MSC #1 - Rabbit Valley Rampage

Colorado MTB race season officially starts this weekend, with the first venue of the Mountain States Cup series - Rabbit Valley Rampage.

For those of you that don't know, Rabbit Valley is a location full of trails just west of Fruita, and is quickly gaining popularity among mountain bikers.  Starting very near Exit #2 on I-70, many of the trails traverse well into Utah before circumnavigating back to Colorado.

Saturday has a 5-mile time trial 'prologue', which should take in the ballpark of 20 minutes to complete, with Cat 1/19-29 time slots starting at 11:45am.  Sunday has a full gamut of XC racing, with the Cat 1 waves starting around 12:15pm.

The XC course starts on the Kokopelli Trail at Exit 2, then heads west onto the Westwater Mesa trail.  From there, we move onto the Western Rim trail, then high-tail it back to the finish along the Kokopelli to the starting area.  Follow the blue line on the map to the right.

Total course length is in the ballpark of 31 miles, and the organizers are guessing the PROs will be finishing in 2h00m to 2h15m.  I'm thinking it'll probably be in the neighborhood of 2h45m for myself.

Time to build on the experience from Sea Otter, and go put a good race together.