Eastern States Cup - Killington Resort

Jul 28, 2011
by Rich Rude  
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Killington Resort, Killington VT, the home of The Kona “Groove Approved” Mountain Bike Park is hosting an ESC Series Race #7, July 30-31. The race will be contested on a new, never before used Race Course. The new ESC Race Trail was prepared for this race and will certainly become a favorite of all riders at the resort. The ESC Race Trail was prepared with weeks of hard work by the trail crew. The Trail will run from top of Skye Peak to the K-1 Bse Lodge. The ESC Race Trail consists of variety of the east coast’s best terrain including: high speed ski slopes; steep rock faces; open woods with fast turns; technical roots and rock gardens; and more. The course is approximately 3 ½ to 4 minutes long.

Killington’s Kona “Groove Approved” Mountain Bike Park offers the ultimate summer lift-served mountain biking experience. Killington Resort features 45 miles and a 1,700-foot vertical drop spread across five mountain areas, all served by the K-1 Gondola, offering everything from classic cross-country singletrack to challenging big-bike downhill and freeriding trails.Rental bikes and equiptment are available. Don’t forget about our Skills Area located at Snowshed. Plus, natural and man-made features on select downhill trails.

The Eastern States Cup Series is a USA Cycling Regional Championship Series and features three USA Cycling State Championships through the summer. This weekend’s event will be the third of four Vermont State Championship races. Men, women and junior mountain bike riders of all abilities are welcome to come and race.

The ESC features The NEMA Team Challenge; the ESC will pay out $1000 to the top three Teams in the series. This unique concept is gaining attention from racers across the East Coast. So far 10 East Coast Downhill Race Teams representing over 70 racers are battling it out for the cash. The ESC Killington Race will have a cash purse of a maximum $1200.00 to pro men and women. Over $15,000.00 will be paid out by the ESC and the venues in 2011.


race run photo by Matt Delorme


2011 EASTERN STATES CUP SCHEDULE:

6/4 – 6/5 Mt Snow. VT
6/11 – 6/12 Pats Peak. NH
6/18 – 6/19 Attitash, NH
7/2 – 7/3 Plattekill. NY
7/16 – 7/17 Mt Snow. VT
7/23 – 7/24 Plattekill. NY
7/30 – 7/31 Killington VT
8/20 – 8/21 Mt Snow. VT
9/3 – 9/4 Plattekill. NY
9/10 – 9/11 Whiteface, NY
10/8 – 10/9 FINALS Plattekill. NY

$1200.00 Maximum Pro Purse


Race Entry

Pro Men & Women $ 75.00
Categories 1,2 & 3 $ 65.00
Includes Lift Tickets for Both Saturday and Sunday.

Online Registration is currently open until July 28, 2011 at 12:00pm at killington.com

Please bring your USA Cycling License to registration and your printed “Authorization to Ride” printed from www.usacycling.org. This will help speed up registration. All participants of the Eastern States Cup must fill out an Express Assumption of Risk form and USAC wavier. If you are under 18, you will need a parent/guardian to sign your form.

Camping - Overnight parking / camping will be allowed in the designated area in the K-1 parking lot Bay 1 (near the race finish area). The site is gravel and will have a few portable restrooms. There is no charge.

Hotel Deals - Reservations for over 100 locations, ticket packages and transportation to Killington, contact Killington Central Reservations: 800-621-MTNS (6867) or email bookit @killington.com

Schedule

Saturday July 30

On-Site Registration K-1 Lodge 9am- 2pm
Course Practice 10am - 4pm
K-1 Café Hours 9am-4pm
Live Music 3:30pm-6pm

Sunday July 31

On-Site Registration K-1 Lodge 8am - 9:30am
Course Practice 9am – 10:45am
Race 11:00am
K-1 Café Hours 9am-4pm

For course map and more information, please visit www.killington.com or www.easternstatescup.com

Killington is sponsored by Oakley and Monster Energy.

