I concur - I thought it was well supported and turned out to be a great day for a ride - the scenery is amazing and to ride through the blast zone up to Johnston Ridge is pretty inspiring. The climbing is pretty good prep for any long ride like Ramrod. The hardest part for me actually was the very looong descents - it's great to coast at 32mph+ but after all the climbing it made the legs stiffen a fair bit. I did it in 4:45 and was pretty happy with it (it's 83 or so miles and billed as 6,200 feet of elevation gain). next up: STP and Ramrod.