2012 Ashland Mountain Challenge

The AMC has changed from a Super D format to an Enduro format this year. This exciting new style of racing includes 2 days of  stage racing .!!!!  Read More!!!

The 2012 AMC will be a Multi Stage Enduro race over 2 days June 23-24 on Mt Ashland. Registration opens March 1 at 7am pst. If you plan on racing the whole Oregon Enduro Series, you can register on there site also. We will be racing on trails from the former Super D course, The Chainless Course and other trails not yet raced on. The field is limited to 300. Suggested Bikes would be anything from XC to All Mountain bikes. There will be 4 timed stages, over 6500′ of descent and around 2000′ of climbing (not timed)

Go to www.ashlandmountainadventures.com and click on the race page to get registered!!!!

To register for the whole Oregon Enduro Series go to www.oregonenduro.com

Don’t miss this years super fun weekend of racing in Ashland!

AMA Trail Work Days

We have got our dates set with the Forest Service for November 6th Saturday and the 14th Sunday.  We will get started at our shop at 9am with coffee, juice, Cliff bars, Marionberry Muffens and Bananas.

We will be working on the upper half of the Mountain if the snow hold off. We will split up groups on Lower Bull Gap Trail and Missing Links. If we can get enough people, we will send a group out to Time Warp as well.

We have a BBQ and beverages planed for after as well as a raffle with prizing from SRAM, Rockshox, Truvative, Avid, WTB, Crank Bros, Specialized and Kali Protectives so far.

So plan a day, come out and give back, hang out with some other fun rides and get some goods to take home!

See you there!

Southern Oregon Bike Rentals

Ashland Mountain Adventures is Offering $45 per bike on a most Bike rentals, such as the Specialized Pitch, Camber 29er and the GT Force. The Specialized Enduro Evo is $55 and the Status DH for $75 You also get one free shuttle with each bike rental.

Ski & Snowboard Shuttle

Ashland Mountain Adventures will again run a shuttle to Mt. Ashland for the Ski season. Our van will begin it’s route in Medford at the NorthWest Outdoor Store parking lot  980 Biddle rd in the Bear Creek Plaza next to Bi Mart 541 245 4000 at 7;30am. then we pick up at our shop, 700 Mistletoe rd in Ashland at 8am. We arrive on the mountain at approximately 8:45. We ask our riders to be back to the van by 4:15 so we can start our return then. We can only transport 14 people, so you must call for a reservation 541 499 2298. we answer the phone until 6pm, after that, we will return your message at 7am the next day.
Our cost is $15 per person per round trip. We do have 10 pack tickets for $125. these can be purchased from our driver. We only except cash.
For all questions concerning weather and ski conditions please visit www.mtashlandski.com

AMA featured in Pink Bike

A good friend, Luk and his buddy Scott came up to Ashland and road the wheels off there bikes. Read his story on Pink Bike here.http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Post-Super-D-Ashland-road-trip.htm

Asland Mountain Challenge is a wrap.

Well it was a long, long, week of shuttling and setting up and organizing this event, but we got it done! Not without some snags, but all in all we are glad we could make it happen. We would first like to thank all the volenteeres that pitched in to help us with registration, timing and course marshal’s. I would also like to thanks Brandon from the Oregon super D series for helping get the start times dialed and Ed Garfield from OBRA for getting the timing handled.
Results can be found on www.obra.org under results and the Ashland Mountain Challenge.
Thanks to all who came to share this weekend with us and we hope you will be back soon to see and ride all the other trails this incredible Mountain has to offer!

Results:

http://obra.org/events/16372/results

To The Top !

I payed, I prayed and it melted!

2weeks ago there was up to 5′ of snow from the Ski Area for 2 miles on the upper Bull Gap rd,to the Lower Bull Gap trail head. I called Mt Ashland Ski and they brought out the Snow Cat and plowed 4′-5′ of snow for 2 miles! While it cost $600, they forgave another $700 and said that they wanted to see the race happen as much as any one and they made it happen!
The snow has melted and we are on coarse for the race and this weekends shuttles.
So get of the couch, load the bikes and gear, and get ready to shread some of the finest dirt Oregon has to offer!
See you on the Mountain!

