Summit Bike Park Launches 2022 Event Schedule Including Strait Acres
Press Release: Summit Bike Park
Summit Bike Park at Big Bear Mountain Resort is gearing up for the ’22 season, which is set for launch on Friday, June 10 (Thursday, June 9 for pass holders). Today, the 2022 schedule of events was released, highlighted by the return of the Strait Acres Slalom Invitational and Gravity Fest, Aug 19-21.
After an overwhelmingly positive response to their homegrown event, Kyle and Rachel are partnering with Summit Bike Park and Team Big Bear to bring their vision and track design to a larger venue in 2022. This year's Strait Acre Slalom Invitational, which will coincide with Team Big Bear's Gravity Festival, will feature 32 of the world's top pro men and women racing head-to-head at Summit Bike Park for $20,000 in total prize money.
Full MTB event schedule is as follows:
-Strait Acres Gravity Fest (8.19-21)
-Summit Series:
-June 25: Long Jump
-July 16: Best Whip
Sept. 3: Dual Slalom
-Big Bear Shootout Series (in conjunction with Team Big Bear)
-May 20-21
-June 4-5
-June 18-19
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To be clear, good on Summit to figure this out for the Pro's
Go to snow valley if you want that
It was fun, but pretty limited in numbers of trails that I found interesting. I pretty much only rode Arrow and Neverland.
For just the riding, personally I don't know if it was worth the cost of entry. That said, their bike shop has tons of good bikes to rent, and the rental price is pretty reasonable (admission + rental bike is about the price of a rental bike where I live).
I'd say its worth checking out at least, I just don't know if I lived in the area if I'd be a frequent visitor/pass holder personally.
I haven't been to Summit yet (Used to race XC there years ago, but haven't been since they reopened the bike park.), 'cause it'd likely be just me on my own or with a couple friends, and that much much "me time" is hard to carve out with a family.
The good thing about SkyPark is you can bring the whole family and just about everyone will enjoy it. My wife is a beginner rider, so there's plenty there to challenge her, my oldest kid is 6yo and just getting into riding, so he doesn't need super challenging trails yet, and is usually done with riding after just a few laps. There's plenty of other stuff there to keep him and his younger brother occupied and having fun while their mom and I take turns doing laps and watching them.
I'd like to get my oldest kid onto the lift and doing some of the longer easy runs at Summit, and hope to this summer, but we're passholders at SkyPark 'cause we live pretty close and it's the more family-friendly destination for us. That may change as the boys get older, if they both end up being into riding. For now though, SkyPark is our "go to" destination.
tldr; Beginner/Intermediate riders or families with younger kids? Go to SkyPark. Advanced riders, or riders who don't want to pedal uphill? Go to Summit.