Ron and Dorothy Strasser

XC riders.
I was curious, so asked for some info. I hope he gets a good turnout. I do
not know the area, but some of these drainages/washouts in eastern oregon
can be both fun and tough. Very early season lung/leg burner!
I could not find info on the Eastern Oregonian site. This is a chance for
us to support an event in a small community and maybe even get to ride with
some racers from Washington and Idaho.
ron
----- Original Message -----
From: "brian cimmiyotti"
To: "Ron and Dorothy Strasser"
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: question

> Ron,
>
> Thanks for your interest in our race. We plan to make it a fun and
> exciting addition to Oregon mountain bike racing. The snow road
> winery/echo west vinyerd MTB trial system is located on a section of land
> called alkili canyon. It shows up with that name on some older maps. It
> is a little east of road 1348. The Blue Mountain Singletrack club has GPS
> co-ordinates to the start of the trail system on there site
> www.bluemountainstc.org.
>
> To give you an idea of elevation the diference between the highest and the
> lowest point on the track is about 700 feet but the total accumulated
> elevation gain is about 3000. I have been describing the course to people
> as having a lot of short/punchy up and downs that give the course a
> surprising amount of total elevation. We have the race up on (Map My
> Ride .com ) under races/events but it is not currently mapped but it will
> be soon and we will have a link from our site to (Map My Ride)
>
> here is an article in the East Oregonian about the training rides we have
> had out on the course
>
> http://www.eastoregonian.com/Main.asp?SectionID=15&ArticleID=85063
>
> also the city of Echo has a website
>
> http://echo-oregon.com
>
> and it has a link to the official brochure that I am sending out to the
> bike stores.
>
> Thanks
>
> Brian Cimmiyotti
>
>
>
> On Saturday, January 17, 2009, at 08:08PM, "Ron and Dorothy Strasser"
> wrote:
>>Brian,
>>I was looking at the Google satellite map and wondering if we go south
>>down around #1348/Cunningham road area. Looks like some dirt roads/trails
>>in that area as well as drainages/creeks. Can you give an idea of
>>elevation gain. Anything you share with me I will for sure post on OBRA
>>for you so potential racers have more info. I am planning on racing
>>(sport ...oops Cat 2) and looking forward to the terrain. I grew up way
>>south in Nyssa so know what the soils are like (at least in the snake
>>river valley). I expect to work hard. Any tidbits you can share would be
>>great.
>>Thanks much,
>>ron strasser
>