Kinross - Mini Gravity Enduro

We ran this back in October 2013 on the same course and are keen to do it again.

We think a 'Mini Gravity Enduro' is an apt description.

The general idea:
- all trails are XC trails (DH bike not required but possible with hard work, a XC hard tail would also be fine)
- there will be un-timed mainly uphill sections and timed mainly downhill sections
- the timed sections will include some uphill, but not much
- there will be about 4 timed sections that will be maximum of 1-3km each

The idea is you can ride the un-timed sections with your mates and brag about how good your run just was. Don't be afraid if you are a more XC oriented rider, this format is just about good fun.

Start Time: Sign on from 9:30am, we start up the hill at 10am.
Cost: $10 (+ $20 day license for non-MTBA members)
Categories: - Mens/Womens/Juniors. There'll be a separate hard tail category.
- Also there's a B category that will only do stages 1 and 2 (same as juniors). This would be suitable for those that are newer to MTBing or don't want to climb the big hill.
Starting: Standing start, self seeding, with 30s gaps between riders.
Overtaking: If you are caught by a rider get out of the way as soon as safely possible.
Timing: this will be different to other events because of the spread out timing points required. It's based on synced watches/clocks at the start/finish. The raw start/finish times will be put onto a card that you carry then collated at the end. Depending on the number of helpers we get you may be timing yourselves or each other.

For those that know the forest and track names:
Stage 1: North Shore - the last downhill we use for many races (~1km, 65m elevation drop)
Stage 2: Highest point in goat track, down the steeper section then across the dire road down Owen's Rest and to the car park (1.4km (~80m elevation drop), my time is about 3:20mins)
Stage 3: Head South East from the highest point in forest down to start of John Doe, Down John Doe (there's an uphill pinch here) then down the old 'race track' to the dam (~3km, ~160m elevation drop)
Stage 4: North Shore again, same as stage 1.

Un-timed link sections: To make life easier for marking out we will do the un-timed uphill transport stages as a group. This will make the event take a little longer but will make for a more social time, be more welcoming for beginners and make it safer with everyone together, especially for juniors and beginners.

Ian_A, grantd, rideupndown