Cascade Cream Puff

2008 Update 6-26-08

DOWNLOAD AND CARRY THE COURSE DIRECTIONS WITH YOU! THERE IS FOUL PLAY ABOUT!

Never before in the history of the Cascade Cream Puff has anyone every changed course markings during the event...and hopefully it won't happen this year either. With that said...someone did change the course markings this past weekend. We make every attempt at keeping you informed of the correct directions to go. You must also pay attention to the roads and trails you are on. We will be checking the course markings before, during and after the race. Please, please, please carry these directions with you at all times while you are on the course whether pre-riding or racing. Some of the locations are remote in relation to the start of the event. If you have a GPS it would also be good to have it with you. Maps and GPS data are available on-line at the the TopoFusion.com website http://topofusion.com/race.php. The Middle Fork Ranger District is the best local map for the area. I will have them available at race registration for $5.00 cash.

The Cascade Cream Puff mountain bike race will begin at the beginning of road 19 (located in Westfir, Oregon at the Red Covered Bridge). Race start time 5:15am. Mountain bike racers will be led out by a lead motor vehicle, as a neutral start (slow start to protect racers from injury), North on road 19. Once it is determined it is safe for the racers/riders the lead motor vehicle will pull away from the race peliton and proceed to the intersection of road 19 and road 1910 where the occupants of the vehicle will provide traffic control until all racers/riders have past by the intersection. There will also be a follow vehicle until racers/riders have all past intersection of roads 19 and 1910. Signage will be placed at the intersection of roads 19 and 1910 informing other users of a bicycle event in progress.
Riders will proceed up road 1910 (North) to the intersection of road 1911 (approximately 8 miles) to the location of Aid Station #2. Riders turn Left onto road 1911 (West) and follow the road (approximately ¼ mile) to the intersection with the Alpine Trail (#3450).
Turn Left onto Alpine Trail and follow it to the intersection of the Tire Mountain Trail (#3485), (approximately 1 ½ miles).
Turn Right onto the Tire Mountain Trail and follow it (Northwest) until the bottom end of the trail at the intersection with road 5824 (approximately 6 miles). (Road 5824 will be used as an evacuation route in the event of an emergency.)
Continue (Northwest) by turning Right onto the Winberry Divide Trail (#3476) located at the intersections of road 5824, and the Tire Mountain Trail. Riders follow the Winberry Divide Trail to its conclusion at the intersection with road 5823 (Another possible evacuation route in the event of an emergency, only accessible by vehicle until approximately 2 miles from the bottom of the road where it intersects with road 5821 secondary to a landslide.) Road 120 located off road 5823 may also be used as an evacuation route in the event of an emergency. Road 120 parallels the Winberry Divide Trail for a good portion of the trail, providing several access points for evacuation.
Continue (Northwest) on road 5823 (approximately 100 yards) to the intersection of the Eugene to Pacific Crest Trail (aka: Northshore Tie trail) (#3559).
Continue (Northwest) onto the Eugene to Pacific Crest Trail (aka Northshore Tie Trail) (#3559) (for approximately ½ mile) to the intersection of trails #3559 and the relatively new trail (# and name unknown: we call this the Winberry Tie Trail ) The trail travels downhill (North) to the intersection with road 100 (located just above Winberry Creek).
Turn Right onto (# unknown) the Winberry Tie Trail and follow it (North) to its conclusion at the intersection with road 100 (approximately 2 ½ miles).
Turn Right (Southeast) on road 150 travel approx seven miles to road 151.
Continue Straight (North) on road 151 follow it approx three miles to intersection with road 1802.
Turn Right (Northeast) on road 1802 (You will pass Aid Station #4 in about one mile.) follow it approx seven miles to intersection with road 1911 and 1912.
Turn Right (Southwest) on road 1911 follow it back to Aid Station #2 approx 0.3 miles.
Turn Right (Southwest) (continue on road 1911) follow it approx 0.3 miles to intersection with the Alpine Trail.
Turn Left (West) onto the Alpine Trail.
Turn Right (Northwest) onto the Tire Mountain Trail.
Repeat Tire Mountain, Winberry Divide, Northshore Tie (aka: Eugene to Crest trail), and Winberry Tie trails. Also repeat roads 150, 151, 1802, and 1911 past Aid Stations #3 and #4 back to Aid Station #2.
Turn Right (West) and continue on road 1911 to the intersection of the Alpine Trail (#3450) (approximately ¼ mile).
Turn Left (West) onto the Alpine Trail (#3450) and follow it (approximately 8 miles) to it’s intersection with the Westfir Tie Trail (# unknown). Riders will cross over several roads along the way to the intersection with the Westfir Tie Trail: road 683, road 5828, road 013, road 5828 (again), road 580, and road 576.
Turn Left (East) onto the Westfir Tie Trail (# unknown) and follow it (approximately 1 mile) to the intersection of road 202.
Turn Right (East) onto road 202 and follow it to it’s end at the Westfir Portal (Red Covered Bridge Park). This is the location of Aid Station #1.Aid Station #1 will have all the amenities of Aid Station #2 plus a fire truck and/or ambulance on site. This Aid Station is located on City of Westfir property.
Riders will then go back (Northeast) on road 202 to the intersection of the North Fork Trail (#3666).
Turn Right onto the North Fork Trail (#3666) and follow (approximately 4 miles) it to it’s intersection with road 1910.
Riders continue (North) on road 1910, climbing it (for approximately 8 miles) for the second time of the day to intersection of road 1911.
Turn Left on road 1911 then continue down the Alpine trail for their final descent back to the Red Covered Bridge in Westfir.
Finish at the park.

