Aspen Cycling Club

We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to encouraging participation in bicycling at all levels. The Club sponsors weekly races, both on and off road. We also work with local governments and bike shops in self-regulating the use of our local trails and roads for responsible bike usage.

Brush Creek–Deadline–Tom Blake – Mountain bike

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Date: Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Event Type: Mountain Bike
Location: RFTA Intercept lot, Brush Creek Bike Path
Party: Post Race Party at Slow Groovin BBQ
Start Time: 6:00pm, please be prepared for cold and possibly darker conditions at the finish.
Course Description: Riders will begin at the Brush Creek Intercept lot and ride the Brush Creek Bike Path toward Snowmass Village, then turn onto Ditchline, ride Viewline to Deadline, turn right onto Deadline, and descend to Highline Trail. Riders will then turn left onto Highline Trail and ride down to Owl Creek Road and cross to Tom Blake Trail (traffic marshals will be in place for the road crossing). Riders will follow Tom Blake all the way to Funnel Work Road where you will make a sharp left and then go up the road  25 meters to the finish on the work road. You will finish under the Elk Camp Gondola. See revised map for details. 

Course Map: Brush Creek–Deadline–Tom Blake (Revised)

Start Times 
Wave 1: 6:00pm – Open Men
Wave 2: 6:05 pm – Open Women, Advanced Men
Wave 3: 6:10 pm – All Other Categories

Volunteer: To sign up to Marshal for this race or any race this season go to the Marshal Sign-Up

Race Day Sign-In: Race day sign-in will take place from 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM at the start of the race. Everyone must sign-in at each race regardless of membership level. Race numbers are issued for each discipline for the entire season – bring your number to every race! Race day entry fees are:

  • Free for Full Members and Juniors
  • $20 for non-members. Please bring exact change.

Registration: You only need to register once for the season. Racers under age 18 must have a parent sign their release waiver at the registration table at their first race.

– You can save time and money by registering on-line regardless of whether you register as a member or non-member—even if you’ll be racing only once this season.

2018 REGISTER ONLINE HERE

Race-day Registration 🙁 — You may also fill out the paper registration form on site—allow extra time. This costs $10 more than online, wastes paper, is slower for you, and is more work for us. Generally frowned upon.

Categories: Click Here for more information about our race categories.

Cancellation policy: PLEASE DO NOT PHONE OR TEXT THE RACE DIRECTOR FOR RACE CANCELLATION INFORMATION. In the event of inclement weather on race day, the Aspen Cycling Club Board of Directors will communicate with the Race Director to determine the Club’s ability to operate a race that is reasonably safe for competitors, and, for mountain bike races, preserves the integrity of local trails. All racers should assume that a final decision will be made at the start line by the race director. However, when possible, the Board of Directors will alert racers of a race cancellation prior to the start by emailing the Club email group, and posting on the website and the ACC Facebook page by 5pm.

 

Snowmass Discovery Circuit – Mountain Bike

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Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Event Type: Mountain Bike
Location: Snowmass Base Village, Fanny Hill
Start Time: 6:00pm, please be prepared for cold and possibly darker conditions at the finish.
Suggested Parking: Base Village

Course Description:  Updated course on 6/26 Due to construction work on Summer road.

MAP OF THE NEW SHORT COURSE: https://www.strava.com/activities/1664673237
PLEASE LISTEN CAREFULLY TO INSTRUCTIONS/DIRECTIONS AT START AND LOOK AT WHITE BOARD FOR START TIMES AND WAVES

Start: At Base Village
-Travel up the work road and then make a right on lower discovery. Ride up discovery single-track until work road and take Road to the Ditch Trail.
-Up the Ditch Trail to Connector.
-Up Connector to Village Bound.
-Down Village Bound Trail and make hard left on Discovery.
-Up Discovery to the intersection with Village bound
-Down Village bound
-The C group will proceed to the finish.  In other words,  the C group will do one big lap and one short lap and make two total descents down Village bound before heading to the finish.  Open Women, Advanced Men, Open Men will take a second lap up Discovery…. one big lap, and two short laps and three total descents down village bound before heading to finish.

