Denver may be the mile high city, but the vast majority of NA sure isn't _that_ high in elevation. Mountains may exist all the way up and down the west and east coasts but that sure doesn't mean you can organize a two day MTB race, like a pop-up tent on _any_ mountain. Most EWS races are relatively close to urban areas with some kind of uplift access being roads or trails to make the 'summit', whatever that looks like.
Bike Mag regularly writes about hidden towns with sweet trails, but a) do those locales have trails they meet EWS criterion in terms of length and technical difficulty (what ever that is)? and more importantly, b) do the locals actually _want_ an EWS event?
March 26, 2018, 2:43 p.m. - Merwinn
Denver may be the mile high city, but the vast majority of NA sure isn't _that_ high in elevation. Mountains may exist all the way up and down the west and east coasts but that sure doesn't mean you can organize a two day MTB race, like a pop-up tent on _any_ mountain. Most EWS races are relatively close to urban areas with some kind of uplift access being roads or trails to make the 'summit', whatever that looks like. Bike Mag regularly writes about hidden towns with sweet trails, but a) do those locales have trails they meet EWS criterion in terms of length and technical difficulty (what ever that is)? and more importantly, b) do the locals actually _want_ an EWS event?