Map attached.

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If you get to Westfir early in the week you can pick up the Middle Fork Ranger District Map at the Middle Fork Ranger Station 1/2 from the Westridge School (staging area for the CCP).

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Everything else is going great! The trails are riding perfectly! We're all getting excited about the upcoming events! This will be another awsome CCP! You have chosen a good year to come. I think this is my favorite course of all so far, since 1995.

The weather forcast is for a high of 96 on race day . Take and drink plenty of fluids. Dip your head in a creek or two, or three, or four, or.... You may still see some snow on the course. What a year!

You will pass Aid Stations NINE TIMES during the race! The aid stations will be well stocked with many food choices, Gu and Gu2o You will pass Aid Station #2 FOUR TIMES during the race. You will pass Aid Stations #3 and #4 TWO TIMES during the race. You will only go by Aid Station #1 ONE TIME before finishing at Aid Station #1.

Drop bags will be transported to any or all Aid Stations on Saturday night after 6:30pm.
Have your drop bags ready after dinner Saturday night, drop them off in the gym at marked locations: Aid Stations 1-4.

There are still a few spots left if any of your friends have been hoping to get in to this years race! Have them email me at [email protected] .

See ya Friday or Saturday.

scott

Here's the latest as of May 12th, 2008: the course is yet to be determined, there is still a lot of snow in the mountains, including last years course! This is the most snow we have had in the past 50 years! Attached are maps from last year. Do not count on them as this years course. We can't even get to Aid Station #2 yet! But don't panic...we will still have another awesome CCP this year! We will still have a large percentage of Single Track (we just don't know where yet!) We will be back at the school, same as last year. Activities will be similar to last year. www.cascadecreampuff.com

Cascade Cream Puff aka CCP Schedule of Events, June 2008

It’s rushing up on us…it’s just around the next corner…we’re almost there…Cascade Cream Puff or bust!
Welcome back, if you’re returning to the fraternity/family of Puffers or welcome, if this is your first Puff.

Come early, stay late! Official activities start on Friday, June 27th and end Monday, June 30th . The course will be marked beginning Sunday, June 15th (If we can get through the snow!!!) ; follow the ORANGE & BLACK striped ribbon. If there are multiple strips of ribbon hanging on one side or the other of a road/and or trail it means you are going to be turning that direction at the intersection. There are also ORANGE & WHITE KONA directional arrows to follow; international course marking standards apply. Do not go where the FLUORESCENT PINK ribbon is. The FLUORESCENT PINK ribbon indicates you are going the wrong way or Danger Ahead! RED X also indicates you are going the wrong way! Come and pre-ride (or ski) the course. Please be careful, and be careful not to skid. “It’s about the trails and community.”

You can pick up any last minute supplies at the Willamette Mountain Mercantile http://www.mtnmercantile.com/, a sponsor of the CCP (It’s a mountain bike shop, among other things). The shop is located at 48080 Hwy 58; Oakridge, Oregon. Shop phone: (541) 782-1800. The Willamette Mountain Mercantile located across the street from Ray’s, the only grocery store in Oakridge, by the only traffic light in town. You can also pick up maps of the local area (course to be determined) at the mercantile.

All services listed below are included with your paid registration. Family and friends can purchase dinner meals for $10 per meal, and $5 for Sunday breakfast. Bring cash (non-sequential small unmarked bills please).

