New for 2011 will be our Family Pass.

Please visit our web site for more details.

Had a long winter?

Jonesing to ride your bike like this dude?

Thanks to Craig Stay for another great video!

If you haven’t been to Whiteface in the summer we have trails for all abilities. From beginner to expert and everything in between.

With your pass (day or seasons) you get unlimited uphill transport on our shuttle bus and/or the gondola. Shuttle services beginner/intermediate terrain and the gondola services expert only terrain.

A very cool downhill family from Ottawa

Remember it’s okay to walk your bike in certain sections:

In no time at all you will progress to the more challenging terrain:

The Whiteface Mountain Bike Park has plenty of natural terrain (old school) and also plenty of fun, new wooden features:

Not so classic old school. One of our trails has an amazing stream crossing. Huge fun!

If you think Whiteface is too challenging for you just tell this guy”

See ya at The Face!

Downhill Mike

Whiteface Mountain is operated by the Olympic Regional Development Authority. The bike park is operated by High Peaks Cyclery.

This next video is a must watch!

Much of the footage was taken from a remote control helicopter.

Friday was open practice on both the downhill and super d race courses. With racers railing corners like this, we knew you’d have to be serious to podium.

Saturday was more open practice on the downhill course, but showtime for the super d race.

The super d course was gnarly. Skyline to E. Leg

Bill Benda

Naish Ulmer/Park City, Utah

Ron Cazort/Scottsdale, Arizona

With over 200 athletes in attendance it was no surprise to see some well known pros at the event.

Here’s one of Cameron Zink during his Chainless DH run. Cam came in 3rd in the Open Chainless DH with a time of 3:35.97

Pictures courtesy of Justin Dawes Photography.

The weekend weather was a mix of sun, wind, then rain to sun with no wind for race day. That mix proved tricky for the course workers as they constantly re-taped the course(s). By Sundays main event (qualifiers for the dh nationals) the track was perfect! Tacky and taped from top to bottom.

Here are a few pictures from the downhill race taken by Justin Dawes Photography. Just follow Justin’s link if you wish to purchase your action pictures.

Bryson Martin from Marzocchi takes 3rd place with a time of 3:20.35

Mikey Sylvesrti on his Enduro takes 2nd place in the dh with a time of 3:19.69

Mitch Ropelato wins the Nevada State DH Championships with a super fast time of 3:11.18

On the women’s pro podium was Reno Nevada’s Sierra Smith making her pro debut. Sierra took 3rd place with a time of 4:52.46

Great job Sierra!

Sierra Smith

Gabriela Williams from the Czech Republic takes 2nd place in the pro womens race with a time of 4:06.62

Gabriela Williams

Sedona’s Jackie Harmony was the womens pro winner of the Nevada State DH Championships with a dominating time of 3:48.65

Jackie Harmony

More downhill pictures from Justin Dawes Photography

Andy Proctor from Dillon Colorado

Art Babcock from Fulton, N.Y.

Cam Zink/Costa Mesa, California

Now some pictures from the Canfield Brothers Open Single-Speed DH.

Jeff Frampton of Boulder City’s All Mountain Cyclery won the single-speed dh on his 29′er with a smoking fast time of 3:39.20

Mitch Ropelato 1st, Mikey Sylvestri 2nd & Bryson Martin 3rd

Jackie Harmony 1st, Gabriela Williams 2nd & Sierra Smith 3rd

To wrap it up here is the podium shot from the Open Single-Speed Downhill. Thanks to Chris and Lance Canfield for making this bit of history happen. Watch for more Single-Speed Downhill racing from both of us in the future!

Left to right: Chris Canfield (2nd 3:40.04), Jeff Frampton (1st 3:39.20) & Gene Hamilton (3rd 3:42.15)

We owe a big thanks to Cath, John & Kim from CJ Sports Timing. It was because of their professionalism for accurate times and for the event to run on time.

We also want to thank the late Brent Thompson for building the trails and Boulder City Parks and Recreation for allowing us to host a race at their park.

