What's the scoop? I heard it was a short (2.5 minutes) and fast course with lots of off camber turns. Can anybody verify this or add to it?
Snowmass Course 411??
- Thread starter Threepointtwo
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yup
but not 2.5
but not 2.5
Something tells me they are going to add a jump at the finish line, I dont know why. Wasnt there a finish line jump at blast the mass last year?
Fastest Pro at Blast the Mass was Graves with a 3:42:17 followed closely by Ben Cory with a 3:42:88 so that doesn't really seem like two and ahlaf minutes or whatever....
Lots of super fast off camber turns up top, feeding into some crazy switchbackish stuff, which busts out into the open and fast ski run whatnot that leads you into the woods. A few tight corners give way to some steeps through the trees, including a techy-ish 'drop' through 8 inches of moon dust powder to a wicked right (watch that tree!), a few more turns and then BAM you're out on the ski run again rockin' 40 mph sweepers like it's your job, check it for the danger bridges one then two (I missed the second one at mach 14 last year) then a couple of more turns over flat, fast pedally sections and then a blind right over a crest, cross a dirt road into an annoyingly anti-climactic flat right and then sprint 20 yards to the finish.
Overall, muy bueno. Dig it.
Lots of super fast off camber turns up top, feeding into some crazy switchbackish stuff, which busts out into the open and fast ski run whatnot that leads you into the woods. A few tight corners give way to some steeps through the trees, including a techy-ish 'drop' through 8 inches of moon dust powder to a wicked right (watch that tree!), a few more turns and then BAM you're out on the ski run again rockin' 40 mph sweepers like it's your job, check it for the danger bridges one then two (I missed the second one at mach 14 last year) then a couple of more turns over flat, fast pedally sections and then a blind right over a crest, cross a dirt road into an annoyingly anti-climactic flat right and then sprint 20 yards to the finish.
Overall, muy bueno. Dig it.
3:42 (or 5 minutes for us mortals) sounds much better. No room for error in a sub 3 min race.
I popped over to the Cycle Cyndicate site and found this shot of the DH:
Looks wicked.
I popped over to the Cycle Cyndicate site and found this shot of the DH:
Looks wicked.
I also found this:
Looks a lot like the Durango top portion.
Looks a lot like the Durango top portion.
Yes, the top section pictured has a very off camber spot, I saw numerous people crash there while riding up on the lift.
Steep tree 'drop' into some wicked moon dust...
The powder gets so deep in there that it feels like you're running two flats...
The powder gets so deep in there that it feels like you're running two flats...
The course is going to be very blown out. I am just not sure what tires to run!!! ARGGHHH
Michy 2.8s are on my bike now...but its so fast I'm going to miss out on those valueable tenths of seconds....
Michy 2.8s are on my bike now...but its so fast I'm going to miss out on those valueable tenths of seconds....
ToooooBAHlessssssssneversummersnow said:
tubeless I have...which is why I have to make sure I ihave the tires on my bike I want BEFORE i leave.
swampthings
its a sweet course. hey neversummer were u at BTM earlier last month? Don't you have a siemens gemini? I saw a few but they all looked quite similar. Anyway im just sticking to my 2.5 UST minions that I ran last time they worked great on the sport course cause Im sure it doesnt get as jacked as the expert pro course. (no moon dust). Yes tubeless are they way to go on that course i think, not much stuff to flat out on and you really want to be able to hook up on those sweepers.