ABSOLUTELY NO ALCOHOL, DRUGS, OR TOBACCO ON SCHOOL GROUNDS!!!
Use of the School is by special use permit. We are privileged to have use of these premises!
Do not endanger our permitted use of the school. It’s a luxury.

Most staging activities will be held at the Westridge School located off Hwy 58 on Westfir road. Activities and services include: camping (no fires), bathrooms, showers, registration pick up (Friday night 8-9 PM) & (Saturday 11 AM through 3 PM), mandatory pre-race meeting and rafflle (Saturday 4 PM), Saturday dinner (5 PM), Sunday breakfast (4-4:45 AM), Sunday dinner (4-9 PM), massages Sunday (3-9 PM).

Awards ceremony Sunday (8:30 PM) near Red Covered Bridge at race finish, group picture, near Red Covered Bridge, Sunday (9 PM).

Camping ends Monday (12 PM).

Directions to Westridge School:
If traveling east on Hwy 58 turn left to Westfir onto Westfir Road, across from the Middle Fork Ranger Station, just past milepost 31 (green background sign for Huckleberry Flats OHV area precedes the turn). Continue O.2 miles on Westfir Road to first left turn into parking lot of Westridge School. You’re there!
If traveling west on Hwy 58 drive through the town of Oakridge. Turn right to Westfir onto Westfir Road, across from the Middle Fork Ranger Station, past milepost 32 (green background sign for Huckleberry Flats OHV area precedes the turn). Continue 0.2 miles on Westfir Road to first left turn into parking lot of Westfir School. You’re there!

Directions to the race course:
From Westridge School turn left onto Westfir Road travel 0.2 miles (across Green Steel Bridge-Willamette River) to Oakridge/Westfir Road. Turn left onto Oakridge/Westfir Road. Travel 2.0 miles to Red Covered Bridge aka “Office Bridge”. Turn left and cross through the Red Covered Bridge (over the North Fork of the Willamette River) to the Westfir Portal (it looks like a park). Continue past the gate (by the bathrooms and drinking fountain) and under the railroad tracks to the beginning of the North Fork Trail. You are there. Eat, drink, and be merry!

Friday, June 27th , 2008:
10 AM camping begins at the Westridge School located at 46433 Westfir Road; Westfir, Oregon.
I hope to have the showers available in the evening. You are on your own for meals, etc.
Pre-ride course at your leisure. Take a map. Eat, drink, and be merry! Have fun! Wash off with Tecnu (provided by one of our sponsors: Tec Labs http://www.teclabsinc.com/ ) after ride!

Saturday, June 28th:
You are on your own for breakfast and lunch. I personally like the Trailhead Coffee House http://www.trailheadcoffee.com/ (a sponsor of the CCP, and they serve micro brews!), Manning’s Café, Mazatlan Mexican restaurant (behind the Dairy Queen, and a sponsor of CCP), Big Mountain Pizza (a sponsor of CCP, and they have a bar), and McGillicuddy’s. Other choices in town include: the Sportsman (has a bar), Subway (a sponsor of CCP), Dairy Queen, A&W, & McDonald’s.
11 AM - 3 PM: registration pick up, showers available during afternoon and evening (Tecnu in shower rooms),
4 PM: RAFFLE and MANDATORY RIDERS MEETING, in cafeteria (Be on time for cool raffle stuff),
5:00-5:30 PM ish dinner,
6:30: drop your self supporting drop bags off for Aid Stations 1, 2, and 3. (Leave your personal items to be dropped off at Aid Stations.)
8 PM ish: Shhhhhhhhhhhh…………..Quiet time!

Sunday, June 29th:
4 AM: breakfast served in cafeteria,
4:30 AM: last chance for drop of self supporting drop bags,
5 AM: MANDATORY CHECK IN, at Red Covered Bridge IN WESTFIR! Go to the BRIGHT LIGHT.
5:15 AM: race starts, at Red Covered Bridge in Westfir.

AID STATIONS:

During the race there will be multiple Aid Stations spaced approximatley 1 to 1 1/2 hours apart from each other (number of Aid Stations yet to be determined, because course is yet to be determined). All Aid Stations will be stocked with multiple choices of food including (but not limited to): water melons, bananas, sandwiches, Gu & Gu2o (sponsored by Gu & Gu2o) http://www.gusports.com/welcome.htm (passed up in prefilled water bottles), and other assorted goodies! Water will also be passed up in prefilled H2o bottles. The Aid Stations will be continually staffed during the race. You can leave drop bags at the registration area, we will be transport your drop bags to the Aid Stations of your choice (yet to be determined). We have heard it said many times that we provide the best support and Aid Stations of any event anywhere! We strive to be the best! You will be taken care of. Don't worry be happy!

