opening.
The weekend of June 7 and 8 is the annual Wolfridge Hill Climb automotive race. During the race, Wolfridge road is shut down...
The two nice days of rain this week turned into three long days that have limited bobkitten work to the open, sunny slope. That does mean the beginner trail is going to be sweet but without a machine in the woods, I cannot finish big features in the park. Like three of the road gaps, that just...
26 West Trails:
1. Village DH - Black Diamond
2. Park Connector - Black Diamond
3. Yo-B - Intermediate
4. Bunny Slope - Beginner
5. EZ Does It - Beginner
6. Stilzation - Intermediate
7. Facebrake - Double Black Diamond
8. Super D - Intermediate
Trail Descrips:
1. Village DH...
Guys and gals,
The hype is for real. Many apologies for the hysteria. Yeah, a Blackberry would be nice. The mountain had two good days of rain this week, so riding should be good-to-go by Saturday! Let's discuss it back at the mothership.
Two races, maybe three will determine this year's NC State DH Champs. Races will be held in Breakaway Village. The late season race may take advantage of the full 1000' elevation of the Wolf Ridge/Breakaway terrain. This would be one of the fastest and steepest tracks ever built and could be...
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