Daveroo
September 9th, 2012, 21:06
The Tevis Cup http://www.teviscup.org/ the "endurance ride" is one miles in 24 hours,often done in under 24hrs,from Squaw valley cal,to auburn cal ( side bar,ends a stones trow from my house)the trail is an old pre-gold rush trail called the "western States trail",its highest point is well over 9000ft on the pacific creast of the sierra nevada mountain range,to just 100s of feet abouve msl in the river bottoms,with a 900 ft climbout of the middle fork of the american river tthe end of the trail at the world war two prisoner of war camp ,"Camp Flint",the horses and riders,then enter what is now the "fast fridays speedway bike" race track,make a lap and its over,couple of pics to show the differant topogry,and on the link you can find maps,pics,and alot more info.