Please don't bother us with detailed questions about what will be at the Aid Stations. If you want or need specialty foods (and or supplies) I suggest you bring them yourself. We will transport your drop bags for you. Enough said.

There will be medical personnel and 1st aid at the Aid Stations. Please ask for help if you need it! We want you to be healthy and safe.

The Aid Stations are there for you.

5:30 AM: shuttle service to Aid Station #2 begins (for volunteers and spectators), shuttles to run approximately every hour, no automobile traffic on Forest Service Road 1910 during race! Access to Aid Station #2 is via FS Road 1912 (If not covered in snow!).
Anytime: YOU MUST CHECK IN AT AID STATION #1 IF YOU WITHDRAW FROM THE RACE! We want to make sure you are safe!
1-8:30: pick up your finisher hat at Aid Station #1 at finish line!
2-10 PM: showers open. Make sure to wash the Poison Oak off with Tecnu! (Tec Labs http://www.teclabsinc.com/ a sponsor of the CCP),
3-9 PM: go get a massage, you’ve earned it! Massages will not be given unless you have showered off the P.O. USE THE TECNU!
4-9 PM: dinner served (at race finish) at the Red Covered Bridge.
8:30 PM: awards ceremony (at race finish) at the Red Covered Bridge.
9 PM ish: group picture, you’re part of the history; let’s make sure you get photo credit.
9:30 PM: anyone up for a night ride? You may be alone.

It’s my strong suggestion that you spend the night, then drive home on Monday!

Monday, June 30th:
You’re on your own for breakfast. I’ll probably eat out at one of the local restaurants; anyone want to join me?
12 PM: check out from Westridge School, drive home or check out one of the local campgrounds.
1 PM till the cows come home…..course clearing and clean up begins…everyone’s welcome to join me! Good times!

ABSOLUTELY NO ALCOHOL, DRUGS, OR TOBACCO ON SCHOOL GROUNDS!!!
Use of the School is by special use permit. We are privileged to have use of these premises!
Do not endanger our permitted use of the school. It’s a luxury.

scott a. taylor
Race Director

Directions to Cascade Cream Puff
Race Registration/Camping
From Eugene, OR and points North
Total driving time from Eugene is about 50 minutes
• I-5 South to Exit 188A - merge onto OR-58/Willamette Hwy
toward Oakridge/Klamath Falls.
• Travel 31 miles on OR-58 to next junction.
• Turn Left at Westfir Rd.
The Intersection is across
from the Middle Fork Ranger
Station. There are signs for
Huckleberry Flats OHV area
preceding the intersection.
• Travel 0.2 miles to the first
driveway on your left.
Arrive at:
Westridge Middle School
46433 Westfir Road
Westfir, OR 97492
From Roseburg, OR and points South
Total driving time from Roseburg is about 1 hour and 45 minutes
• I-5 North to Exit 188A - merge onto OR-58/Willamette Hwy
toward Oakridge/Klamath Falls.
• Travel 31 miles on OR-58 to next junction.
• Turn Left at Westfir Rd.
The Intersection is across
from the Middle Fork Ranger
Station. There are signs for
Huckleberry Flats OHV area
preceding the intersection.
• Travel 0.2 miles to the first
driveway on your left.
Arrive at:
Westridge Middle School
46433 Westfir Road
Westfir, OR 97492
From Bend, OR and points East
Total driving time from Bend is about 2 hours and 10 minutes
• Highway 97 South towards Klamath Falls – 46 miles
• Turn Right at Crescent Cutoff Road – 12 miles
• Travel 41.5 miles (through Oakridge) on OR-58 to next junction.
• Turn Right at Westfir Rd.
The Intersection is across
from the Middle Fork Ranger
Station. There are signs for
Huckleberry Flats OHV area
preceding the intersection.
• Travel 0.2 miles to the first
driveway on your left.
Arrive at:
Westridge Middle School
46433 Westfir Road
Westfir, OR 97492
Directions to Cascade Cream Puff
Race Staging
From Race Registration
Total riding time from registration is about 5 minutes
• Take Westfir Road across the green bridge.
• Turn Left at the Bridge towards Westfir.
• Travel approx 1 mile to four way intersection with a large Red Covered
Bridge.
• There is water and bathrooms across the bridge and access to
the North Fork portion of the course.
• Race staging will be at the intersection and not in the trail
access portal across the bridge.

