has been canceled for this year<\/a>, an announcement was made that the annual Firecracker 50 also won\u2019t take place.<\/p>\nIn a direct and heartfelt email message to the event\u2019s mountain bikers, Westcott said he felt he had to cancel the event despite considering \u201cmany machinations, gyrations, and ideas,\u201d over the past couple of weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve conceptualized the Firecracker as a time trial, a 250-max-no-spectator event, (to) start at the (Stephen C. West) ice rink, (a) limited gathering at Carter Park all with adherence to physical distancing protocols.,\u201d Westcott wrote. \u201cYou name it we\u2019ve considered it.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the email, Westcott described the reasoning behind the cancellation as a \u201cmoral issue, not logistical.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added after a brainstorm process of how to do the Firecracker amid COVID-19, including the thought of rescheduling for it to take place later in the year, it wouldn\u2019t be in the best interest of the race or racers to postpone. Westcott added he felt he couldn\u2019t guarantee the safety of those at the Firecracker while maintaining most of the elements that make the event what it is \u2014 including the festive, crowded party-like star-spangled scene in Carter Park full of tourists and locals alike.<\/p>\n
As of Thursday, May 21, Westcott remains hopeful he will still be able to host Mav Sports\u2019 annual summertime staple, the Summit Mountain Challenge series.<\/p>\n
While Mav Sports continues to iron out a virtual concept for the Firecracker 50 \u2014 something McCormack and the Breck Epic have also done \u2014 Westcott said things are changing daily in terms of if, how and when the Summit Mountain Challenge, and the accompanying junior mountain-bike league, may be able to take place.<\/p>\n
This coming Monday Westcott and other sports event and league directors hope to learn more about the prospects of Summit County entering into a Stabilization Stage 2 on its Roadmap to Recovery from COVID-19, which would allow for gatherings of up to 50 people. This would allow the Summit Mountain Challenge to operate with an amended format, including widely-staggered time-trial-like starts to distance competitors out on the course.<\/p>\n
On Thursday Westcott said he\u2019s penciling in June 13 as a possible replacement date for the year\u2019s first Summit Mountain Challenge event: the Frisco Roundup at the Frisco Peninsula Recreation Area. If the Roundup can take place, other later races in the series would likely take place in a similar way \u2014 on a Saturday to allow for proper social-distancing and staggered starts over the course of a whole day. This would be a departure from the event\u2019s usual Wednesday evening time over a several-hour afternoon and evening window.<\/p>\n
Other Summit Mountain Challenge events would follow on June 17 (Gold Run Rush), July 15 (Pennsylvania Gulch Grind), July 29 (Soda Creek Scramble), a to-be-determined event on August 12, Aug. 26 (Peaks Trail Time Trial and Sept. 13 (the Fall Classic).<\/p>\n
Westcott said any mountain-bike events that are allowed would include precise instructions on COVID-19 health and safety protocols.<\/p>\n
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