Test of Metal - June 18 - Goes through Smoke Bluffs

[squamish climber]

Be prepared and plan accordingly for bigger crowds tomorrow (Saturday). It's the TOM race day. The last leg of the course goes through Smoke Bluffs - past Neat & Cool and out through the Smoke Bluffs parking lot. So it's not a good place to hang out especially with a dog.

Racers have enough to deal with including not swallowing any contaminated mud (slight humour here because in 2007 racers got GI sickness ) and avoiding cougars (last week a cougar pounced on a mtn biker in Crumpit Woods -- they shouldn't have to also deal with climbers and their gear lying on the trail.

It's a lot of fun to watch -- imagine a mass start of 1000 mtn bikers. The race page says racers will be going through Smoke Bluffs around 1:40pm

Here is a little blurb from the website

The NSCU Squamish Test of Metal cross-country mountain bike race covers a 67-kilometre course with over 1,200 meters of climbing and 35 kilometers of single-track. It’s an unforgettable day for everyone involved from the organizers, over 300 volunteers, thousands of spectators and of course the 1000 riders who begin their day with a mass start at Brennan Park, Squamish. For those in the saddle the unrelenting course will take the fastest just over 2 hours, the average competitor 3-4 hours and the humans 5-6 hours