[email protected]

Please do not respond to this unless you absolutely have to...I'm very busy with last minute details! Things are coming together nicely. It will be another awesome year at the CCP!


	2008 Update 6-26-08 DOWNLOAD AND CARRY THE COURSE DIRECTIONS WITH YOU! THERE IS FOUL PLAY ABOUT! Never before in the history of the Cascade Cream Puff has anyone every changed course markings during the event...and hopefully it won't happen this year either. With that said...someone did change the course markings this past weekend. We make every attempt at keeping you informed of the correct directions to go. You must also pay attention to the roads and trails you are on. We will be checking the course markings before, during and after the race. Please, please, please carry these directions with you at all times while you are on the course whether pre-riding or racing. Some of the locations are remote in relation to the start of the event. If you have a GPS it would also be good to have it with you. Maps and GPS data are available on-line at the the TopoFusion.com website http://topofusion.com/race.php. The Middle Fork Ranger District is the best local map for the area. I will have them available at race registration for $5.00 cash. The Cascade Cream Puff mountain bike race will begin at the beginning of road 19 (located in Westfir, Oregon at the Red Covered Bridge). Race start time 5:15am. Mountain bike racers will be led out by a lead motor vehicle, as a neutral start (slow start to protect racers from injury), North on road 19. Once it is determined it is safe for the racers/riders the lead motor vehicle will pull away from the race peliton and proceed to the intersection of road 19 and road 1910 where the occupants of the vehicle will provide traffic control until all racers/riders have past by the intersection. There will also be a follow vehicle until racers/riders have all past intersection of roads 19 and 1910. Signage will be placed at the intersection of roads 19 and 1910 informing other users of a bicycle event in progress. Riders will proceed up road 1910 (North) to the intersection of road 1911 (approximately 8 miles) to the location of Aid Station #2. Riders turn Left onto road 1911 (West) and follow the road (approximately ¼ mile) to the intersection with the Alpine Trail (#3450). Turn Left onto Alpine Trail and follow it to the intersection of the Tire Mountain Trail (#3485), (approximately 1 ½ miles). Turn Right onto the Tire Mountain Trail and follow it (Northwest) until the bottom end of the trail at the intersection with road 5824 (approximately 6 miles). (Road 5824 will be used as an evacuation route in the event of an emergency.) Continue (Northwest) by turning Right onto the Winberry Divide Trail (#3476) located at the intersections of road 5824, and the Tire Mountain Trail. Riders follow the Winberry Divide Trail to its conclusion at the intersection with road 5823 (Another possible evacuation route in the event of an emergency, only accessible by vehicle until approximately 2 miles from the bottom of the road where it intersects with road 5821 secondary to a landslide.) Road 120 located off road 5823 may also be used as an evacuation route in the event of an emergency. Road 120 parallels the Winberry Divide Trail for a good portion of the trail, providing several access points for evacuation. Continue (Northwest) on road 5823 (approximately 100 yards) to the intersection of the Eugene to Pacific Crest Trail (aka: Northshore Tie trail) (#3559). Continue (Northwest) onto the Eugene to Pacific Crest Trail (aka Northshore Tie Trail) (#3559) (for approximately ½ mile) to the intersection of trails #3559 and the relatively new trail (# and name unknown: we call this the Winberry Tie Trail ) The trail travels downhill (North) to the intersection with road 100 (located just above Winberry Creek). Turn Right onto (# unknown) the Winberry Tie Trail and follow it (North) to its conclusion at the intersection with road 100 (approximately 2 ½ miles). Turn Right (Southeast) on road 150 travel approx seven miles to road 151. Continue Straight (North) on road 151 follow it approx three miles to intersection with road 1802. Turn Right (Northeast) on road 1802 (You will pass Aid Station #4 in about one mile.) follow it approx seven miles to intersection with road 1911 and 1912. Turn Right (Southwest) on road 1911 follow it back to Aid Station #2 approx 0.3 miles. Turn Right (Southwest) (continue on road 1911) follow it approx 0.3 miles to intersection with the Alpine Trail. Turn Left (West) onto the Alpine Trail. Turn Right (Northwest) onto the Tire Mountain Trail. Repeat Tire Mountain, Winberry Divide, Northshore Tie (aka: Eugene to Crest trail), and Winberry