Welcome P2P People! We are happy to announce the 2020 Park City Point 2 Point Virtual Challenge. Please notice I didn’t say race. This activity is being organized as an outlet for some late summer fun on your bike.
Ride it when you can, by yourself, or with a small group. When you do ride, have fun, and understand other people will be out enjoying the trails too. With that said, no shouting, “clear the trail…I’m racing the Point 2 Point.” We are not “racing,” please be kind.
Two options for Participation. Option one, ride the entire course in one outing. Option two split the ride into 3 parts. Option one will need to be ridden any time by Sept. 5th. Option two also needs to be ridden by September 5th, however, you only have 8 days after you ride the first leg to complete the other 2 segments (which should give you 4 weekend days to complete the ride).
We also have a challenge for out-of-state riders, or those of you not able/willing to travel to Park City. Find a course in your area that is 75 miles (or more), climbs over 10,000′, and is over 50% dirt (preferably singletrack). It can be a contiguous course, or it can be a loop you ride multiple times (but as we’ve said, life is too short for riding in circles – so try to find an enjoyable long route).
Throughout the challenge, we are going to share adventures and updates on a Facebook Group Page (click here to join/view). The idea is to create a fun rider community so we (and you) can share stories from the trail, leader boards (not that we care too much about who is fastest), and a bunch of general training and fitness tips from one of our partners, Off the Mountain Training (Van Treese).
The Details!
Participation is simple, go ride the course of your choice (links below). Submit your ride via any activity recording platform you use, Strava, Garmin, etc. To be added to the official leader boards, you must present “actual ride time” – not “moving time” only. You can provide “moving time” only, but unfortunalty we can’t include you on leader boards if you do – you’ll still get noticed for completion (and be in the opportunity drawing). If you ride the three-part challenge, you will need to provide all three segments so we can post your total time. Out-of-state challenge riders will have a recognition list as well, so please submit a link to your ride.
SUBMIT ALL COMPLETED RIDES VIA EMAIL > racepoint2point@gmail.com
COURSES
2020 Virtual Park City Point 2 Point Challenge – Full Course
2020 Virtual Park City Point 2 Point Challenge- Segment 1
2020 Virtual Park City Point 2 Point Challenge- Segment 2
2020 Virtual Park City Point 2 Point Challenge- Segment 3
Out-Of-State Challenge, Create Your Own Course
THE FUN STUFF!!
Complete any of the three challenges and we will send you this commemorative sticker that you can slap on your refrigerator (and a png file for your social accounts) – bragging rights are allowed and encouraged.
By officially completing the challenge you’ll also receive one ticket into the virtual Point 2 Point opportunity drawing. If you ever been to a P2P event, you know we like to give cool stuff away from our partners!
Raffle Prize Partners: Scott Sports (29″ carbon wheelset!), Skullcandy, GoalZero, OTM/VanTreese Training, and more.
EXTRA CREDIT = EXTRA OPPORTUNITY DRAWING TICKETS
• Ride the Bow Hunter Loop (no, I’m not telling you where it is if you know…you know) – 1 extra drawing ticket
• Ride the entire course on a single speed – 1 extra drawing ticket
• Complete full course/one day challenge on a Gravel/CX bike – 2 extra drawing tickets!
• Ride the entire course in the reverse direction – 1 extra drawing ticket!
(ALTERNATE ROUTES FOR THIS CHALLENGE 1. Can’t go up BYOB in UOP so would just go up the lower UOP trail.2. Can’t go down Armstrong so taking the MM connector to Spiro and descending that.3. Can’t go up the lower portion of CMG so taking Jenni’s up until it intersects with CMG and then taking CMG up the rest of the P2P route in reverse.4. Can’t go up Down Dog in RV so going up Porcuclimb.)
• Share an image to social media of your challenge ride (while on the ride), Point 2 Point must be tagged in it – 1 extra drawing ticket.
• Fastest Female full course/one day challenge – 1 extra drawing ticket.
• Fastest Male full course/one day challenge – 1 extra drawing ticket.
• Donate to Summit Land Conservancy. We believe in the preservation of open space and think you’ll agree, it makes Park City special! Submit a screenshot of your donation receipt – 2 extra drawing tickets
It is up to you to submit the details for which Extra Credit challenges you’ve completed. Simply let me know when you submit the links to your ride.
What are you waiting for, start making plans to get your ride completed by Sept. 5th, 2020. #CanYouDoIt
Disclaimer: It is not sanctioned or official, it is simply you going out on your own to challenge yourself to a little ride in the beautiful trails surrounding Park City, UT. You are on your own, just like any other ride you would do. Make sure to plan accordingly, take plenty of supplies, and let someone know where you are going.