PROPOSED WARRIOR'S SOCIETY EVENTS IN 2007 - YOUR INPUT NEEDED The Warrior's Society has decided to end our relationship with the Flying B due to problems we have had with one of the property owners. We are hoping that these issues are resolved in the future but we cannot count on them being resolved in time for our 2007 season. Because of this, the only events we have concretely planned are the 2007 Mountain Bike Pow Wow (sold out) and the Toad Festival, to be held on Saturday, May 12th. The Toad Festival will be a fundraiser to support an organization that works to prevent teen suicide. Registration for the Toad Festival will begin in mid-March. We are considering promoting another endurance event called "The Traverse" that will take place in the Santa Ana Mountains. The course is still under consideration but the proposed course will begin at Trabuco Creek Road where it ends east of O'Neill Park (the Vision Quest Finish Line). From the start you will ride up Trabuco Creek Road to and up the Trabuco Canyon Trail to where it ends at the Main Divide Road (the road that runs along the top of the Santa Ana's). From this point you would head north on the Main Divide Road and traverse over the top of the Santa Ana Mountains, including the back side climb up to Saddleback Peak. After passing Saddleback and Modjeska Peaks you will continue on the Main Divide Road hitting all the minor peaks until you reach Black Star Canyon Road. You will then descend down Black Star Canyon Road to the finish line at the Black Star Canyon gate (where we start the Vision Quest). The length is probably around 40 miles with about 7,000 feet of total elevation gain. The event will be a race with prize money for the top Open Class finishers. We may also consider running it the opposite way, starting at Black Star and ending with participants descending down the Trabuco Trail and out Trabuco Creek Road. Another event we are considering is a race up Holy Jim, across the Main Divide and down Trabuco, also with prize money. We would like your input on these proposed events or any other suggested routes you feel would be a good course for future events. Contact us at: [email protected] The Warrior's Society :wave:
"THE TRAVERSE" RACE ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH Our new endurance event in 2007, "The Traverse," is a 44-mile race with 8,000 +- total elevation gain. After your feedback we decided to run the course from Black Star to the Trabuco Canyon Trail on the Main Divide. We also decided to include the descent down Upper Holy Jim to add a little single track on the traverse. It will start at 5:00 a.m., which means most contestants will be done by 12:00 p.m. and get most of the climbing out of the way by 11:00 a.m. Club member Eron Boyer rode the course and it took him around 7 hours. The start will be at Black Star Canyon Road and the finish will be at the end of Trabuco Creek Road and Trabuco Canyon Road (where the Pow Wow finish is). There will be one Aid Station at 4 Corners (Maple Springs and the Main Divide, a little over half of the way). The event fee will be $65.00, which will include an event t-shirt, raffle prizes, food after the event, finishing awards for all finishers and CASH PAYOUT TO THE TOP 3 FINISHERS IN THE EXPERT AGE CATAGORIES AND EXPERT SINGLE SPEED CLASS. THERE MUST BE A MINIMUM OF 5 PARTICIPANTS IN EACH AGE GROUP OR THE AGE GROUP WILL BE COMBINED. We will have the following classes and age groups: Intermediate Class (male and female): 17 to 30 31 to 45 46 and up Expert Class (male and female): 17 to 30 31 to 45 46 and up Single Speed Class (male and female): Intermediate (no age classes) Expert (no age classes) Only the expert classes will race for prize money, which will be determined based on participation and sponsorship cash provided by our major sponsors. All those who finish will receive a finishing award. Registration will open after the Toad Festival in May. Participation will be limited to 300. From your feedback we believe this event will sell out like the Pow Wow so if you are serious about participating register as soon as registration opens.
This event is pretty similiar to the Vision Quest. I wonder is people will want to do this race 2x a year. The Flying B events were perfect to mix up the types of racing.
We currently have 300 people on a waiting list for VQ and CC. There are things that work out better for the Traverse. First off you can preride and train on it whenever you want. Secondly, this will not be supported as much as the VQ/CC so we don't need as many volunteers. Thirdly, the roads and trails already exist....so we don't have to build any trails. mtnbikej