Tie trails. Also repeat roads 150, 151, 1802, and 1911 past Aid Stations #3 and #4 back to Aid Station #2. Turn Right (West) and continue on road 1911 to the intersection of the Alpine Trail (#3450) (approximately ¼ mile). Turn Left (West) onto the Alpine Trail (#3450) and follow it (approximately 8 miles) to it’s intersection with the Westfir Tie Trail (# unknown). Riders will cross over several roads along the way to the intersection with the Westfir Tie Trail: road 683, road 5828, road 013, road 5828 (again), road 580, and road 576. Turn Left (East) onto the Westfir Tie Trail (# unknown) and follow it (approximately 1 mile) to the intersection of road 202. Turn Right (East) onto road 202 and follow it to it’s end at the Westfir Portal (Red Covered Bridge Park). This is the location of Aid Station #1.Aid Station #1 will have all the amenities of Aid Station #2 plus a fire truck and/or ambulance on site. This Aid Station is located on City of Westfir property. Riders will then go back (Northeast) on road 202 to the intersection of the North Fork Trail (#3666). Turn Right onto the North Fork Trail (#3666) and follow (approximately 4 miles) it to it’s intersection with road 1910. Riders continue (North) on road 1910, climbing it (for approximately 8 miles) for the second time of the day to intersection of road 1911. Turn Left on road 1911 then continue down the Alpine trail for their final descent back to the Red Covered Bridge in Westfir. Finish at the park. Map attached. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you get to Westfir early in the week you can pick up the Middle Fork Ranger District Map at the Middle Fork Ranger Station 1/2 from the Westridge School (staging area for the CCP). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Everything else is going great! The trails are riding perfectly! We're all getting excited about the upcoming events! This will be another awsome CCP! You have chosen a good year to come. I think this is my favorite course of all so far, since 1995. The weather forcast is for a high of 96 on race day . Take and drink plenty of fluids. Dip your head in a creek or two, or three, or four, or.... You may still see some snow on the course. What a year! You will pass Aid Stations NINE TIMES during the race! The aid stations will be well stocked with many food choices, Gu and Gu2o You will pass Aid Station #2 FOUR TIMES during the race. You will pass Aid Stations #3 and #4 TWO TIMES during the race. You will only go by Aid Station #1 ONE TIME before finishing at Aid Station #1. Drop bags will be transported to any or all Aid Stations on Saturday night after 6:30pm. Have your drop bags ready after dinner Saturday night, drop them off in the gym at marked locations: Aid Stations 1-4. There are still a few spots left if any of your friends have been hoping to get in to this years race! Have them email me at [email protected] . See ya Friday or Saturday. scott Here's the latest as of May 12th, 2008: the course is yet to be determined, there is still a lot of snow in the mountains, including last years course! This is the most snow we have had in the past 50 years! Attached are maps from last year. Do not count on them as this years course. We can't even get to Aid Station #2 yet! But don't panic...we will still have another awesome CCP this year! We will still have a large percentage of Single Track (we just don't know where yet!) We will be back at the school, same as last year. Activities will be similar to last year. www.cascadecreampuff.com Cascade Cream Puff aka CCP Schedule of Events, June 2008 It’s rushing up on us…it’s just around the next corner…we’re almost there…Cascade Cream Puff or bust! Welcome back, if you’re returning to the fraternity/family of Puffers or welcome, if this is your first Puff. Come early, stay late! Official activities start on Friday, June 27th and end Monday, June 30th . The course will be marked beginning Sunday, June 15th (If we can get through the snow!!!) ; follow the ORANGE & BLACK striped ribbon. If there are multiple strips of ribbon hanging on one side or the other of a road/and or trail it means you are going to be turning that direction at the intersection. There are also ORANGE & WHITE KONA directional arrows to follow; international course marking standards apply. Do not go where the FLUORESCENT PINK ribbon is. The FLUORESCENT PINK ribbon indicates you are going the wrong way or Danger Ahead! RED X also indicates you are going the wrong way! Come and pre-ride (or ski) the course. Please be careful, and be careful not to skid. “It’s about the trails and community.” You can pick up any last minute supplies at the Willamette Mountain Mercantile http://www.mtnmercantile.com/, a