Originally Posted by
apclassic9
The East Coast NMBS suffers from the same easy-course problem - so long as you can climb & descend quickly, a rider will not be overly challenged by a ski-resort race. I think the problem is that the gnarly trails which can be made into big time races just don't have resort lodging parked next door.
You should have heard the grumbling from the XC crowd when the NMBS was at Schweitzer, ID. Ooooh, there were rocks . . . oooh, there was dust. Freaked 'em out when the course left the fire roads and went into the trails with the rocks and trees. There was areason our local promoter named the Scweitzer stop in our series the "Dirt & Rock Tour,"