Description

Yukon Fat Tire Fever is a new style of cross-country mountain bike event.

Instead of riders being timed from start to finish, we time just a few sections of the route. Whomever has the fastest combined time on both uphills and downhills wins, but above all we want everyone to simply participate and have fun!

This is not an "enduro" race although the format is similar to enduro racing.

Hardened riders will take on the entire 60 km route themselves.

For those looking for some friendly competition and a memorable experience, Yukon Fat Tire Fever also has a 2-person team category. Each person will ride 30 km (half of the route).

Land acknowledgement

We acknowledge, honour and give thanks that we are able to host Yukon Fat Tire Fever on the traditional territory of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council.

Register for event

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Registration is capped at 50 participants and closes on Thursday, August 8.

For questions, email the event organizer Geof Harries geof@gdharries.com.

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Solo category

Participants in the solo category will ride 1 lap (60 km) of the route by themselves. You must complete a full lap to get a result.

Two-person teams

As a two-person team, each rider is required to complete 30 km of the 60 km route. Only one of the two riders will be on the course at a time, meaning you won't ride it together. Instead, you complete them as a relay.

You will not be able to start the next half of the course until your teammate has completed the previous section. At the designated transfer point, your team chip has to be handed off to the next rider.

Each rider will have a timed uphill and downhill section in their half.

When you check in and pick up your bike plate on the morning of August 10, let us know who is riding which half.

View the event route

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Timing chips

Each solo rider will get their own timing chip to carry from start to finish.

Each team will have one timing chip that must be passed from rider to rider at the start of the next section. Team riders will not be allowed to start the next section until their teammate has completed the previous.

Don't lose your timing chip or forget to transfer it. Teams that finish the event without their timing chip will be disqualified and their team will be charged a lost timing chip fee of $150.

Bike choice

Solo riders must use the same bike, start to finish. A similar rule applies to two-person teams, with each person riding their half on their own bike.

There can be no switching of parts, or modifying of parts during the event to optimize uphill or downhill radicalness.

Choose your bike wisely! A bike that climbs efficiently, descends with precision and can handle a high-speed beat down will be ideal.

History

The name Fat Tire Fever comes from a mountain bike race held annually in Whitehorse during the late 1980s. The original Fat Tire Fever race was organized by Jack MacNeil and Bill Parry every August.

In fact, part of our event route is on the original Fat Tire Fever race course; a sweet high-five to this legacy.

The Yukon has a long and storied history of relay events, in which multiple people form a team and ride portions of a route. The biggest of them all is the KCIBR, now in its 26th year.

Previous mountain bike specific relay events included Mad to the Max and 24 Hours of Light in Whitehorse, and the Golden Loop Relay in Dawson.

Location

Grey Mountain trails, mostly blue/intermediate with some green/easy. There will be one short black/difficult trail (SFD).

• Meet at the Schwatka Lake docks on Chadburn Lake Road to get your race plate and check-in. We open at 9 am
• Mandatory riders meeting at 9:40 am
• Solo and first section team riders start at 10 am

Cost

Males (17 and older) are $45. You also need an annual CAY ($75) or single event ($35) membership to participate.

Everyone else is $33.75. You also need an annual CAY ($75) or single event ($35) membership to participate.

What you’ll get:

As part of your registration, you will receive:

• Results from timing chip system
• Insurance coverage for yourself
• Draw prizes and category winner prizes
• Yukon Fat Tire Fever race plate for your bike
• Snacks and drinks at aid stations during the event
• Food after the event is over
• Garbage cans and recycling receptacles on site

Giving back

As a way of showing our gratitude, we are committed to donating back to community programs that help support the trails we love.

In this, our first year, a portion of every registration will go to Contagious Mountain Bike Club.