sponsor of the CCP (It’s a mountain bike shop, among other things). The shop is located at 48080 Hwy 58; Oakridge, Oregon. Shop phone: (541) 782-1800. The Willamette Mountain Mercantile located across the street from Ray’s, the only grocery store in Oakridge, by the only traffic light in town. You can also pick up maps of the local area (course to be determined) at the mercantile. All services listed below are included with your paid registration. Family and friends can purchase dinner meals for $10 per meal, and $5 for Sunday breakfast. Bring cash (non-sequential small unmarked bills please). ABSOLUTELY NO ALCOHOL, DRUGS, OR TOBACCO ON SCHOOL GROUNDS!!! Use of the School is by special use permit. We are privileged to have use of these premises! Do not endanger our permitted use of the school. It’s a luxury. Most staging activities will be held at the Westridge School located off Hwy 58 on Westfir road. Activities and services include: camping (no fires), bathrooms, showers, registration pick up (Friday night 8-9 PM) & (Saturday 11 AM through 3 PM), mandatory pre-race meeting and rafflle (Saturday 4 PM), Saturday dinner (5 PM), Sunday breakfast (4-4:45 AM), Sunday dinner (4-9 PM), massages Sunday (3-9 PM). Awards ceremony Sunday (8:30 PM) near Red Covered Bridge at race finish, group picture, near Red Covered Bridge, Sunday (9 PM). Camping ends Monday (12 PM). Directions to Westridge School: If traveling east on Hwy 58 turn left to Westfir onto Westfir Road, across from the Middle Fork Ranger Station, just past milepost 31 (green background sign for Huckleberry Flats OHV area precedes the turn). Continue O.2 miles on Westfir Road to first left turn into parking lot of Westridge School. You’re there! If traveling west on Hwy 58 drive through the town of Oakridge. Turn right to Westfir onto Westfir Road, across from the Middle Fork Ranger Station, past milepost 32 (green background sign for Huckleberry Flats OHV area precedes the turn). Continue 0.2 miles on Westfir Road to first left turn into parking lot of Westfir School. You’re there! Directions to the race course: From Westridge School turn left onto Westfir Road travel 0.2 miles (across Green Steel Bridge-Willamette River) to Oakridge/Westfir Road. Turn left onto Oakridge/Westfir Road. Travel 2.0 miles to Red Covered Bridge aka “Office Bridge”. Turn left and cross through the Red Covered Bridge (over the North Fork of the Willamette River) to the Westfir Portal (it looks like a park). Continue past the gate (by the bathrooms and drinking fountain) and under the railroad tracks to the beginning of the North Fork Trail. You are there. Eat, drink, and be merry! Friday, June 27th , 2008: 10 AM camping begins at the Westridge School located at 46433 Westfir Road; Westfir, Oregon. I hope to have the showers available in the evening. You are on your own for meals, etc. Pre-ride course at your leisure. Take a map. Eat, drink, and be merry! Have fun! Wash off with Tecnu (provided by one of our sponsors: Tec Labs http://www.teclabsinc.com/ ) after ride! Saturday, June 28th: You are on your own for breakfast and lunch. I personally like the Trailhead Coffee House http://www.trailheadcoffee.com/ (a sponsor of the CCP, and they serve micro brews!), Manning’s Café, Mazatlan Mexican restaurant (behind the Dairy Queen, and a sponsor of CCP), Big Mountain Pizza (a sponsor of CCP, and they have a bar), and McGillicuddy’s. Other choices in town include: the Sportsman (has a bar), Subway (a sponsor of CCP), Dairy Queen, A&W, & McDonald’s. 11 AM - 3 PM: registration pick up, showers available during afternoon and evening (Tecnu in shower rooms), 4 PM: RAFFLE and MANDATORY RIDERS MEETING, in cafeteria (Be on time for cool raffle stuff), 5:00-5:30 PM ish dinner, 6:30: drop your self supporting drop bags off for Aid Stations 1, 2, and 3. (Leave your personal items to be dropped off at Aid Stations.) 8 PM ish: Shhhhhhhhhhhh…………..Quiet time! Sunday, June 29th: 4 AM: breakfast served in cafeteria, 4:30 AM: last chance for drop of self supporting drop bags, 5 AM: MANDATORY CHECK IN, at Red Covered Bridge IN WESTFIR! Go to the BRIGHT LIGHT. 