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Join Ski & Fat Bike Races – Here Or At Home

January 26, 2021

This winter, you can still participate in two iconic Leadville Nordic ski and fat bike races! They offer a fun way to get outside and enjoy the fresh winter air. If you can’t come to Leadville, you can still participate from home.

When you join the races, you’ll be helping build and maintain area trails. Help support the Leadville trails you love!

LEADVILLE LOPPET – NORDIC SKI IN LEADVILLE OR AT HOME

The Leadville Loppet, an annual cross-country ski race, celebrates and raises funds for Leadville’s famed Mineral Belt Trail. This year, you have the whole month of February to complete the race—in Leadville or from afar.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Log your skied kilometers from Feb. 1-Feb. 28 from any location. Log any distance, classic or skate. Skijorers can log kilometers via skate ski. Once you reach a milestone distance, ranging from 5K to 200K, you will receive a Leadville-themed digital badge via email.

Coming to Leadville to ski? Great! You can find the 2020 Loppet courses online, to help you plan your own course on the Mineral Belt Trail.

Register today! Registration costs $15. Donate an additional $25 to receive a Melanzana Leadville Loppet hat!

WHAT YOU’LL SUPPORT

All proceeds will go toward grooming the Mineral Belt Trail in winter, for your skiing fun. Please register today! We are grateful for your support!

LEADVILLE WINTER MOUNTAIN BIKE SERIES – IN TOWN OR FROM AFAR

The Leadville Winter Mountain Bike Series hosts five fat bike races to benefit the Cloud City Wheelers, which has built over 20 miles of trail in Lake County. This year, the race series will be held as a self-timed race and will be open to fat bikers, skiers, snowshoers, and snowbladers, to encourage more people to get outside and enjoy the bike trails.

Can’t travel to Leadville? You can join on your trails at home and still support the cause!

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Come to Leadville and enjoy these well-groomed trails! The Leadville races are self-supported. You must bring your own water and nutrition and be prepared to make any repairs necessary. See the dates and directions for each race:

  • Colorado Cup (Jan. 23-Jan. 31)
  • Tennessee Pass (Feb. 5-7 & Feb. 12-14)
  • Mineral Belt Trail (March 6-14)
  • Fatty Patty 50k (March 20-28)
  • East Side Epic (April 10-18)

Prizes: Participants with the fastest times earn a prize, and everyone who is registered will be entered into a prize drawing.

Register today! Races cost $20 apiece, or $75 for all five.

 

WHAT YOU’LL SUPPORT

The Cloud City Wheelers builds and maintains area mountain bike trails–20 miles worth, to be exact. Check out the new Turquoise Lake trail the Wheelers opened just weeks ago! And of course, enjoy the Timberline Trails the Wheelers carefully groom for flowy fat biking all winter long. Please register today! We depend on and appreciate your support!

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