Race Schedule

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Friday, February 8, 2019

6:00 - 8:00 PM, Bolton Valley Nordic Center: Early race check-in and packet pickup.

8:00 AM - 10:30 AM, Bolton Valley Nordic Center: Last opportunity for racer check-in and packet pickup.
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM, Bolton Valley Nordic Center: Meeting with on-course volunteers. Volunteers to disperse immediately following meeting.
11:15 AM: Mandatory racer meeting in Nordic Center.
11:40 AM: Confirm aid stations are ready and on-course judges are in place.
12:00 PM: Race mass-start from Nordic Center.
4:15 PM: Racers diverted at top of Peggy Dow’s to begin going down overnight loop via Wilderness liftline trail and climbing up Turnpike. *Sunset is 5:14 PM, Civil Twilight is 5:44 PM.

12:00 AM: 12-hour race division ends. Racers can spend the night in the Bolton hotel if they have a room or go home and return Sunday afternoon for awards and raffle.
6:30 AM: Racers diverted at top of Peggy Dow’s to begin daytime descent down Snow Hole to main base aid station and resume daytime loop. *Sunrise is 6:55 AM, Civil Twilight is 6:25 AM.
9:00 AM: Three-Hour Tour division starts at base of Bryant Trail.
12:00 PM: 24-hour race division and Three-Hour Tour division end. All racers are allowed to start their final lap as long as they begin before 12:00 PM. After 12:00 PM, racers will not be allowed to start another lap.
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM: Post-race meal in the Nordic Center provided by Bolton Valley. Relive your best moments from the race, listen to some music, chat with competitors, friends, family, and volunteers. Have a cold beverage...you earned it!
1:45PM: Awards ceremony in Nordic Center.
2:00 PM: Public raffle drawing

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