Wellington National Park
Choose from 15, 25, 40 or 90km course set amongst the beautiful backdrop of the Wellington National Park and Ferguson Valley.
Taking in the amazing Pile Road/Mt Lennard tracks – plus the new trails around the Wellington Dam Kiosk. It’s sure to be a challenging day out on the bike. Various distances are available and more information can be found by checking out the CRAVE facebook page!
EVENT SCHEDULE
Sunday October 8 2023
6.30-8.30am Registration – Race Village – Bottom of Pile Rd Trails
8.40am Marshal 40km/50km & 90km events
8.50am Race Briefing
9.00am START 90/45km CRAVE Challenge Events
9.20am Marshal 15km/25km CRAVE Challenge Events – Race Briefing
9.30am START 15km/25km CRAVE Challenge Events
10.25am – 11.40am Riders of 15km Event expected to finish -Presentations 1pm – Race Village
10.50am – 12.40am Riders of 25km Event expected to finish -Presentations 1pm – Race Village
11.10am – 1.30pm Riders of 45km Event expected to finish -Presentations 3pm – Race Village
1.30pm – 6.00pm Riders of 90km Event expected to finish -Presentations 5pm – Race Village
- We are mainly using the same magnificent combination of handcut, raw and new machine made flow singletrails. All courses are 70-80 % singletrack!!!
- The courses are in the stunning setting of the Wellington National Park in full Spring bloom!
- The Start/Finish and Race Village will be at the base of the Hope Springs Dam, conveniently located next to the carparking, on the picturesque Hope Springs Estate, overlooking Vineyards of the Ferguson valley and the Indian Ocean.
- This will provide for a great atmosphere in the start finish zone and an ideal area to wind/cool down and recount tall stories of adventure after the race whilst having a free drink & some food on offer after the Event.
- All riders from age 8 up are catered for with 4 different distances and age group categories catered for.
- The trails are green and blue trails, while the 90km course does have some challenging short technical climbs along the Jabitj trail and long 3 x 1.5-3km climbs included for those who love a challenge.
- The 15km and 26 km courses are great introduction rides avoiding any big climbs whilst the 45km course descends 3km to ride along the stunning Collie River Gorge before taking on a 3km graduated climb back up. All courses finish with 5kms of one of the funnest gradual descending trails in the State – The Grizzly trail – named after Griz, a local legend!
- The 90km course will now take you all the way to the Dam edge at Potters Gorge before riding some of the best flow trails in the state including Elixir, a revamped Pippin’ Hot, Dam It and new trail climb Watts Up, before descending back to the river and riding upstream on the raw challenging Jabitj trail back to the top of the Dam Wall. After crossing the top of the Dam Wall (with the world’s biggest Wall Mural on it) you’ll cruise back downstream on 5km bitumen next to the Wild Rapids of the Collie River.
- Get your entries in now to avoid missing out as entries will be capped at the first 200 to enter!!! (please note if you can’t make it due to illness/injury or other we will happily transfer your entry to the following year)
- This Event is run and owned locally in WA and we aim to deliver a great value for money and well organised event. We greatly appreciate your support and are sure you’ll love riding in this stunning location on awesome trails with a great event vibe.
E-BIKES
E bikes can ride in all distances, as we are happy to give everyone the opportunity to enjoy these amazing trails.
Times and placing will be recorded however no prizes will be offered as we are not equipped to scrutineer re chipping of speed limits.
They will be set off 5min before each wave start.
Note: many Ebikes may struggle to have enough battery to complete the 90km event.
Obviously Ebike riders cannot assist non-Ebike riders in any way. This means Ebike riders must not be leading non Ebike riders on flats or uphill sections, nor assist by pushing or towing, whether they know the rider or not.
If you are caught by a non Ebike rider you must let them get in front immediately.
They must not offer food/water or mechanical support either.
If any such behavior is reported both riders will be disqualified.