Iron Mountain Trail Work- Jefferson National Forest

This past Wednesday, SMT drove down to Damascus where they met up with David Witt, the brains behind the Iron Mountain 100k ride, to do some trail work in the Jefferson National Forest.  We placed in some grade dips and water diversions on Chestnut Ridge Trail to help preserve the trail and stop the water runoff from washing away all the good dirt.  We then cleared the trail of 7 downed-tree areas, so Chestnut Ridge Trail is now clear and ready to ROLL!!  Saw Mill Trail had some nasty culverts that we checked out to fix before the race.  Lastly, we went down Mock Hollow Trail, the final descent, and made sure that was ready.  Things are shaping up for this year's Iron Mountain 100k ride, you don't want to miss it!!  Check out the pictures from our trip:

Iron Mountain 100K

Wow, the Iron Mountain 100K in the Mount Rogers NRA outside of Damascus, VA was awesome! 88 riders came to "Trail Town" to challenge themselves to a long day on big Iron Mountain! The weather and trail conditions were prime, and Koerber, Fawley, and Lawrence were flying to finish top 3 in the men's race! Winfield, Wolfson, and Hamm rocked out for the women! Chambers came in as the top singlespeeder!

Winfield brining it home for top spot in the Women's Race!

Josh Talley had a good ride!

Allen Campbell stoked for the finish!

Men's Podium - Nice work!

Full results are up on our website here!

Thanks to Adventure Damascus for all their help in race preparations!

A big thanks to the supporting shops in the area! We had great aid station support during the race!

Piney Flats Bicycles and Fitness
Damascus Cycle Works
Mountain Sports Ltd. 

Thanks to all the riders who came out in support of the event, and congrats on your finish! We had a great time putting on the event, and we hope you had fun riding!

Special thanks to David Witt, Casey Bledsoe, Bill and Debbie Tilson, Dennett Dwyer, Ben Brown, Scott Dwyer, Matt Smith, Howard Roland, and Greg Norman for all your hard work!

On deck for SMT events are:

The Wilderness 101
The Shenandoah Mountain 100

We've also got another special event coming up on the weekend of July 23-25. We will be doing a SM100 training camp weekend, to get you ready for the race so you can improve your time, put the hammer down on your good buddy, or simply get you in the know if it is your first time! Check out the details on our site HERE! Special guest, past NUE Series champion, and multi-time SM100 winner, Chris Eatough will be onsite the 24th and 25th to offer his insight on the race, and to answer your questions.

See you out there!

Iron Mountain 100K in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area

The Iron Mountain 100K has some gems
Jerry's Creek Trail is lush and green
Tight singletrack with a steep exciting sidehill
The trail has a 10 x 6 ft. divot missing from the tread
A huge tree borrowed some soil for a while
We are going to harvest the soil off the roots
And return it to the tread so we make it though there again
A few rolling grade dips need to be refreshed
We have to keep the water flowing across the trail and not down it
The only place the water needs to be running
Is in the beautiful creek far down below