it begins now...SNOWSHOE WC BITCHEZ
- Thread starter jstuhlman
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to sit on the galleries or to walk the course too?
$10 is for kids 5-12. older than that is $40, 5 and under is free. it's event access at the venue friday through sunday plus lift access (but obviously not for riding as the bike park is closed).
Stromlo and Cairns were free but (a) no one was gonna pay money to watch that and (b) its pretty hard to fence a mountain
true...from my limited perspective, there'll be a lot pf rowdy, drunk, southeast riders tearing it the fuck up
What the hell happened with the autocorrect. dang.
i suspect that part of the reason there is an entree fee here and not for other events would be higher costs of insurance for the event being that it's in the US.
MSA
World champs, free entry, legal weed, hot french Canadian women and a favorable exchange rate.
Can't you get a house for $40 in WV?
0$ to access the site, but they charge 10$/car for the parking iirc.
Schladming also had an entrance fee into the pits/finish area if I remember right so it's not a US specific thing.
Schladming hasn't hosted a UCI event since they redid like half their resort prior to FIS championships a number of years back. They must really like money.
Maybe. The track is still there, still awesome. Overall I don't think it's strange to have paid access to the pit area.
considering what the UCI charges venues to host these races, i'm honestly surprised the mountains don't charge more.
I am surprised you guys have not figured out the fee is for riding your greasy asses around on the lift. Snowshoe is an upside down mountain. The pits will be at the top, and walking back up from the very bottom is a pure suckfest. I am sure the fee could be avoided if you don't ride the lift. This is the Appalachians. Lifts take money to run. Gas, ass, or grass, nobody rides for free.
oh i'm very familiar with WVA culture... my great grandfather was a coal miner in deep south WVA (technically i think he lived on the VA side). been going since i was a kid.
yes
What is your favorite buffet?
The Vital Slideshows w/ the WV 'Culture' injected will be amazing. I am sure Sven is going to have some great captions and commentary.
for the love of god, can Brannigan show up at Snowshoe and grace us with a replay of what is the greatest WC run ever.
I can't remember will rock jesus be there? Did he say no more WC races this year or only leading up to the Champs?
he'll be back for champs. no idea on snowshoe. i could certainly see him wanting to be there to try and snag a win on home soil.
@jstuhlman hey man, any updates on this? i was bringing my van, so don't necessarily need a bunk but am looking for a parking spot to park the van. will be coming from Maryland. would also be willing and more than happy to chip in towards rental. not looking for freebie accomodations.
what part? i'll be heading through MD on my way down.
Ellicott City. There is a goddamn caravan going from our shop/riding group, but two of us will prob be headed down Wednesday. What day you rolling through?
right now it's looking like i'll be heading down first thing friday AM from near Philly. Probably heading towards harrisburg then dropping down 81. staying w/ @jstuhlman et al
sweet. yeah man, if you guys have a spot, for sure let me know. I would be very interested.
after chatting with bartenders and mountain staff a couple weeks back it looks like latest estimates are 40k attendees. biggest event the mountain has ever held was the AMA National Enduro event a couple years back and that was only like 15k. they are fully expecting to run out of food/booze. bring as much as you can carry.
@jstuhlman aren't you close to oskar blues? brings some kegs
i gotta admit, i find that number kinda high. world champs at lenzerheide last year supposedly drew 65k spectators over the course of the entire event.
we should arrange a big fuckin' party friday or saturday night
agree. just relaying the heresay. but that is ALOT of people. but then again it seems like every single mountain biker i talk to is going... good news is that at least there is 4G cell service at the top now so its not 5 days straight of being completely off the grid. my wife probably wouldn't appreciate that as much...
4g for att...none for verizon, at least as of earlier this yesr...