Bear Valley Adventure Sport Festival
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Mountain Biking

Bear Valley has some of the best mountain biking trails in the Sierra Nevada for all abilities of riders. During the festival a variety of mountain biking events will be offered from instructional clinics to demanding races and leg-saving shuttles. Whether you have never ridden dirt trails or do so every weekend, the Bear Valley Adventure Sports Festival has some awesome High Sierra riding for you and your friends. We look forward to seeing you and showing off Bear Valley.

Mountain Biking  
 

Grizzly Challenge top

Saturday August 16th, 2008 delivers the "Grizzly Challenge" with steep climbs, pine forests trails and fast single track. It's a challenging course that will test your riding skill and fitness. Riders choose between 1 to 3 laps and cash prizes will be awarded to top finishers. Afterwards you can enjoy other festival happenings, join an afternoon ride, or simply chill-out. Then at the end of the day everybody is invited to join the festival barbeque dinner for a tasty meal, awards and good times.

Course Map: "Grizzly Challenge 2008.jpg" (350K)
Course Divisions/Lengths: "Sprint" (1 lap) - 8.75 miles
"Adventure" (2 laps) - 17.5 miles
"Grizzly" (3 laps) - 26.25 miles
Climb / Descent: 1,573 feet per lap
Meeting Location: Bear Valley Adventure Company
Starting Time: 10 AM
Prices before Aug. 9th:
(add $5 afterwards)
Sprint: $15
Adventure: $20
Grizzly: $30
Event Registration Contact us with any questions
 

Grizzly Challenge

 

Bear Valley Mountain Resort

Racing Rules:

  1. All racers must attend the pre-race safety announcements.
  2. Racers must finish the race riding, pushing, or carrying their bike.
  3. No short cutting of course is allowed. If you cut the course you must go back and re-enter where you left the course.
  4. Racers may leave the course to make necessary repairs as long as they return to the course at the exact location where they left.
  5. Law Abiding: Federal, state and local laws and ordinances must be abided by at all times.
  6. NO headphones or earphones, MP3 players etc. are to be used anytime you are on the course.
  7. All racers, spectators and officials are required to have fun on race day!

Good Sportsmanship Conduct:
Foul riding, use of profane or abusive language and other unsportsmanlike behavior will be taken seriously. We are out here for FUN! Such behavior by any racer shall subject that racer's warning or immediate disqualification. This will be strictly applied when such behavior is directed at course officials, volunteers or spectators. The penalty imposed is at the discretion of the race director or co-director.

 

Cash Prizes:

This race is largely in the name of fun, but a generous sponsorship from the Bear Valley Mountain Resort has enabled over $1000 in cash prizes to top male and female finishers in each division.

Men's Grizzly Division
Woman's Grizzly Division
1st - $150 1st - $150
2nd - $75 2nd - $75
3rd - $30 3rd - $30
Men's Adventure Division
Woman's Adventure Division
1st - $100 1st - $100
2nd - $50 2nd - $50
3rd - $20 3rd - $20
Men's Sprint Division
Woman's Sprint Division
1st - $75 1st - $75
2nd - $30 2nd - $30
3rd - $15 3rd - $15

 

Taking It Easy Tour top

On Saturday get started pedaling right in the dirt with a thorough introduction to basic mountain biking skills and simple "on the trail" maintenance tricks. A guided tour on easier local trails is included to receive practice adn feedback on your skills. Mountain bike rental available through the Bear Valley Adventure Company.

Ride Length: 2-4 miles
Climbing: 100 feet
Descending: 100 feet
Ride Duration: 2 hours
Meeting Location: Bear Valley Adventure Company
Starting Time: 10:30 AM
Skill Level: beginning/intermediate
Fitness Level: easy-moderate
Prices before Aug. 9th:
(add $5 afterwards)
$20
Event Registration Contact us with any questions
Beginning Mountain Bike Tours

 

Shuttle-0-Rama top

On Sunday festival participants are welcome to take advantage of scheduled shuttles which transport and/or pick up riders to and from specific trailheads. Detailed shuttle schedule coming soon.

Meeting Location: Bear Valley Adventure Company
Skill Level: intermediate - advanced
Fitness Level: moderate
Price: TBA
Mountain Bike Shuttles
 
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