Directions to handler stations will be available at registration time. You will receive all of this information in your racer packet when you register on Saturday!

VASS 50 Mile Course Description

The Vermont 50 Mile course starts at Ascutney Mountain Resort in Brownsville, VT . For the first three miles racers will follow down a gentle downhill on gravel roads. After an easy road climb the course turns onto snowmobile - ATV trails, which it follows through gentle rolling terrain for the next 3 miles. Shortly after leaving the ATV trails, the real climbing and descending starts. The course will follow ATV and jeep trails, single track and roads through the top of the highest hill in Hartland, where racers will get an incredible view of Vermont and New Hampshire. From about mile 40 to mile 46.5, racers will have a nice snowmobile trail over rolling, mostly downhill terrain, before hooking onto the cross country ski trail system at Mt. Ascutney for the last 4 miles.

Note, the following are the approximate mileages:

Type

Distance

Dirt roads

21.6 miles

Single and double track

28.4 miles

Tar roads

almost none!

2006 Course Profile:

Course records:

Mountain Bike

4:15:00

50 Mile Runner

6:53:48

 

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TRAILS ARE OPEN ONLY FOR THE RACE. PLEASE RESPECT THE LAND OWNERS!

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Trails

Race Sponsors

Ascutney Mt. Resort

Bell

Ben and Jerry's of Hanover, NH

Bike Vermont

Cannondale

Hammer Gel

Harpoon Brewery

Ibex

La Sportiva

Men's Journal

Muzino/USA

Omer and Bob's Sport Shop

Sector Watches

Skunk Hollow Tavern

The Stronghouse Spa