2015 Ultra Racing Calendar

[ScottM]

01/10/15 - JayP's Backyard Fat Pursuit (Idaho/Montana)

01/26/15 - Arrowhead Winter Ultra Marathon (135 miles)

01/31/15 - Kiwi Brevet (1100 km)

01/??/15 - Great Southern Brevet - New Zealand

03/01/15 - Iditarod Trail Invitational

03/??/15 - Great Dividing Trail bikepacking - Victoria, Australia

03/14/15 - HuRaCan 300 mile loop - Florida

03/27/15 - Stagecoach 400 - SoCal

04/03/15 - Arizona Trail Race - 300 / 750 mile options !! 10th AZT 300 !!

04/04/15 - The World Cycle Race

04/04/15 - The Monaro​ Cloudride 1000km - Australia

04/??/15 - Mawson Trail Mega Marathon - Australia

04/09/15 - Holy Land MTB Challenge

04/17/15 - Tour de los Padres - California

05/01/15 - Tucsany Trail - Italy

05/01/15 - Allegheny Mountains Loop - EXTREME - Virginia

05/02/15 - Cairngorms Loop - Scotland

05/22/15 - Oregon Outback

05/23/15 - Highland Trail Race - Scotland

06/06/15 - Trans Am Bike Race (road)

06/07/15 - Freedom Challenge - Race across South Africa

06/12/15 - Tour Divide

06/??/15 - Grenzsteintrophy - Germany

06/19/15 - Dixie 200 - Utah

06/20/15 - Navad 100 - Switzerland

06/26/15 - Kenai 250 - Alaska

06/26/15 - Veneto Trail - Italy

07/17/15 - California Sierra Trail Race #3

07/18/15 - Japanese Odyssey (road)

07/26/15 - Colorado Trail Race #9

08/??/15 - Trans Continental Race (road)

08/??/15 - England-Wales-England

08/22/15 - Trans North Georgia

09/05/15 - Velorution Venture - Durango

09/09/15 - Smoke 'n Fire 420 - Idaho

09/09/15 - Olympic 420 Adventure - Washington

09/11/15 - The Adirondack Trail Race - New York

09/??/15 - HURT - Hunter Race Trail - Australia

09/??/15 - Moab Mountain Mashup

09/23/15 - Black Hills Expedition - South Dakota

10/02/15 - Allegheny Mountains Loop - Virginia

10/09/15 - Coconino Stage Race - Northern Arizona

10/10/15 - Trans North California

10/11/15 - Bear Bones 200 - UK

11/??/15 - Cross Florida Individual Time Trial


Ultra racing records are here: http://www.bikepacking.net/ultra-records/

Triple Crown of Bikepacking Challenge (AZT/TD/CTR): http://www.bikepacking.net/triple-crown-of-bikepacking/


Please post in this thread about any events not listed here, even if the event is still in the planning stages.  If you notice than an event has set its date and is currently listed as ?? above, please post as well.  Thanks.

[Nathan Jones]

Thanks again forever and always!  The outback is 5/22/15 fyi.

[ScottM]

Thanks again forever and always!  The outback is 5/22/15 fyi.

You're welcome -- and thanks!

[Revatom]

What makes an Ultra? Distance? Weather.... beer?! I'm a huge fan of bikepacking and I was lucky enough to be a part of making up a new race in Boulder, CO! Old Man Winter Bike Rally. I would love to see all you "forum folks" there. Message me... I go the INS Here's the site oldmanwinterrally.com

[DaveH]

That list is amazeballs!

Dixie 200 is June 20 in 2015.

[Sean Allan]

California Sierra Trail Race is Friday, July 17th 2015 this coming year.

[wildwynooche]

Hello Scott!

Please add to your list the Olympic 420, a very adventurous route around the Olympic National Park, starting from Port Angeles on 9/9/15. Thanks!


Hot new website is LIVE @
http://olympic420.weebly.com/

[ScottM]

Hello Scott!

Please add to your list the Olympic 420, a very adventurous route around the Olympic National Park, starting from Port Angeles on 9/9/15. Thanks!

Fantastic -- do you have a weblink for it?

[jasonthorman]

Black Hills Expedition race date is 9-23-15.  New web page is in the works!  http://bhexpedition.com/   

[ec_duz_it]

I can't wait to come back and ride the Dixie 200 and the Coconino again. We need more short, yet technical routes.

[ScottM]

I can't wait to come back and ride the Dixie 200 and the Coconino again. We need more short, yet technical routes.