Many sponsors also participated including: Boulder City Bikes, Land Rover Las Vegas, Justin Dawes Photography, Go-Ride.com, Black Rock Bicycles, High Peaks Cyclery, Betterride.net, Morewood Bikes, Spank, IXS Sports Division, Events Unlmited, SixSixOne, Decline Magazine, Brake Authority, Urge Bike Products, Canfield Brothers, Vital MTB, Royal Racing, Sicklines.com, Tifosi Optics, Bike Fettish, Bootleg Canyon Flighlines, Division 26, Gizmo, Cloud Carpets, Ellsworth Bikes & EX drinks

Thanks for following my blog!

Next blog will be for the Whiteface Mountain Bike Parks opening weekend of June 17 thru June 19th.

See ya at The Face

Downhill Mike

Official Event Website: www.downhillmike.com will be updated constantly!

Registration, course maps, lodging, directions, videos, pictures and more!

Race Video courtesy of Willem Cooper of Voncooper Productions:

Not just the pictures and videos are world class but check out the pro podium.  Complete results can be found on All Sports Events web site by clicking HERE:

Our good friends from Team KHS were looking just fine in their KHS team kits. Seen here are KHS riders Logan Bingelli and Chris Heath on Saturdays open practice session:

Jared Rando:

A big thanks to Peter Mills  and Chase Williams  for all their hard work and dedication. Peter was our main trail builder and added many new berms and flow to the race course. Chase aka THE INTERN helped us out learning all jobs for running a mountain bike park.

Peter on the left & THE INTERN on the right.

This 5 K DH course was entirely different from the past 5 K DH races. Peter Mills and company spent much of the summer working on the trail # 26 The Cliffs of Insanity seen here:

Picture by Kenny Ragz

Richard Rude Jr. pictured here on the Cliffs:

Picture by Kenny Ragz

Picture by Kenny Ragz

Neko Mulally riding for Trek World Racing and sporting the number 1 race plate:

Picture by ORDA's Evan Spinosa

The stream crossing is such a wonderful natural feature at Whiteface. It was so cool to incorporate that into this race course:

Picture by Jake Sporn Photography

Picture by Jake Sporn Photography

Picture by Jake Sporn Photography

Chris Heath boosting the stream during practice. I didn’t even know this was possible:

Picture by Jill Kintner

World Champion Tracy Moseley:

Beacon Bombers Becky Gardner showing style on the new lower wall ride:

More wall ride pictures courtesy of Jake Sporn:

Geoff Ayr

Tim White

Shad Wilson

Men’s Pro podium left to right Waylon Smith (Nema), Andrew Neethling (Trek World Racing), Justin Leov (Trek World Racing), Neko Mulally (Trek World Racing) and Chris Heath (KHS Factory Rider):

Women’s Pro podium left to right Jackie Harmony (All Mountain Cyclery/Vixen Racing), Tracy Moseley (Trek World Racing), Jill Kintner (Transition) and Jess Stone.

We would like to thank these people and organizations for their combined efforts to make this event possible:  The Olympic Regional Development Authority, Whiteface Mountain Regional Visitors Bureau, High Peaks Cyclery, KHS Bicycles, Tifosi Optics, SixSixOne and all the people of Wilmington.

And remember:

See ya at The Face

Downhill Mike

www.downhillmike.com

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Contact:

Downhill Mike

info@downhillmike.com

Whiteface Mountain Bike Park

Route 86

Wilmington, NY 12997

518-946-2223 x 375

Sounds easy huh? Can you handle 10 runs at Whiteface?  Can your bike?

Drainage, new features and berms have been added to almost all of our trails so far this season.  If you haven’t been to Whiteface yet this year you may not recognize a few of the trails.

Pictured below is our most recent work on the Fire Swamp. There was this crazy rock squeeze that was doable, but would slow you down too much. Now just flow right over the old rock squeeze:

The Cliffs of Insanity looks more like this now:

(thanks to Peter Mills berm work)

No shortage of rocks when fixing the trails:

Tools of the trade:

Some of our trails look impossible to tame but our trail crew is doing an amazing job:

Thursday race series update:

Due to low turn outs we are canceling our remaining Thursday Mini Races. The Mini DH, DS & SD. We hope this does not inconvenience anyone. This will allow us to focus all of our energy and resources into improving the 5 K DH course and existing trails. We now have 2 tandem loads of dirt that was planned for the ds course, to build even more berms!