Peddle and Paddle Package

Ashland Mountain Adventures has teamed up with Kokopelli River Guides to create this unigue outdoor experience in the Ashland area. You will start your day at our office http://ashmtnadv.com/ at 9am where we will fit you with an all mountain bike and all the gear, shuttle you to a location on Mt Ashland (location to be determined by riders ability) to start your ride. Mt Ashland offers a wide variety of trail’s and fireroad’s with scenic view’s of the surrounding Mountains and valley below.
When your down the Mountain a lunch will be provided (from a local deli) and we will shuttle you to Kokopellie’s at 2pm http://www.kokopelliriverguides.com/peddle-paddle-rafting-package.html for your afternoon on the Rouge River “Nugget” http://www.kokopelliriverguides.com/rafting-rogue-river-nugget.html
Don’t forget you swim trunks and towel!
Adults:$205
Kid’s 10-16 $195
Includes lunch and snack
Meeting location 9am http://ashmtnadv.com/
Kokopelli http://www.kokopelliriverguides.com/peddle-paddle-rafting-package.html

Mountain Biking and River rafting are not without inherent risk’s. Ashland Mountain Adventures can not assume responsibility for Biking or Rafting participants injury or loss of property. You will be required to read and sign a waiver and release prior to your trip’s.

Ashland Super D

June 12th and 13th is the Ashland Super D weekend. Less than a month to go and we are making the final preparations. There have been a few changes this year. I, William Roussel will be managing it. Also the coarse finish will be on a larger more spectator friendly road with a beautiful meadow to gather in after for food and refreshments. We will be having Awards at Caldera Tap house by the creek after each day of racing.
Speaking of racing, there have been a couple of changes there too. The Pro Men and Women Start will be pushed back to 2pm. The Cat 1, 30-39 men and Cat 1 men 40-49 will now Race on Saturday starting at Noon. All other Categories will remain the same time on Sunday beginning 9am. We have a new rider capacity of 275 per day and can do registration day before your event so just get here and you can register then.
For questions call 541-499-2298

Sprig Thaw MTB Race

This weekend is the Spring Thaw Mountain Bike Race, May 15th and 16th.
The Sun Gods have come out of the clouds and are warming things up nicely!
The XC course is the same as last year with a 2,000′ climb to a 12 mile fire road to 4 corners where they then enter the course for the DH and then continue what will be the lower half of the Super D in June…
You could say it has it all!

The DH is held on the Catwalk Trail, 1.5 miles of pump track on steroids! It starts with a techy little rock gaarden that then leads into the “Freeway” a tight left then begins the funest pump track style single track I’ve ride’n to date! If you stay off the brakes and carry momentum, pump every dip and nail every berm, you may need to take no more than a few pedal strokes until the dreadful up hill finish, about 150′ of sprint!

The good folks of S.O.M.B.A. (southern organ mountain bike association) Put this race on and do a dam fine job! It has that grassroots feel with a great vibe. Up to 200 racers, ranging from some of the local fast cats such as Nathan Riddle, Jared Hobbs and Josh Kahn to the course record holder Mark Weir, his team mates, Jason Moshler, Ben Cruz, Kenny Burt and other WTB hammers! Team Giant North Stars John Willson and crew, Team Thunder bringers from Chico and many other regional racers come here to enjoy some of Oregon’s finest trails!

Don’t miss out, load up and get out to one of the funnest MTB events Southern Oregon has to offer!

By A shuttle Ticket Get Entered To win A 2010 Enduro

AMA is raffling a 2010 Specialized Enduro expert with command seat post, SRAM OX shifters and derailers, Rock Shox LYRIC solo air fork, NOIR cranks, The New Avid Code Brakes and BB, STYLO bars, WTB  Trail Disc whells, Weirwolf 2.3 TCS front tire, Mutano 2.2 TCS rear tire, Weirwolf grips and a Rocket V SLT saddle.

It is a size medium.

The tickets will be $25 and you get a shuttle with Ashland Mountain Adventures with each ticket. There will only be 300 sold and the funds go to a trail adoption project going on with the U.S.F.S here on Mt. Ashalnd. There are several trails here that are not on the map and we are working towards getting them legalized as well as downhill specific trails also! So please help buy purchasing a ticket or 2 and a chance to win a killer bike as well!

Kali Protectives has kicked in a gear bag, Durgana Helmet, Knee pads and Jersey that we will give away also!

For now you can call 541-499 2298 to buy a ticket, photo coming soon!