Bear Mountain Challenge 2010

 ^^ private road with nowhere for two vehicles to pass means authorized shuttles only. Many people I spoke with were there at 8am saturday and easily got in 4 runs before noon. Don't blame the organizers cause of a situation they can't control.

 the organisers were limited by the shuttle route, could have paired 2x cube vans/truck trailers and bus's but it would have been damn tight at the top and probably slowed things down.

I was happy out with the runs I Got in 5 on saturday and 3 sunday without pushing it too hard. sure there are better uplifts at other venues but you have to take it as a case by case basis. the next 2 BC cups are lift access anyway so game on there.

as always you can nit pick and pick holes in the organisers job but everything ran on time, most people got enough runs in to be happy the track was so much fun in practice (bit more fittness on my part would have been nice for the race) well worth the money spent.

 It was a super fun course and great video!! To bad the shuttle lines were a minimum of 1hr+ and the average number of runs for the whole week-end was like 4 plus the race run... It wasn't just us either, I was in line with pros who only got 4 practice runs in an 8 hr riding day on sat. Shit, I met a guy who stood in line for over an hour on Sunday(race day) only to be told that he wouldn't even get a warm-up run before his race... I was there at 8:30 on Sunday, did 1 warm-up, stood in line for 45 minutes and then was told to go and wait almost 2 hrs for my race run because I wouldn't even make the last shuttle... So me and the 3 other guys I was with got 5 runs for a 65 dollar entrance fee thats about 13.00 per run. It didn't help that they had the shuttle route closed to private vehicles or we all could have easily bagged 7-10 runs per day. The last race wasn't much better. A lot of people were choked. Again, fun course, but very Poorly organized transportation in my opinion...

 thanks for the positive comments as anyone who has put on a race can attest to how much work goes into it......... by alot of people. Too bad CJL1 really has no idea of the costs and liabilities of putting on any type of event. Just to throw this out there that all of the race organizers except for one DO NOT even race downhill. They put the event on for the love of the sport....period. None get paid and even use their own vehicles to tow there own trailers up that we modify so no bikes get damaged like they so often do with shuttling. No we can not compete with chair assist mountains, but this type of race offers so much to the racers, families that come watch and cheer, the local economy and, the BMX group that did the concession to raise money for their track for yet again more riders to use. So don't complain about the cost of a bottle of water when you can bring your own if that breaks you...do it for the kids. Oh yeah, cycling BC requires that we only provide you with a minimum of 2 pre-runs, so we actually doubled your pleasure 8^)

 -how do you suggest we get more people on a shuttle (did you see length of truck and trailer)?? no bikes damaged though
-where can i rent a bulldozer for $300 a day??
-yeah, race on for 14 years and we still do not OWN the hill or the road we use
-come anytime and ride the hill for free and hike up in 40 min
-open to any constructive ideas- but no bullshit complaining
-people who step to the plate are usually lending a helping hand and not just making it sound like we have not tried to be better each year. you try to run a BC Cup XC and DH race on the same weekend, with volunteers and your own wallet to make it happen and hope you get enough people
-if you were not bitching you would not complain about$1.50 water and making up your own math to make it seem like we walked away with thousands $$. I made not 1 cent, but had fun. Donated money back to FVMBA. Are you member.........?
-thanks again to all who helped out and all the racers and fans that showed up

 WOW, I seriously connot beleive what I am hearing... I also work in a very customer oriented feild where a largeportion of my business comes from word of mouth referrals... You know what the first sentence out of my mouth when one of clients has a legitimate complaint? "THANK YOU FOR BRINING THAT TO MY ATTENTION". Because if one person feels this it's highly likely others do as well. You worry about attendance at your races? Do you think anyone would recommend to any of their freinds to drive 5.5 hours and spend 400 bucks for the week end to stand in line for hours and maybe get to spend a whole 30 minutes on their bike for all that effort? The funny thing is you actually made my point for me when you stated that it takes 40 minutes to walk up the hill. Thats exactly what we did for our final practice run on Sat because we(all 4 of us) were completely fed up with waiting in line for over an hour each run. And there you have it; it was litterally faster to walk your bike up the bloody hill than wait in line for a shuttle...!!!

 you answered my response.................a legitimate complaint.I drive 10 hrs to a race and do a few runs and 1 race run because I choose to do a race series.If you want 20 runs in a day, come a week early when no one is around this race or any other. If that is the only way you look at it you shouldn't race. Look at other races that don't rely on ski hills to do all their work. Fluid ride(Port Angeles)and many others around the globe. Same issues when no chairlift is being used. Spoiled is the only word that comes to mind. If you go back to your original rants you hear nothing but complaining. Nothing legitimate about any of your wants and complaints. Definitely no answers for your own questions. You are welcome to be on the committee for next year as it was the biggest race around..............again. Doing something right with our limited resources. cheers

 man the trails look vacuumed, not like the melon sized rocks that litter our local mtn

 Ok, I know there are costs involved. That most people there were volunteers. That there is some thought that goes into these evnets and that nobody is perfect... However, I was a paying CUSTOMER at this event and as such I am entitled to my opinion. My OPINION is that a little more thought and effort could have gone into the transportation part of the event. THATS ALL. I am not "bitching" about this, I am describing the issue I observed and recommending solutions... I had fun at this event and it was well put together overall as I stated in my original comment. I just didn't like standing in line for over an hour for a 4 minute run. Jeesis if nobody ever steps up to the plate and says that it could use some improvement, then how the hell is it gonna get any better?

 maybe its just the videos but everything seemed slow motion, like every body was just chillin. Didn't see anybody pushin it?

 so much even tho i had a crap run it was so fun and chilled one of my fav races good work all u people that make it happen !! looking forward to next year

 What a great looking trail! ...looked super chill and fun.

 wow that looked awesome! great video by the way, i really enjoyed it. looks like a super fun track.

 Good times by all. Gary

 Dunbar racking up the points!!!

 is Cory drinking a Smirnoff Ice?

 Caution Please keep off thin ice! looks like a great time

 Man I miss that track, looks good Dan and Sarah thanks for sharing...

 picture number 2 my dream bike

 the vimeo video should be vod!

 It's like buttah!

 that track looks so pimp