We appreciate your understanding and we think more customers/riders will enjoy this decision.

World Class riding & world class town made affordable with our Bike n Stay Packages:

For more information on our 10 Run  Challenge or the bike park please visit:

www.downhillmike.com

See ya at The Face

Downhill Mike

Free lift pass for all women this Saturday July 3rd with coupon:

Click here to learn more

Starting this Thursday July 1 our mini race series will begin. Every Thursday afternoon in July and August we will host either a downhill, super d or a dual slalom race. Race information is being added daily to our website. All races will be easy to find and listed under the Events Menu.

www.downhillmike.com

Our new trail crew is being lead by Peter Mills. If you haven’t heard of Peter yet as a trail builder, you will soon.

Left to right: Peter Mills, Pat Campbell & Chase Williams.

Peter seen here railing a berm on the lower mountain:

Setting up for the expert/pro line on the new wall ride:

The trail crew has also been smoothing out many sections of trail:

Adding berms, flow and addressing drainage have been our top priorities this year. Here Elias and Peter Ingraham are making finishing touches on the new wall ride. This wall ride has an intermediate and an expert line, and is located just below the pump track:

If your are new to the region or just looking for a great deal please check out our Bike n Stay packages. From only $59.00 you get a nice room and your daily lift ticket.

Click here to book your Bike n Stay Package

This season is being made possible with the combined effort of the Olympic Regional Development Authority, High Peaks Cyclery, The Whiteface Mountain Regional Visitors Bureau, our trail crew and the many volunteers. Thanks everyone!

See ya at The Face

Downhill Mike

www.downhillmike.com

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Only pay 199.00 and save $100.00 off the regular price.

Only 50 season passes will be sold at this "sale" price.

The number 9 reason to buy an early season pass for the Whiteface Mountain Bike Park is:

If you wear a nice kit you may get your picture in Decline Magazine.

The number 8 reason why to buy an early season pass for the Whiteface Mountain Bike Park is:

You may just show up in our next bike film:

This is a short trailer by film maker Wayne Plumadore. Wayne will be showing the full film as our feature film during the Wilmington Bike Festival and immediately after the Kyle Ebbett and friends Jump Jam.

The number 7 reason why to buy an early season pass for the Whiteface Mountain Bike Park is:

We have the coolest pump track in the great state of New York:

The number 6 reason why to buy an early season pass for the Whiteface Mountain Bike Park is:

At Whiteface you can ride practically under a waterfall and through a river!

The number 5 reason why to buy an early season pass for the Whiteface Mountain Bike Park is:

Shuttle bus leaves twice an hour and is included in your daily lift pass. Daily lift pass is good for unlimited runs from the shuttle bus and/or gondola.

The number 4 reason why to buy an early season pass for the Whiteface Mountain Bike Park is:

Just riding your bike down a big mountain. 20 to 30 minute dh runs are the norm here:

The number 3 reason why to buy an early season pass for the Whiteface Mountain Bike Park is:

Now you can shred down your favorite  mountain in the summer with your friends!

The number 2 reason why to buy an early season pass for the Whiteface Mountain Bike Park is:

Plenty of fun and new wooden features within the single-track.

And the number 1 reason why to buy an early season pass for the Whiteface Mountain Bike Park is:

Opening weekend we start off BIG with the Wilmington/Whiteface Bike Festival. Since the festival is 100 % free you will be all set for this spectacular weekend!

Jump Jam- group rides- fun contests- bike films

plus a few surprises!

We would like to thank the Town of Wilmington & High Peaks Cyclery for helping us make this weekend one to remember and one for the history books. Thanks again!

And remember when you are in the Whiteface/Lake Placid region you can “Get Close” to all the amazing outdoor adventures imaginable.

See ya at The Face

Downhill Mike