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A huge backcountry loop, this mountain bike race is in Virginia's George Washington National Forest. The course will consist of singletrack, double track, and fire roads with a bit of pavement.
GRUSK is an adventure-cycling race on and around the highest peak in West Virginia...Spruce Knob! The race will travels gravel and dirt roads through some of the most beautiful mountain scenery in the East. The road conditions on course will vary from pavement, to smooth dirt, to chunky gravel, to unmaintained, double-track forest roads. This race is a true challenge for the adventurous spirit within every cyclist and one you don't want to miss.
The race will start with a neutral roll through the flood wall trail in Buena Vista. The route will take riders up Robinson Gap, a 4.3 mile gravel road that crests the ridge. Riders will pass under the Blue Ridge Parkway through a tunnel down the backside of Robinson Gap. The route passes the Lynchburg Reservoir and takes riders on a rolling section of gravel to the base of the next climb. Wiggins Spring to Alhambra is the long and steeped climb starting at mile 25. Riders will pass the Appalachian Trail and descend down through downtown Coffeetown to the base of Forest Service road 76. A favorite of the locals, 76 is a 3.4 mile climb averaging 4.9%. Riders will again crest the ridge and take a quick pedal on pavement, only to return to the last never ending climb. Panther falls is a mixed surface climb that will have make you happy the last 6 miles are all downhill!
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Gravel.
George Washington National Forest, VA
Alexander Beszhak, Brian Crowe, Richmond Knight, Kevin Sundeen, Katherine O’Konski, Matthias Welsh, Edrie Ortega, Andrew Karr, Rose Byler, Kelly Roberson, and Elizabeth Waxler
Gravel.
Croatan National Forest, NC
Andrew Karr, Matthias Welsh, and Elizabeth Waxler.
Gravel.
Richmond, VA
Dylan Stagner, Andrew Karr, Coman Ilahi, Jeremy Garnder, Richmond Knight, Alexander Hinton, Rose Byler, Kai Fillion, Addision Larrow, and Katherine O’Konski.
