Wade's Excellent Adventure - Saturday May 24th

After a one year hiatus, we're dusting off the Fromme Cup and getting back to business: Wade's Excellent Adventure(WEA) is back Saturday, May 24th 2014. New this year, WEA is now part of the Sea to Sky Enduro Series. Looking back on WEA 2012, the event was Enduro before the hype machine caught onto Enduro. Does this mean we've gone hard core racer? No. The intent of WEA and the Sea To Sky Enduro series is a fun day of timed riding while raising money for the trails. We've got five stages lined up which will showcase Fromme throughout 21 kms of trails with 1200m of ascending. Being this is Wade's, we've got a few tricks up our sleeve with a couple course surprises.


Course details will be released Thursday May 22nd in time for some pre-riding, stages start/finish will be marked on Friday in prep for Saturday's event. On one of the stages we'll have a speed gun set up to record your highest speed.

We've got a great list of prizing from our sponsors, SRAM Reverb, Chromag gear, 100% goggles, OneUp, Marx Conditioning, Suspension Werx, Suspension Therapy, Bell Helmets, 2x Marzocchi forks, RaceFace gear, Oakley eyewear. Custom medals engraved by North Shore Billet, and each category winner will get their name on the Fromme Cup. Cash Purse for Pro category sponsored by MTB Trails Guide Books = $250 for men and women.


Race categories:
Pro Men
Pro Women
Masters Men (35+)
Masters Women (35+)
Open Men (under 35)
Open Women (under 35).

- Race Packet pickup starts at 09:00AM at the Water Towers on the top of Mountain Hwy on Fromme.
- Race starts at 10:30AM. Riders will leave in waves based on categories.

Cost for NSMBA members is $40, cost for non members is $50.

REGISTER ONLINE HERE.


Edit to add the course details.

Sign-in at the Water Towers on Fromme.

Liaison 1- Climb from Water Towers to Floppy Bunny via Mtn Hwy.

Stage 1-Floppy Bunny - Roadside Attraction - Upper and Lower Griffen (finish will be before King of the Shore intersection)

Liaison 2- Climb King of the Shore to Mtn Hwy, climb Mtn Hwy to Leopard

Stage 2- Leopard - Kirkford - Crinkum - Crankum - Cedar trail (finish will be on Cedar before getting to the 1st switchback)

Liaison 2- Climb Mtn Hwy to Pile of Rocks

Stage 2- Pile of Rocks - Mtn Hwy - Expresso (all updated work, none of the old trail)

Liaison 3- Climb Skid Road Re-route to Badden Powell

Stage 3- BP - DW (finish at Boundary intersection)

Ice Cream Stop - We will have an ice cream cart to cool you off and give you a sugar shot to get up the climb and finish stage 5.

Liaison 4- Climb Dempsey Breamer trail, traverse BP

Stage 5- BP (start at exit of Ladies Only, finish before the hiker/biker split)

Food/Water station will be located by the entrance to Leopard on Mnt Hwy, riders will pass this point twice, please don't rely on this as your only source for water.

Course Notes:
The exit of Pile of Rocks onto Mtn Hwy has a ditch compression, please be cautious of this as you can carry plenty of speed into it. We will mark it with a "DROP" caution sign.