Agreed.  More singletrack.  More chunk.  Mountain biking.  Please!

[ligamaister]

05/01/2015 Tuscany Trail http://www.tuscanytrail.it/

[joeydurango]

More short-but-singletrack/chunk/MTB routes, you say?  Okay.   

In the planning stages for a new, ~220 mile event down here in SW Colorado - The Velorution Venture, on September 5 (Labor Day weekend).  Scott, would you mind penciling that in above?

Rode most of the planned loop this year and it's awesome.  What's not singletrack is FS road, very little pavement, and some good hike-a-bike!  Still need to benchmark/GPS the route as a whole, but will have to wait until the snow melts in the spring.  More info will be available in mid-2015 on our Events page - velorutioncycles.com/events

[ScottM]

More short-but-singletrack/chunk/MTB routes, you say?  Okay.   

In the planning stages for a new, ~220 mile event down here in SW Colorado - The Velorution Venture, on September 5 (Labor Day weekend).  Scott, would you mind penciling that in above?

Rode most of the planned loop this year and it's awesome.  What's not singletrack is FS road, very little pavement, and some good hike-a-bike!  Still need to benchmark/GPS the route as a whole, but will have to wait until the snow melts in the spring.  More info will be available in mid-2015 on our Events page - velorutioncycles.com/events

I dig.  Will look forward to seeing more.

Pure loop of 220 miles?  (No out/back, figure-8s, etc)

[joeydurango]

From the start line here at VC, there's ~14 miles of "lollipop stem" - overlap out of/into town - in the current version.  Working on getting rid of much of that as well, although I don't want to get too contrived or make it too easy to inadvertently cut the course.  Other than that, a full loop, largely in areas not often frequented by MTBers.  Looking forward to getting out and benchmarking the complete course.  Thanks for adding it to the list!

[ec_duz_it]

Tour de los Padres will now be April 17th.  Stagecoach 400 changed to March 27th, so just trying to give riders that are doing both events more than a week to recover  

[ScottM]

Got it, thanks Erin. 

One week should be plenty for anyone doing Stagecoach and AZT.  :-)

[robi137]

VENETO TRAIL 2015
06/27/2015
PADOVA ITALY
www.venetotrail.it
start: 06/27/2015

[bikpdlr]

Scott,

Please update the Ultra Calendar for the 2015 pedaling of the AML 400... October 2nd 2015 (Friday @ 8:00am)


Thanks,

Chris Tompkins
Danville, VA

Blog link | http://alleghenymountainsloop.blogspot.com/2015/01/2015-AML400.html
Facebook event | https://www.facebook.com/events/673153229459541/
Facebook group | https://www.facebook.com/groups/AML400/
Email | RidetheAML [at] gmail [dot] com

[bikpdlr]

Scott,

Please ADD to the Ultra Calendar the 2015 inaugural pedaling of "THE AML EXTREME"... May 1st 2015 (Friday @ 6:00am)

This challenge is a Billy Rice-inspired "Yo-Yo"... pedaling 253 miles north from Virginia Tech's War Memorial Chapel to the WV/MD border... there and back again... a Tour Divide shakedown that will leave riders well-prepared for the rigors of Canada and Montana.

This route adds many miles of gravel and climbs NOT PEDALED on the AML400 loop.

Using the east side of AML... it pedals "out and back" for a total of 506 miles and averages more than 28,000 feet of climbing EACH WAY !!!

This solo, self-supported adventure will observe the bikepacking ethos of other "ultras" in this discipline.

The new gravel and climbs include...

Switzerland Trail (gravel road)
High Top Tower Road to Pub Rd 55
Old Pike Road (CR-3)
John's Run Road (250/4)
Middle Mountain Road (CR-10) past (CR-422)
Sully Road (CR-10) north of Hwy 33
Gladwin Road (CR-45)
Granville Good Road (CR-26/2)
Richford Road (CR-26)
River Road (CR-26)
Blackwater Canyon Trail (old rail trail)
Rail Falls Road (CR-27/3)
Kempton Road (CR-9) to the WV/MD border

LOIs are requested and Trackleaders will be utilized for this challenge... spread the word.

Looking forward to "toeing the line" with everyone in May...



Thanks,

Chris Tompkins
Danville, VA

Blog link | http://alleghenymountainsloop.blogspot.com/2015/01/AMLX.html
Facebook event | https://www.facebook.com/events/1571107213108543/
Facebook group | https://www.facebook.com/groups/AML400/
Email | RidetheAML [at] gmail [dot] com