The Qathet Regional Cycling Association is excited to announce the opening of a few new trails for this race. We will be riding a section of our new climb trail, two new downhill trails, and a section of everyone’s favorite trail, Fairies Wear Boots. We will also be hosting most of the pre, and post race activities in the brand new parking area for the Mount Mahony trail network.
Saturday May 18th
The course will be marked. Feel free to go pre ride. Note that although Mount Mahony is a mountain bike trail network, there may be other users on the trails. We have done everything to notify trail users in our community that there is a race on May 18th. If you’re out riding, and come across other trail users. Stop and say ‘hi’!
Package pick up – 16:00 – 19:00 @ SuperCharger Pizza – 4701 Marine Avenue
Race numbers can also be picked up morning of the race in the Mount Mahony Parking Lot.
Come on Saturday night and get SuperCharged!
Sunday May 19th
BC Ferries/ Downtown Powell River Shuttle – 08:15-08:30
If you are planning on doing a day trip, or you’ve walked on the ferry, we can shuttle you to the race. We’ll
also shuttle you back after! You must contact us to arrange your shuttle – justin@tawsbikegarage.com
Race Sign In – 08:00
If you didn’t get your package at SuperCharger on Saturday, Race Sign in will be open at 08:00.
Race Start – 10:00
We decided to get at it a bit earlier than the rest of the events so that people could catch the ferry back at a reasonable hour. Racing starts at 10:00 for experts, 10:02 for intermediate, 10:04 for beginner.
Race Finish – 13:00
We expect all riders to be finished on the course around 1pm
Awards and prizes to begin after all racers finish.
Shuttle back to TAWS Bike Garage – 15:00
Shuttle back to downtown Powell River.
SuperCharger Pizza, Townsite Brewing, Costa Del Sol and Coastal Cookery are all open Sunday if you need to refuel.
Ferry to Comox – 17:15
Ferry departs back to Comox.
Course details coming soon.
Getting to Powell River:
If you are coming from Vancouver Island, just for race day, we have scheduled the race so that
people can catch the 17:15 return ferry and be home at a reasonable hour on Sunday. This will
require those who are coming for the day to catch the first ferry out of Comox – 6:15am.
Coming for the weekend will make your trip much more enjoyable!