REQUIREMENTS:
All contestants must carry these items:
* Stove & fuel (wind screen recommended)
* Container for boiling 8 oz of water
* Two raw eggs in shells & unbroken (cooking utensil & container for
eggs recommended
* Sleeping bag
* Matches or lighter
* Ski area map for anywhere you have skied
Either skis or snowshoes are allowed, but contestants must do the entire course with the same gear. Since this is a classic race, skating will not be allowed.
Two check-ins required:
1. Tennessee Mtn. Cabin where you boil 8 oz of water (water provided by judges)
2. At the top of Twin Twisted Tree, where you dig a snow pit and lay in it in
your sleeping bag (shovels provided).
Telemark turns down the homestretch on Ho-Hum gain time deductions.Back at the Nordic Center, fry two eggs and eat them. Time stops when eggs are consumed.
Approximate distance is 10km on "skied in", not groomed, trails.
TIME DEDUCTIONS (this is not a complete or accurate list of the time deductions,
which are very arbitrary and up to the judges)
2 min for the oldest skis or snowshoes (must be over 20 yrs old)
2 min for genuine wooden skis or snowshoes
2 min for person with ski area map from farthest away place you have skied
2 min for wearing a costume
30 sec for completing course wearing a silly hat
15 sec for each telemark turn completed on Ho Hum (up to 20 turns)
Additional awards for most original costume, most creative egg cooking, and anything else the judges deem noteworthy. Bribing of the judges is expected and encouraged.
Entry Fee: Eldora Nordic ski pass is mandatory ($15) plus a potluck prize of $5 value or more. If you have an Eldora Season Pass it is sufficient to enter this race, as well.
Race course description:
Start at Nordic Center
1. Take Dixie (or any route of your choice) to Rising Sun
2. Rising Sun to Robb's Shortcut (this is a 4-way intersection, go left) which
goes to Tennessee Mtn Cabin
3. Take the road in front of the cabin through the meadow back to the 4-way
intersection mentioned above, go left on Rising Sun.
4. Rising Sun to Setting Sun
5. Setting Sun to Siding (most difficult route finding section here). Go left
on Siding for less than 50 yards.
6. Right on Twin Twisted Tree
7. Twin Twisted Tree to snowpit area near old cabin
8. Twin Twisted Tree to 4-way intersection -- go straight (it really turns to
the right here, but not as sharp as the other trail), which is 17th Avenue
9. Hard left on Cheaters Corner (this is unmarked by any trail signs and the
most missed turn in the race. It actually isn't Cheaters Corner, but an unamed
service road. It hits the Eldora alpine ski area near the top of the beginner
chairlift).
10. Right side of Ho Hum back to Nordic Center
Pre-registration by emailing the Race Director: Bill Wright . Send him your name, age, email address, and gender. Pre-registration is not required.