3rd Annual Togwotee Winter Classic

Posted by Fitzy in Blog, Events on 01 12th, 2010 | no responses

Once again Dave Byers gave the greater Teton snowbike community his yearly gift - the 3rd annual Togwotee Winter Classic. Sure, Dave doesn’t groom the trails, or mark the route, but he doesn’t need to. The very welcoming snowmobilers take care of all that. What Dave does is release the hype! “Good morning snowbikers” & “We’ll be seeing you at the Togwotee Winter Classic right?” are all you hear out of Dave for weeks leading up to this truly “classic” event. A website, a clipboard at the front desk of the Togwotee Mountain Lodge, and a route description, is enough to get the core of the local snowbike community stoked to head up to the Continental Divide and measure our winter cycling fitness.

For 2010 the trail was rumored to be faster then ever. Having missed 2009, I can’t say for sure, but I can tell you that my time of 3:45 was about 3 1/2 hours shorter than 2008. At the end of the day I was left with a sense of once again being part of what made Mt Bike racing special and popular from the beginning. Before sponsors, pros, and magazines, there were groups of friends that gathered on weekends and said something similar to what Dave B uttered at the start, “ok, the route is CD trail to the V back to the CD. You’re not officially finished until you sign back in at the desk. Ready….Go!”
Thanks Dave… classic!