Author: erikatoffcamber

We are excited to see you at The GRiT this Saturday! We have some important changes to share.

Summary of Changes:

• New Start/finish location – Crystal Springs Sno-Park
• Courses revised with the new start/finish. Please update your GPS device.
• All start times are at 9am. 

Details…  

1) The start/finish location is now at Crystal Spring Sno-Park, near exit 62 on I-90. This is just down the freeway from the original start/finish location. Here is a link to that location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/6G18v41cgY8hhWP98
 
2) Courses updated. Because of the venue change, the courses have been revised, please update your GPS tracks! Gone is the WA-906 section between Summit Central and Hyak. We are going to ride the first hill & Palouse to Cascades backwards. The three major climbs are all exactly the same. New courses are posted on our website at https://thegrit.bike/course-details-grit-2024/
 
3) All races start at 9:00am. Finally, we are going to combine all three course starts into one wave at 9:00. The reason for doing this is to move riders through the descent of the first climb (the one we are reversing) quicker. This will lessen the impact on traffic and keep everyone safer. It is really important that you stay on the right side of the road on this and all the descents as the road is open to traffic.

So, what happened? 
We needed to move the venue because of some insurance requirements that surfaced very recently. We worked closely with all parties to get the changes in place, but there just wasn’t enough time. Thankfully, we had a backup venue in our pocket! We actually think this will be a better venue and make for better courses, avoiding that soul-sucking two mile road climb at the end of everyone’s ride. We apologize for the late change and any inconvenience this might cause.

Also, don’t forget that if you registered on/before 6/29 you get a cool GRiT pint glass that we will fill with a beverage of your choice, if you pick up your packet at Dru Bru on Friday night. Details here: https://thegrit.bike/event-details-grit-2024/
 
Sorry about this late change and thanks for your understanding! We look forward to seeing your sweaty, dusty, faces on Saturday. 

The Off Camber Team 

The GRiT, a bad idea that just keeps going, is back for 2023! This year we are going to make a bet that spring isn’t so cold and move up a couple of weeks to June 24th. We are also moving to Saturday so that folks can

1. Enjoy their epic accomplishment and party in town
2. Spend more time in the beautiful central Cascades

We hope to offer some further course improvements and rest stop fun. The course markings will be dramatically better as well.

Stay tuned for details. We didn’t learn our lesson and we hope you didn’t either!

Check-in

• Unless you checked-in already with us at Weds Night World Champs, everyone must check-in to get a number plate and their timing tube in the system
• All the check-ins are at Dru Bru in Cle Elum
• Check-in Times
  • 5pm to 8pm on 7/9
  • 6am to 7:30am on 7/10

Day of Race

• Pre-ride meeting at 7:30 at start line
• 8:00am start

Timing tubes/chips

• If you have your own timing tube from a local race series such as MFG, CXR, WNWC please bring it to check-in. It will work with our system.
• For those of you who don’t have a timing tube, you can purchase one for $10 at check-in
• Please wear your timing tube on your helmet

Course info and Aid stations

• You will be in the backcountry for much of this race so please be ready and able to self-support with food/water/repair
• We have 2 excellent aid stations with food/drink/repair/first aid
• See the Google map for details including where spectators can access the course

After party and Podiums

• The GRiT crew is going be ready to party once we are all done
• We will provide post-ride snacks and a free Dru Bru beverage
• There will be two food trucks on site
• Podiums (3 deep) will be about 2 hours after the first finisher of each course/category.
• We think this will happen at 2pm (GRiT), 4pm (L), and 6pm (XL)
• We have a stage & music! (Thanks to Wick from Cross Revolution)

The Off Camber team and others have been riding the course for the last 5 weeks. Here are some examples of rides and/or segments. Seriously long rides… 🙂

https://www.strava.com/activities/7273377926/overview

https://www.strava.com/activities/7267897780

We have opened up pre-reg for the Roslyn XC. There are three courses to choose from and we are exciting to bring back XC racing to Roslyn!

While we still don’t have all our permits/permissions in place, we are really close. So close, in fact, that we are opening up our waitlist so that you can get in line. Once we have a clear line of site on our permits, we will move from waitlist to full registration.

Currently the Webscorer will indicate that the event is full – it is not. Ignore that for now and sign up to get on the waitlist. Once the permits are in place, you will be notified via email and can complete your signup.

Thanks for your understanding as well work through all the complexities of making this weekend happen!

Off camber is currently working really hard to make the GRiT happen. We are pre-releasing information now so that you can plan ahead. Getting all the permits and permissions in place is a huge challenge, but we are pressing ahead full speed.

Because we aren’t 100% permitted yet, we aren’t going to take any money. Doing a bunch of refunds would be too much of a hassle for you and us.

Thanks for your understanding and support as we push our way through