2014 Big Mountain Enduro Registration Opens January 15
Big Mountain Enduro opens registration for the Big Mountain Enduro Series and the Crested Butte Ultra Enduro next Wednesday, January 15.
Registration for Snowmass, Keystone and Moab will be made available on January 15 at 8 a.m. The fourth "TBD" event in the Big Mountain Enduro Series will open at a later date and information announced within the next few weeks.
June 21-22: Snowmass, CO: $165
June 28-29: TBD, CO: $195
July 12-13: Keystone, CO: $175
August 23: Moab, UT: $175
"Our online registration partner is imATHLETE, and we highly recommend participants visit www.imathlete.com ahead of time to set up their account to make registration as seamless as possible next week," said Sarah Rawley, Big Mountain Enduro public relations.
Big Mountain Enduro will also be offering multi-event discounts, instead of a Season Pass, so participants can get discounts on signing up for 2, 3 or 4 events, with 7%, 12% and 17% discounts respectively. To redeem the largest discount, participants should sign up for Snowmass, Keystone and Moab at once to receive 12% off all three events in the cart. When the fourth event is released, participants can sign up for it separately and receive 17% off the last event.
All Big Mountain Enduro events are capped this year. As soon as an event sells out, imATHLETE automatically creates a wait list. Participants do not have to pay anything to be placed on the wait list, however once a spot becomes available, they will be promoted to complete the registration process. Confirmation of entry will not be final until the registration process has been complete and any additional fees are paid.
Snowmass, limited to 300 participants
TBD Colorado, limited to 250 participants
Keystone, limited to 300 participants
Moab, limited to 250 participants
Crested Butte Ultra Enduro, limited to 200 participants
The Crested Butte Ultra Enduro will open for registration at 6 p.m. on January 15. This event will be a stand alone event and not part of the Big Mountain Enduro Series standings. With five days of enduro racing in the backcountry for $585, the Crested Butte Ultra Enduro will include shuttles each backcountry day, lift ticket on final day, breakfast and lunch provided each day, coffee and beer provided each day by respective sponsors, event T-shirt, awards ceremony, and an adventure experience of a lifetime on some of the best trails in the country. Lodging and camping packages will also be made available.
"Big Mountain Enduro would like to thank its 2013 participants by offering early registration January 13-14," said Brandon Ontiveros, Big Mountain Enduro executive director. "Only 50 percent of the entries will be made available for early registration. Past participants should check their email for the invitation code this week."
Big Mountain Enduro is also launching its completely revamped website by the end of this week, where all the latest information, galleries and media will be posted, in a cleaner, easier to navigate format. For more information, contact info@bigmountainenduro.com.
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So a daily rate for these is in the neighborhood of $85-100 per day for 4-6 hours of bike time. That's on par with XC endurance events in the 50-70 mile range which are $80-100 (USD) with no beer and only one stage (albeit they have aid stations). In short these prices are on par with most other events, or cheaper if you consider the cost of the shuttles and lift tickets.
It IS expensive, but it's not these BME races. Racing in general is expensive. No doubt you can do all the same riding for a heck of a lot less and still have a ton of fun with friends. You can do it in the same shuttled/lift ticket format and keep your GPS times on Strava and get the timing essentially for free. Have whatever you want for lunch and drink your favorite brew instead of what the sponsor supplies. doing it this way will cost you half or less than the race. What you're really paying for at these events is someone else to do the logistics and get the permits so that you can do it in a race format with a couple hundred other folks. for some people this is worth it, for other's it's not.
Forgot to mention that the prices have actually dropped from last year. Last year I paid like 220 for my entry for keystone, which due to injury was transferred to Durango.