Details Announced for The Back Forty 2023
Press Release: The Back Forty
June 10, 2023
The third edition of Whistler's increasingly infamous Back Forty race is happening on June 10, 2023. Last year, the event raised over $12,000 towards new trail construction in Whistler by WORCA and mountain bike programming for the Indigenous Life Sport Academy. We hope this fundraiser can continue to contribute a substantial amount of positivity and cash to the Whistler riding community through WORCA and ILSA.
Get ready for three big stages, awesome trails and a wicked après. All for a good cause.
Register for the Back Forty 2023.
Register Today
Registration for the event is $99 and all money raised by the event goes towards the construction of new trails and summer programming for ILSA. Registration includes a bottle, race plate, dinner, beers and the chance to win awesome prizes from our sponsors.
Registration will be capped at 200 riders.
Sign up today!
Can Anyone Beat Lief Rogers?
Canadian XC phenom Lief Rogers is unbeaten so far at the Back Forty. In 2021, he edged out Karsten Madsen despite a flat tire on stage 1. In 2022, Lief took the top spot ahead of the legendary Geoff Kabush. Looking ahead to 2023, we expect some high caliber racing from start to finish!
2021 Results
2022 Results
Big Time Gratitude
We'd like to thank Specialized, Sundial Hotel, Gibbons Whistler, Chromag, Whistler Connection, OneUp Components and Nester's Market for supporting the Back Forty.
Big shout out to Margus Riga for all the sick photos.
Learn more about WORCA and The Back Forty here.
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The term comes from the Homestead Acts (1860s USA) that granted farmers a quarter section; a section was nominally 1 square mile containing 640 acres, a quarter section was 160 acres, and the quarter section was itself subdivided into four quarter-quarter sections of 40 acres each: two front forty and two back forty.
Also, 40km of singletrack in Whistler would be too hard for most riders to enjoy, too large of a course for us volunteer organizers to manage and would create such a large gap between the fastest and slowest finishers that the event would take like 14 hours. If you want to put on this type of death-march race, I'd be happy to facilitate. Send me an email at events@worca.com
Love, Quinn
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