My team has just registered for this fine event. I am trying to decide between skate and classic skis for the nordic sking leg.
Can you please tell me how hilly the course is? (I am a novice skate skier) Or if possible a map with elevation.
Can you please tell me how hilly the course is? (I am a novice skate skier) Or if possible a map with elevation.
Is the PPP XC course hilly. I guess that depends on your definition of the term “Hilly.”
The PPP course winds around the parking lot and then descends down to the lower xc trails. There’s one pretty challenging right hand turn on that first descent. It then cuts across the lower trails and climbs up to the Nordic Center. The last climb up “Screamer” is pretty tough. For Marshal Greene, Screamer will take less than 3 minutes to climb. For everyone else it will take longer. By itself Screamer is just a climb with about 120ft of elevation gain. However, at the end of the leg, it leaves a long term memory for most.
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This is my first nordic race. What is the protocol for passing other skiiers, or being passed?
Thanks,
Thanks Dan. What part of the course do you consider to be 'screamer'? Is it the 2 inclines starting on the return after intersection #6?
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