SWIM WAVES: You'll be ranked by swim and mountain bike ability to help group you will similar ability levels out on the course!

Bike: The trail system was desgined back in the day with one sole purpose, great mountain biking!  It's a network of single-track trails, with some double track and conecting jeep roads that are rideable by the beginner, but will challenge the veterans at higher speeds. The course starts at an elevation of 8,050 feet and drops down Buffalo Plunge to 7,400 feet in the first three miles on a jeep road.  The bike course then enters onto the trail system and gradually climbs to just over 8,200 feet, then rolls, up and down for the next eight miles.  The single-track opens up in places for ample passing. There's a fun downhill from Buffalo Gap to 7,200ft, followed by more rolling terrain on some fun single-track.  Save some gas though as there's one final climb back up to the lake, that same climb you bombed down at the beginning of the ride!  Overall it's a course that has so much variety you'll be talking about your experience with friends for hours afterwards.  Pre-riding highly encouraged to understand how the course flows and where the aid stations are located.

Run: The 5m run course will take athletes on the trails and jeep roads around Lake Wellington for a fun and challenging trip!  The run course starts out with the largest climb on this loop, but fear not, if you've done XTERRA Lory this climb pales in comparison.  The single track then takes athletes down to a waterfall at the 1.5m mark.  The course continues to flow on some gradual rollers through the forest, before finishing with a fast jeep road section that will take athletes through the finish chute by transition.

- Take I-70 W toward Grand Jct