5:15 AM: race starts, at Red Covered Bridge in Westfir. AID STATIONS: During the race there will be multiple Aid Stations spaced approximatley 1 to 1 1/2 hours apart from each other (number of Aid Stations yet to be determined, because course is yet to be determined). All Aid Stations will be stocked with multiple choices of food including (but not limited to): water melons, bananas, sandwiches, Gu & Gu2o (sponsored by Gu & Gu2o) http://www.gusports.com/welcome.htm (passed up in prefilled water bottles), and other assorted goodies! Water will also be passed up in prefilled H2o bottles. The Aid Stations will be continually staffed during the race. You can leave drop bags at the registration area, we will be transport your drop bags to the Aid Stations of your choice (yet to be determined). We have heard it said many times that we provide the best support and Aid Stations of any event anywhere! We strive to be the best! You will be taken care of. Don't worry be happy! Please don't bother us with detailed questions about what will be at the Aid Stations. If you want or need specialty foods (and or supplies) I suggest you bring them yourself. We will transport your drop bags for you. Enough said. There will be medical personnel and 1st aid at the Aid Stations. Please ask for help if you need it! We want you to be healthy and safe. The Aid Stations are there for you. 5:30 AM: shuttle service to Aid Station #2 begins (for volunteers and spectators), shuttles to run approximately every hour, no automobile traffic on Forest Service Road 1910 during race! Access to Aid Station #2 is via FS Road 1912 (If not covered in snow!). Anytime: YOU MUST CHECK IN AT AID STATION #1 IF YOU WITHDRAW FROM THE RACE! We want to make sure you are safe! 1-8:30: pick up your finisher hat at Aid Station #1 at finish line! 2-10 PM: showers open. Make sure to wash the Poison Oak off with Tecnu! (Tec Labs http://www.teclabsinc.com/ a sponsor of the CCP), 3-9 PM: go get a massage, you’ve earned it! Massages will not be given unless you have showered off the P.O. USE THE TECNU! 4-9 PM: dinner served (at race finish) at the Red Covered Bridge. 8:30 PM: awards ceremony (at race finish) at the Red Covered Bridge. 9 PM ish: group picture, you’re part of the history; let’s make sure you get photo credit. 9:30 PM: anyone up for a night ride? You may be alone. It’s my strong suggestion that you spend the night, then drive home on Monday! Monday, June 30th: You’re on your own for breakfast. I’ll probably eat out at one of the local restaurants; anyone want to join me? 12 PM: check out from Westridge School, drive home or check out one of the local campgrounds. 1 PM till the cows come home…..course clearing and clean up begins…everyone’s welcome to join me! Good times! ABSOLUTELY NO ALCOHOL, DRUGS, OR TOBACCO ON SCHOOL GROUNDS!!! Use of the School is by special use permit. We are privileged to have use of these premises! Do not endanger our permitted use of the school. It’s a luxury. scott a. taylor Race Director Directions to Cascade Cream Puff Race Registration/Camping From Eugene, OR and points North Total driving time from Eugene is about 50 minutes • I-5 South to Exit 188A - merge onto OR-58/Willamette Hwy toward Oakridge/Klamath Falls. • Travel 31 miles on OR-58 to next junction. • Turn Left at Westfir Rd. The Intersection is across from the Middle Fork Ranger Station. There are signs for Huckleberry Flats OHV area preceding the intersection. • Travel 0.2 miles to the first driveway on your left. Arrive at: Westridge Middle School 46433 Westfir Road Westfir, OR 97492 From Roseburg, OR and points South Total driving time from Roseburg is about 1 hour and 45 minutes • I-5 North to Exit 188A - merge onto OR-58/Willamette Hwy toward Oakridge/Klamath Falls. • Travel 31 miles on OR-58 to next junction. • Turn Left at Westfir Rd. The Intersection is across from the Middle Fork Ranger Station. There are signs for Huckleberry Flats OHV area preceding the intersection. • Travel 0.2 miles to the first driveway on your left. Arrive at: Westridge Middle School 46433 Westfir Road Westfir, OR 97492 From Bend, OR and points East Total driving time from Bend is about 2 hours and 10 minutes • Highway 97 South towards Klamath Falls – 46 miles • Turn Right at Crescent Cutoff Road – 12 miles • Travel 41.5 miles (through Oakridge) on OR-58 to next junction. • Turn Right at Westfir Rd. The Intersection is across from the Middle Fork Ranger Station. There are signs for Huckleberry Flats OHV area preceding the intersection. • Travel 0.2 miles to the first driveway on your left. Arrive at: Westridge Middle School 46433 Westfir Road Westfir, OR 97492 Directions to Cascade Cream Puff Race Staging From Race Registration Total riding time from registration is about 5 minutes • Take Westfir Road across the green bridge. • Turn Left at the Bridge towards Westfir. • Travel approx 1 mile to four way intersection with a large Red Covered Bridge. • There is water and bathrooms across the bridge and access to the North Fork portion of the course. • Race staging will be at the intersection and not in the trail access portal across the bridge. [email protected] Please do not respond to this unless you absolutely have to...I'm very busy with last minute details! Things are coming together nicely. It will be another awesome year at the CCP!