Finish: Hard left onto the work road. Just past the snow-making guns take a left and finish on the road near the pump-house. (See pic on strava) 

Start Times : approximate
Wave 1: 6:00pm – C group (novice, all masters racers) (One big lap + lap up Discovery)
Wave 2: 7:10 pm – Open Men (One big lap+ Two laps up Discovery)
Wave 3: 7:15 pm – Open Women, Advanced Men (One big lap +Two laps up Discovery)

Volunteer: To sign up to Marshal for this race or any race this season go to the Marshal Sign-Up

Race Day Sign-In: Race day sign-in will take place from 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM at the start of the race. Everyone must sign-in at each race regardless of membership level. Race numbers are issued for each discipline for the entire season – bring your number to every race! Race day entry fees are:

  • Free for Full Members and Juniors
  • $20 for non-members. Please bring exact change.

Registration: You only need to register once for the season. Racers under age 18 must have a parent sign their release waiver at the registration table at their first race.

– You can save time and money by registering on-line regardless of whether you register as a member or non-member—even if you’ll be racing only once this season.

2018 REGISTER ONLINE HERE

Race-day Registration 🙁 — You may also fill out the paper registration form on site—allow extra time. This costs $10 more than online, wastes paper, is slower for you, and is more work for us. Generally frowned upon.

Categories: Click Here for more information about our race categories.

Cancellation policy: PLEASE DO NOT PHONE OR TEXT THE RACE DIRECTOR FOR RACE CANCELLATION INFORMATION. In the event of inclement weather on race day, the Aspen Cycling Club Board of Directors will communicate with the Race Director to determine the Club’s ability to operate a race that is reasonably safe for competitors, and, for mountain bike races, preserves the integrity of local trails. All racers should assume that a final decision will be made at the start line by the race director. However, when possible, the Board of Directors will alert racers of a race cancellation prior to the start by emailing the Club email group, and posting on the website and the ACC Facebook page by 5pm.

 

Glassier–Buckhorn – Mountain bike

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Date: Wednesday, May 30th, 2018
Event Type: Mountain Bike
Start Time: 6:00pm, please be prepared for cold and possibly darker conditions at the finish.
Location: Hooks Spur Road, Basalt

Parking Information: Parking is limited at the start area, so plan to park in nearby Willits and ride to the start.

Course Description:  All racers start near the Hooks Spur parking lot on Hooks Spur Road, then ride Hooks Spur Road then take a left onto the Glassier Open Space trail. Riders will proceed to the Glassier Bike/Hike Trail (course marshals will open and close the trail gates) and climb to the top, then proceed onto the Buckhorn Traverse. Riders will follow the Buckhorn Traverse until a right turn onto Lower Buckhorn, which they will descend to the Rio Grande bike path. They will ride the Rio Grande for 500 meters until the path meets up with Hooks Spur Road, at which point riders will take a slight left onto Hooks Spur and proceed to the start/finish area.

Course map: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/26808899

Start Times and Number of Laps:
Wave 1: 6:00pm – Open Men
Wave 2: 6:05 pm – Open Women, Advanced Men
Wave 3: 6:10 pm – All Other Categories

Volunteer: To sign up to Marshal for this race or any race this season go to the Marshal Sign-Up

Race Day Sign-In: Race day sign-in will take place from 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM at the start of the race. Everyone must sign-in at each race regardless of membership level. Race numbers are issued for each discipline for the entire season – bring your number to every race! Race day entry fees are:

  • Free for Full Members and Juniors
  • $20 for non-members. Please bring exact change.

Registration: You only need to register once for the season. Racers under age 18 must have a parent sign their release waiver at the registration table at their first race.

– You can save time and money by registering on-line regardless of whether you register as a member or non-member—even if you’ll be racing only once this season.

2018 REGISTER ONLINE HERE

Race-day Registration 🙁 — You may also fill out the paper registration form on site—allow extra time. This costs $10 more than online, wastes paper, is slower for you, and is more work for us. Generally frowned upon.

Categories: Click Here for more information about our race categories.

