Aaron Denberg and I still have room for one other person and bike from Stateline Campground at the Utah border to Sierra Vista on Tues-Wed before the race start. Best guess is about 100 bucks total in shared costs. Not a bad way to get to end at your vehicle.

Ah, OK.  That was likely several iterations old.  John might be able to comment on that.

I rode it three weeks ago and I'm scarred... and that was in the downhill direction. Remember Johns MTBR signature please

Since the other thread is getting pretty big and convoluted, I thought I'd start a thread about actually getting to the race start(s). Post here if you need a ride, have a ride to give or have info. on shuttles ect.

I have a mini van rented in St. George for the drive out to Sierra Vista. We'll drop our cars off at the border and then continue on to Sierra Vista. Tues morn to Wed morn for the rental. Aaron Denberg and I are the only ones so far. We can take one, possibly two more. Split the rental costs and gas. Trying to find a ride out to the border from Sierra Vista but no luck so far, still working on that. I'll shuttle out to the visitor center and ride in on Fri. morning if needed. PM if you're interested in the van-share.

You can do it rigid for sure. Will it be as much fun? Only you can answer that. A few of the rougher sections have been done away with in the new route, so it is certainly easier to do than it was before. If your outlook and expectations are good it will be just fine no matter what you ride.

Correct. http://www.californiasierratrailrace.com/. Looking forward to lots of water on the course this year!

California Sierra Trail Race 2016 will begin on Friday, July 29th in Auburn, California.

http://californiasierratrailrace.weebly.com/

Sweet! Will trackleaders have the updated track/route? Disappointed, yes. I wish there more riders joining us this year. It seems that many folks are planing for 2016. This is an amazing route. Sooner or later the word will get out. Psyched to see that Jeremy is joining in. I think we have 3?

Sorry, no, the little section through Tahoe Donner will not be on the Trackleaders page. I wasn't about to have Scott change the track for such a little change especially since he is essentially doing this for free.

Shouldn't be a problem. Water at Sugar Pine Reservoir and Robinson Flat at the hand pump. Robinson Flat to Soda Springs is no problem, you wont need it, just fill up at Robinson Flat. No water on the TRT at the usual small streams. Spooner, Heavenly, Star Lake and Meyers are going to be the only spots likely. Should still be some water on the 50 side along Pony Express but Meyers to Wrights lake is no problem so you likely won't need any. The rest of the route should be good. Don't rely on anything that's not a major river or lake, all the small stuff is dry.

Thanks to Blake we have a new addition to the course. The updated track is on the website. Only two folks signed up so far. Rather disappointing to say the least....

http://www.californiasierratrailrace.com/The_Route.html

Sorry folks, been out of town the past week and a half.

Here's the signup sheet for the start. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FIRNib5sD6oFWF8fro51ArJpyt5JtO1q2UVfRB7ZL9Y/edit?usp=sharing

Trackleaders signup here: http://trackleaders.com/calsierra-signup

Trackleaders site is here: http://trackleaders.com/calsierra15

Thanks to Blake for setting up a Facebook page. The page is here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/403670536492283/

The Trackleaders process is underway. They won't have any Gen 3's available to rent, only the Trace. If you want the added safety of being able to send out check in's and or emergency notifications you might want to think about buying a Generation 3 model. I've been happy with mine and they are 50% off right now.

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Final route is up. This is what we'll be racing on come the 17th of July barring any fires.

http://californiasierratrailrace.com/The_Route.html

I like it. It's a bit easier than previous routes but very challenging and the vibe has remained the same. Month and some change till go time.

Scott,
The track where it enters the Mammoth Bar OHV area is purely a guesstimate and you wont be able to follow my track in there. They are working on some of the trails I want in there and I want to see if they are jacked up before I send anyone down them or use an alternate. State Parks said they would be done by Memorial Day weekend but I've not been in there to get the track correct. Your best bet is to continue on down Culvert/Confluence from the Connector trail/FDLT. Everything else should be good.

Aaron and Jack had a problem around the Glenn Mine area last year. When I rode it last year my GPS was right on, but that was the GPS I used to create the track so perhaps one of them is off. There's a road off to the right in a flat opening as your headed up away from the bottom of that area. That's the one you want, it's pretty obvious when you get there, at least I think that is where they got misplaced. I think you have done Tahoe Sierra, it's the same course through there.

It's been cold here today and I would expect snow at Robinson Flat. Depending on where you end up for the night, expect low to mid 30's for the night time temps. I am headed from Nevada City to Sierraville over the weekend and I had to find all my cold weather gear as the temps are expected to be pretty cold in Sierraville. It will be colder up on the Divide.

Thanks Carbonguy for helping Matt out. I put a 10,000 point merged file up on the site tonight as well as a non simplified merged track for those wanting a bit more detail. I forget how confusing this stuff is for those who don't do it very often, it's still really tough for me to do as well.

That little tail in Tahoe city is not supposed to be there and is left over from last years course. If I can find a way up on to the TRT a little earlier we will be coming into Tahoe City that way anyways. Right now I'm leaning towards going up Western States at Alpine Meadows and heading over to the TRT that way, it would get us a bit more trail. I might even come down WS from Truckee via the Fiberboard Freeway and add a bit of really fun trail there as well as well as eliminating HWY 89, more dirt is always better and I like that option the more I think of it. I'm going up in the next few weeks to scout out some stuff and the track should be up and complete within the month.

I don't use either of those programs, though I'm  sure the file is too large to import into GC. I'll  add a 10000 point track tonight and you can try again. I'm away from my computer but it is likely 16 files merged together so that's  what you're  seeing. You really should have Topofusion or Basecamp to properly and easily work with files this large, it will make getting the route into your GPS easier as well. Try the 10000 point track and let me know if that helps, if not we'll work something out for you.

Sean
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Track is working now.

http://www.californiasierratrailrace.com/The_Route.html

Got a couple of emails about the track on the website, apparently it didn't imbed so I'll fix it tonight. Sorry folks😕

Nope. The current track is up as of right now. Sorry, had to go out for a ride!

www.californiasierratrailrace.com

Obviously Aaron and I have communicated about the video but I wanted to express what a great job he did. As usual with his stuff, it's a really good representation of what he experienced on his journey. Thanks again!

New course is up on the site today. Should be pretty close. I'm considering a few options in the area between Truckee and Lake Tahoe so that may change a little as I ride some of that stuff in the next month, so don't use the current track on race day. It won't add much mileage or elevation gain, likely under 1000'. It will be good enough for planning sake though.

Rich,
Left it on the bears head.
Good luck!