2021 Event Schedule
Friday, October 1
12:00p – 8:00p Campsite and Bike & Gear Expo open!
12:00p – 8:00p Food Trucks and Coffee Vendor serving
12:00p – 8:00p Packet Pickup: Epic Rides Registration Tent
8:00p – 8:45p 35-Mile & 50-Mile Singletrack Challenge Riders Meeting: Amphitheater in “plac&s”
10:00p – 6:00a Quiet Hours – Please be respectful
Saturday, October 2
6:00a – 4:00p Bike & Gear Expo open
6:00a – 5:00p Food Trucks and Coffee Vendor serving
6:30a – 8:30a Packet Pickup (30-Mile Gravel Grinder and 9-Mile Fun Rides) | No distance changes permitted
7:15a Start: 50-Mile Singletrack Challenge
8:30a Start: 35-Mile Singletrack Challenge – Wave 1 & Tour Pass riders
8:40a Start: 35-Mile Singletrack Challenge – Wave 2
8:50a Start: 30-Mile Gravel Grinder Fun Ride
9:00a Start: 9-Mile Singletrack Fun Ride
10:00a- 5:00p Pinetop Brewing Co. Beer Garden Open
10:40a 50-Mile Cut-Off Time: FR 96/Los Burros See Course Info for Details
11:30 Musical guest Dusty Tuffet takes the stage
12:45p 50-Mile Cut-Off Time: Four Springs Aid Station See Course Info for Details
1:40p 50 & 35-Mile Cut-Off Time: Los Burros Aid Station See Course Info for Details
2:00p Awards Ceremony: Amphitheater at “plac&s”
3:00p All course support ends
10:00p – 6:00a Quiet Hours – Please be respectful
Rider Categories
| 9-Mile Singletrack Challenge Fun Ride | 30-Mile Gravel Grinder Fun Ride | 35-Mile Singletrack Challenge: Male & Female | 50-Mile Singletrack Challenge: Male & Female |
| …it’s fun and it’s a challenge! | 35-Mile Junior (18 years & under) | 50-Mile Junior (18 years & under) | |
| 35-Mile Singlespeed | 50-Mile Singlespeed | ||
| 35-Mile Open (19-44 years) | 50-Mile Open (19-44 years) | ||
| 35-Mile Master (45-59 years) | 50-Mile Master (45-59 years) | ||
| 35-Mile Distinguished (60 years+) | 50-Mile Distinguished (60 years+) | ||
Tour Pass
The Tour Pass is a list of riders who have finished within one hour of the 1st-place rider of their distance, in the last two years of Tour of the White Mountains or any Epic Rides Series event. This is not based on category or gender but based on distance. Riders with an Oz Pass have earned the opportunity to line up in the front corral on ride day at the Tour of the White Mountains event.
If a rider registered after the list was made, the Tour Pass stamp will still appear on your number plate.
Packet Pickup & Mandatory Pre-Ride Meeting
Packet Pick-up: Friday, 12p – 8p, Epic Rides tent
Rider must present a government-issued ID to receive a packet. If you are not able to pickup your packet, a friend or family member can with a copy of your ID (photo on your phone is fine).
Mandatory Pre-Ride Meeting (35- and 50-Mile riders): Friday, 8p, PLAC&S Amphitheatre
Epic Rides will welcome the group and brief riders on important course and event updates, or changes for the following day’s activities (it’s a safety meeting). All riders will be held to the information covered during this meeting, regardless of whether they attend.
Spectator Directions
So you’re ready to do some cheering and support riders when they need it most? Great, choose either of the three locations below to do some hooting and hollering while supporting friends, family and random riders. Just remember to be respectful of rangers from the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest managed by the Lakeside Ranger District –not to mention volunteers– who are in the area helping with crowd control. And, don’t forget your cowbell!
- Los Burros AID Station: Located at FR224 (Vernon McNary Rd) and Los Burros Trail. From SR260 and Buck Springs Rd in Pinetop, east on SR260 for 5.8 mi to Cady Rd in McNary, Left on Cady Rd/Vernon McNary Rd for 5.2 mi to aid station.
- Pioneer AID Station: Located at FR5 and Land of the Pioneers trail head. From SR260 and Buck Springs Rd in Pinetop, east on SR260 for 5.8 mi to Cady Rd in McNary, Left on Cady Rd/Vernon McNary Rd for 13.6 mi to FR5. Left on FR5 0.6 mi to aid station.
- Four Springs AID Station: Located at FR267 and Four Springs Trail. From SR260 and Buck Springs Rd in Pinetop, east on SR260 for 5.8 mi to Cady Rd in McNary, Left on Cady Rd/Vernon McNary Rd for 8.5 mi to FR267. Left on FR267 2.2 mi to aid station.