Cancellation policy: PLEASE DO NOT PHONE OR TEXT THE RACE DIRECTOR FOR RACE CANCELLATION INFORMATION. In the event of inclement weather on race day, the Aspen Cycling Club Board of Directors will communicate with the Race Director to determine the Club’s ability to operate a race that is reasonably safe for competitors, and, for mountain bike races, preserves the integrity of local trails. All racers should assume that a final decision will be made at the start line by the race director. However, when possible, the Board of Directors will alert racers of a race cancellation prior to the start by emailing the Club email group, and posting on the website and the ACC Facebook page by 5pm.

 

 

 

Spring Gulch Hill Climb TT

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Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Event Type: Road Race
Start Time: 6:00pm
Party Info: Pan and Fork
Parking Info:  We suggest parking at Pan and Fork and riding to the start because of the limited parking at and near CRMS on Thompson Creek Road.

Warm-Up: Remember to obey all traffic laws and please warm-up on Spring Gulch Road (CR 108).  In order to decrease our impact on local evening commuter traffic please do not warm up on Hardwick Bridge Road (CR 109).

Location: The Spring Gulch Hill Climb Time Trial will start near the entrance to Colorado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS) in Carbondale. To get to the start and CRMS, take Highway 133 towards the Main Street roundabout in Carbondale (7/11 intersection). Take the first right coming from highway 82 at 7/11 onto West Main Street and proceed about 1.1 miles to CRMS, 1493 County Road 106. Limited parking is available in the pullouts on Thompson Creek Road, just past CRMS.

Course Description: This year’s race will be 6.6 miles from start to finish gaining around 1,700 vertical feet. The course averages over 6% but begins with a much steeper climb.  For this year’s finish, racers will continue past the Spring Gulch parking lot another 0.6 miles. The finish line will be located on Thompson Creek Road where FS Road 306 cuts off to the left. This is the first dirt road on the left past the nordic center. Due to construction at the end of Spring Gulch Road (CR 108) the finish has been lowered to intersection with Marion Cemetery Rd.

Course Map: Strava Spring Gulch Hill Climb Segment

Start Times: This race is a time trial, and you will be assigned a start time when you check in the day of the race. Please be aware of the Aspen Cycling Club Time Trial Start procedure: Competitors must arrive in the start queue no later than 30 seconds before their start. Failure to meet this requirement will mean a forfeiture of start position and relegation to end of start list. All time trial racers are required to start from a full stop (if race officials/marshals/volunteers are available, each racer will be held for a time trial start). If no holder is available, each racer must start with one foot on ground.

Volunteer: To sign up to Marshal for this race or any race this season go to the Marshal Sign-Up

Race Day Sign-In: Race day sign-in will take place from 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM at the start of the race. Everyone must sign-in at each race regardless of membership level. Race numbers are issued for each discipline for the entire season – bring your number to every race! Race day entry fees are:

  • Free for Full Members and Juniors
  • $20 for non-members. Please bring exact change.

Registration: You only need to register once for the season. Racers under age 18 must have a parent sign their release waiver at the registration table at their first race.

– You can save time and money by registering on-line regardless of whether you register as a member or non-member—even if you’ll be racing only once this season.

2018 REGISTER ONLINE HERE

Race-day Registration 🙁 — You may also fill out the paper registration form on site—allow extra time. This costs $10 more than online, wastes paper, is slower for you, and is more work for us. Generally frowned upon.

Categories: Click Here for more information about our race categories.

Cancellation policy: PLEASE DO NOT PHONE OR TEXT THE RACE DIRECTOR FOR RACE CANCELLATION INFORMATION. In the event of inclement weather on race day, the Aspen Cycling Club Board of Directors will communicate with the Race Director to determine the Club’s ability to operate a race that is reasonably safe for competitors, and, for mountain bike races, preserves the integrity of local trails. All racers should assume that a final decision will be made at the start line by the race director. However, when possible, the Board of Directors will alert racers of a race cancellation prior to the start by emailing the Club email group, and posting on the website and the ACC Facebook page by 5pm.