Music/concert - Ilo Ferreira & Barefoot Truth – Saturday - 3:30 - 6:00 p.m. Grab the lawn chair, beach blanket and the whole family and head to Killington’s K-1 Base Area for this FREE outdoor concert. This show features Ilo Ferreira, a protégé of Jimmy Buffett. Ilo tends to line up with pop rock, and country music styles. Today he’s on the road with his American band and playing with Jimmy Buffet on his tour as special guest. Barefoot Truth is from Mystic, Connecticut. They are an independent band that is quietly creating history with over seven million spins on Pandora, Barefoot Truth mixes the sounds of folk, rock, jazz, and reggae

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21 Comments
  • 1 0
 I'll be in Lake Placid this weekend and all next week, anyone who's familiar with Whiteface want to show me around the park? Also, I plan to head to VT to check out this race if anyone in LP wants to try and drive together.
  • 1 0
 I have heard they did a lot of work to quite a few trails, like majority. SO ENJOY!
  • 2 0
 Definately look up Downhill Mike I sure he would love to give you a tour around Whiteface
  • 1 0
 And then post up a review of whiteface at your favorite review sites. all the reviews I've seen are old.
  • 1 0
 yes if anyone wants more connections to mike other then on PB.com i can assist you.
  • 1 0
 WHITEFACE.. is fucking awesome, fuck i miss that place. has the potential to be one of the, if not the, greatest... dare i say - in the east.
  • 2 0
 well if im not mistaken it does have the biggest vertical slope/drop in the east
  • 1 0
 yup. Biggest drop. Tons of potential. Just one more reason to go to the adirondacks.
  • 1 0
 Whiteface has POTENTIAL but its FAR from being reached. They boast the biggest vertical but the trails at the top have no flow and just beat you up. If you take the shuttle bus to the lower part of the mountain the trails are to easy. More like an advanced cross country. They should really work on making the top more flowy. Whiteface should be the premeire bike park in the east but i dont know if they will put the work into it. Killington is fun lots of flow. My only complaint is there is alot of pedaling. If I had a choice between the two I would go to killington only because you can get enough runs in to get your moneys worth and you dont feel like your going to die at the end of the day. As far as best place to ride......hands down PLATTEKILL!!!!
  • 1 0
 Plattekill is fun, but Diablo is better. More flowy and I liked how the mountain is organized. DH get off the lift and go left. FR get off the lift and go right. From what I hear White Face is pretty rough. I know the reputation and I've hiked there before. Speaking of potential, Greek Peak is a ski resort near Ithaca NY that is pouring loads of money into summer activities and yet still hasn't done lift access FR or DH. They are 3 hours from any other bike park and have just under 1000 vertical feet. If anybody wants to help out and shoot them an email about opening to mtb that would be great. Be specific though since they have little kid and old folks trails already.
  • 1 0
 Whiteface definetly has its pros and cons but ive been to my fair share of mountains, and I can definitely say whiteface is the best and im glad to call it home. if you want the definition of what downhill mountain biking is, look no further. those are some of the most technical and fun trails ive ever ridden, but if you prefer groomed jumps and fat berms then sell your downhill bike and get a trick bike Smile
  • 1 0
 That is why I have a 6" travel bike Big Grin
  • 1 0
 Deakmaster you ever been to Plattekill? Nothing groomed there and I havent seen any fat berms. Plattekill IS the place to bike in the east. Technical is fun but technical with flow is alot more fun. Whiteface is technical. No flow
  • 1 0
 never been! always wanted to go
  • 1 0
 only one run at whiteface :O what!!! I would have loved to see more on my local mtn........
  • 1 0
 Whiteface is the New York State Championship Finals Race.... should be a great event.
  • 1 0
 oh no doubt!
  • 1 0
 so for the NY state finals, if you get first in your cat, i assume you can call yourself #1 in the state??
  • 1 0
 Its the finals of a NY State Mini 4 race Series all details at www.easternstatescup.com
  • 1 0
 We are planning to ride at Whiteface and Killington in 3 weeks. Can't wait to check out the trails!
  • 1 0
 Photo by Matt Delorme







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