Just reached BV today and that's all the farther I planned this year. Next year I'll race! If you're worried about the water from Denver to BV - don't! All the spots in the guide book with half cup or more were flowing great. Good luck to all you racers!

Not many people showed up last night--although Walter and I had a nice time. Did I pick a bad time or something?

Maybe not enough notice.

Another Spot question - Do you turn it off when you stop for the night/long breaks or just leave it on?

I'm working on the GPX file and was curious if one of you could help me with a stupid question... I downloaded Toby's GPX file and in Garmin BaseCamp I can't get the waypoint labels to go away, so it's virtually impossible to see the track/terrain right on the trail as they are obscured by the white labels. Any suggestions? I've looked all over the program and cant seem to find the right settings. See attached...

Those points are the waypoint names. The track has no names for the points. If you want to remove all the waypoints make sure you save the file then copy it and make a new file to play with. Now on the list of waypoints you see listed on the left (ie. 10MileP, 2010Camp1, 2010Camp2) Just highlight all the waypoints you dont want and delete them. Select the first one and hold the shift key down and scroll down to the last one and pick it and this should highlight all in-between to delete. You can scroll down to the bottom and see all the track files. They are the ones with the foot print picture to identify them. They should be labeled "Track 001 Start" etc.

edit: I would keep the waypoints because they actually have valuable information. The names are millage, features, turns and ridge crossings along the route. Check out http://www.bearcreeksurvey.com/ for more info.

I see it does cross 24 in the closed area. Looks like they closed it south of Jones Gulch Road to Ski Copper road. http://cotrip.org/roadConditions.htm?type=alert&id=146299
Wonder if they care if we cross the closed road on the trail? I think the article refers to bikes along 24 and the news this morning was reporting it would take about a month to fix and be ready for the Pro Challenge Race.

I'm in on the 12th in Boulder. Should be some great info.