The Cascadia Dirt Cup (CDC), Washington's premiere enduro series is rolling right along in its inaugural year. The CDC is a coalition of event promoters, racers, trail advocacy groups and very generous sponsors with shared vision and goals for mountain biking in our great state of Washington and beyond. Our purpose is to raise funds and support for local mountain bike trail advocacy groups while producing a great race series. Costs associated with this series are offset through generous sponsorship and support from industry leaders. This means that from the funds generated by your registration, we’re able to make a bigger donation to the trails we all love to ride. We feel there is no better way to accomplish this than the social and competitive nature of enduro racing and a festive environment for the whole family. Our beneficiaries are the
Cold Creek MTBers, Olympic Dirt Society,
Friends of Capitol Forest,
Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance and the
Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition.
The CDC supports those who support our trails. A Friends of Capitol Forest crew working on the Little Larch Mt. Trail.
Round 1 commenced in southwest Washington at Yacolt Burn State Forest. Racers were challenged with 3800ft of descending over 3 rowdy stages. A race recap can be found
here and
here from our media partner
Freehub Magazine .
Riding fast and loose through a scree field the locals call the flintstones.
Round 2 racers made the trek to Port Angeles and tackled the Dry Hill Enduro. Dry Hill proved to be another rowdy and white knuckled affair with 3 stages of "enduro trails with a splash of downhill tracks." Check out the race recap
here.
Matt Patterson staying smooth over a log drop. Rounds 1 and 2 raced on some of the most technical trails the NW has to offer.
Round 3 kicks of in just 4 weeks on September 14th at Capitol State Forest, just outside of Olympia WA. Without giving the course away, riders are in for 3 to 4 hours of saddle time with 4000ft of descending, 30+ minutes of cumulative stage race time and a course distance of 21 miles. The official course will be announced September 6th.
Pro points leader Charlie Sponsel of Diamondback Team DF5.
On September 28th we will return to the 2nd annual
Tiger Mountain Enduro for round 4. Exciting things are happening at Tiger, including new trails! Check out the latest
here and join a work party so we can complete these trails in time to race on.
Fresh PNW loam.
Round 5 will head north to Bellingham's Chuckanut Mountain for the series finale on Sunday, October 20th. Following practice on Saturday we will head into town for Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition's 3rd Annual Shoot the Trails photo and video contest. Revisit last years winners
here.
Racers have to earn their turns in the Cascadia Dirt Cup.
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"Bellingham, city of subdued excitement."