Wellington Peaks Points Race 2011

asher · *by **asher** on Tue 19/Jul/11 5:56pm*

Wellington Peaks Points Race
Basically the same format as last year

Sunday 2nd October
Start 9am
Register from 8am

Entry fee: finacial donation towards refreshments or just donation of refreshments
No prizes

Start and finish at Revolution Bicycles (57b Northland Rd, WGTN)

You have 6 hours to collect as many points as you can. Fastest time with the most points wins.

Points will be awarded for getting to the top of each of 9 Wellington peaks.

Ride to the peaks in any order and taking whichever route you choose.

A digital camera or cell phone with a camera will be needed to take a picture at the top of each peak at a designated spot.

All bikes and riders welcome.

Peaks, points and photo spot:

Mt Kaukau 10 On the viewing platform
Hawkins Hill 9 Next to the radar dome
Makara Peak 8 On the bench seat at summit
Johnston Hill 7 Next to the trig
Wrights Hill 6 Next to the trig
Tinakori Hill 5 On concrete pad next to transmitter
Mt Victoria 5 At the lookout at summit
Mt Crawford 5 Outside the prison
Mt Albert 5 Next to the trig by transmitter

Total 60

sifter · *by **sifter** on Tue 19/Jul/11 8:22pm*

awesome!

This was great fun last year.

Simonk · *by **Simonk** on Tue 19/Jul/11 8:55pm*

sifter wrote:awesome! This was great fun last year.

Oh, yeah! If it's half as much fun, it'll still be a good day out this year.

asher · *by **asher** on Mon 15/Aug/11 12:21pm*

sifter · *by **sifter** on Mon 15/Aug/11 12:30pm*

asher wrote:bump

shame it's not in the next few days. Could amend the rules slightly to have photo of rider + snowman at each summit

asher · *by **asher** on Wed 24/Aug/11 8:00am*

..............extra mystery peak may be announced on the day. Just to keep you guessing.

dsrowlan · *by **dsrowlan** on Thu 8/Sep/11 2:34pm*

This was epic. Highly recommended. Can I suggest clarity on a few rules to make it "fair" and to protect the future of the event. I strong suggest official WCC walking only tracks are banned from course options. I say this because even if riders truly do walk (many will sneak a ride), it doesn't create a great look for the public out walking on designated walking tracks. There are heaps of bike tracks and roads, so why use walking tracks? Just a suggestion for you Asher.

This or Round the Mountain- humm - hope to make it.

David Rowlands

cruiser · *by **cruiser** on Thu 8/Sep/11 4:36pm*

The sneaky ones could 'pre-cook' photos in the days before too. I suggest drawing something on the rider's face and forehead

Spyder · *by **Spyder** on Thu 8/Sep/11 4:42pm*

cruiser wrote:The sneaky ones could 'pre-cook' photos in the days before too. I suggest drawing something on the rider's face and forehead

Or kidnapper style, photo has to include the front page of the Dom of the day.

Simonk · *by **Simonk** on Thu 8/Sep/11 10:22pm*

dsrowlan wrote:This was epic. Highly recommended. Can I suggest clarity on a few rules to make it "fair" and to protect the future of the event. I strong suggest official WCC walking only tracks are banned from course options. I say this because even if riders truly do walk (many will sneak a ride), it doesn't create a great look for the public out walking on designated walking tracks. There are heaps of bike tracks and roads, so why use walking tracks? Just a suggestion for you Asher.

This or Round the Mountain- humm - hope to make it.

David Rowlands

I'm guessing you're refering to Mt Kaukau - that was the one place where there seemed to be some unhappy walkers from the Khandallah Track, and you'd have lost 3 or 4 minutes by going up Sirsi Ave in stead.

Some clear signage at the bottom of Khandallah Track would sort this, since most riders did seem to respect a literal interpretation of the rule ('Don't ride on tracks signed as 'No Biking''). There was a rumour somebody raced down the Khandallah Track (on a fine Sunday morning, no less). That may have been a one-off, oxygen-debt induced faux pas.

C-BASS · *by **C-BASS** on Fri 9/Sep/11 11:49am*

Love the format! and I will recreate a SoCal version on the day of the Welly event....due to urban/human sprawl it may take more than 6 hours to hit all the "local" notable MTB climbs here.

This event will survive as long as there are adventurous folks like ourselves to have a go at it. I do agree - if it is a hiking only trail - keep the hikers happy by just doing an alternate route avoiding the restricted trails all together.

Cliff