[Triangle-AR] ORAMM 06

[Bruce Dale]

Who's goin' be up for dis' one....it sounds real good..here's the course 
layout.....I'm certainly game.

The 2006 Off Road assault on Mount Mitchell is set for July 23rd. Rain or 
Shine.
The beast is back with a peleton style start that takes you from the Gateway 
Musuem in Old Fort with about 5 miles of rolling pavement to the climb up 
Gated Old 70 where riders will begin to seperated by the 4 mile climb.
Up the 12 switchbacks of Kitsuma and back down 4 miles of narrow ridge 
running singletrack to some more rolling paved road passing Andrews Geyser 
on left to Graphite and your 1st checkpoint. From Graphite you'll climb up a 
steep eroded gravel road bed to cross a set of railroad tracks and the start 
of some nice gently rolling singletrack that quickly becomes a mean climb of 
unrelenting switchbacks up to Star Gap.
>From Star Gap you'll descend to Jarret Creek Road, a old grassy road bed 
that rolls along the edge of the mountains sidehill style. Lots of rolling 
ups and downs with a eventual downhill to checkpoint # 2 at the beginning of 
Curtis Creek Rd.
Some call it the climb of death or the climb of hell but whatever you call 
it know that Curtis Creek road climbs from about 1500 ft to 4100 ft in a 9 
mile stint. Check Point # 3 lys at the top waiting for the wearied souls on 
the Blue Ridge Parkway.
About 3 miles of gravel road decending brings you to another 5-6 mile gravel 
road climb back to the Parkway and checkpoint # 4.
A little more then a mile of a gentle climb on the Parkway brings you the 
entrance to Heartbreak Ridge. There is a short 200 yd hike a bike up the 
side of the mountain that brings you to a beautiful meadow, a quick left, a 
quick right and your descending down the 7 mile long Heartbreak Ridge. This 
trail is pulse pounding as you fly down the mountain descending from a 
little over 5,000 ft to around 1500 ft on super skinny singletrack that 
hangs on to the edge of the mountain with rhododundren and Mountain Laurel 
on guard to catch you from a plunge if you get to close to the edge..
Heartbreak Ridge T's into Star Gap where you'll take a right and get 
retribution on the long switchback climb you did earlier by a fun, fast 
descent down it.
Check point # 5 sits at Graphite and is the same check point as # 1.
>From here you'll climb up the gravel Mill Creek Road for 4 miles and then on 
to Kitsuma again. Up the 12 switchbacks of Kitsuma again where we can assume 
most riders will have to hike a bike this time around and another fast 
descent of skinny singletrack to the Old Fort Picnic area. 5 miles of 
rolling pavement and your Highlands Ale awaits.

Jeremy


>From: Brian Thompson <briant1362 at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: Triangle Adventure Racing Club <triangle-ar at triangle-ar-team.com>
>To: triangle-ar at triangle-ar-team.com
>Subject: [Triangle-AR] ORAMM 06
>Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:23:18 -0700 (PDT)
>
>FYI - Registration just opened for Off Road Assault on Mt Mitchell. 
>http://www.wncmountaingoatepics.com/offroadassaultmt_mitchell.htm
>
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