We thank the Town of Wilmington and our local race sponsors:

- Dr. Charles W. McCutchen -

- Little Super Market, Hardware & Deli -

Wilmington's One-Stop Shop

http://www.littlesupermarketonline.com/

518-946-2274 

Ledge Rock at Whiteface http://www.ledgerockatwhiteface.com/ (518) 946-2379 / (800) 336-4754	Wilderness Inn II Restaurant and Cabins http://wildernessinnadk.com/ (518) 946-2391	Alpine Country Inn & Suites http://alpinecountryinnandsuites.com/ (518) 946-2263 / (877) 946-2263
The North Pole Resorts & Motel http://northpoleresorts.com/ (518) 946-7733 / (800) 245-0228	The Hungry Trout Resort and Restaurant http://www.hungrytrout.com/ (518) 946-2217 / (800) 766-9137	Whiteface Chalet All seasons family resort whiteface@whitefacechalet.com 888-946-2207/518-946-2207
Birch Tree Lodge http://birchtreelodge.com/ (518) 946-7282 / (800) 233-5105	North Pole, NY/Santa's Workshop The Enchanted Village of the Adirondacks (2013 season begins late June) http://www.northpoleny.com/ (518) 946-2211	L.H. LaPlante Company, Inc. Plattsburgh, NY Plumbing, Heating, and Mechanical Contractors http://www.lhlaplante.com/

Pfizer Global Supply - Cascade Builders -

- CarboRocket -

JFP Enterprises - Haselton Lumber - Champlain National Bank 
- Candy Man - Lisa G's -Taylor Rental - Casellas

Emma's Lake Placid Creamery - Engel & Volkers Lake Placid Real Estate -

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Merchandise prizes arranged for by Placid Planet Bicycles.

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We also thank our annual team sponsors (see banner at right).

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Race route description:

The race starts (under neutral condition) at the Wilmington Town Park Youth Center, goes right for 100 yards on Springfield Road, left on NYS Route 86 for 1/2 mile, and right on Bonnie View Road, where racing begins at the top of the first short rise.

Bonnie View Road is mostly a very slight climb for its six-mile length. There is one main downhill section of a few hundred yards and then a moderately steep uphill pitch just after, maybe 200 yards long. Then flat for about a mile to Silver Lake Road. After the left turn onto Silver Lake Road there are two or three big rollers, super-rollers you might call them. One is about 3/4 mile long on the uphill, another maybe 1/2 mile, neither one too steep. After 4 miles on Silver Lake Road, a sharp right turn onto Turnpike Road, after which the terrain is mostly slightly downhill and fast (watch sharp downhill left-hand curve here: will be marshaled and flagged!) for about 3 miles with the exception of a couple of short humps until Guide Board Road, where there is a long false flat followed by a couple long rollers, a fast descent of maybe half a mile, over a slight roller, and then flat back to Silver Lake Road. Then very quickly one meets the main climb of the loop, which is the one-mile Black Brook Hill, through the feed zone and almost back to the start of the loop at Bonnie View Road. The climb is steepest at the bottom and gradually lessens in pitch, but it's hard to really tell it is backing off when the pace is being pushed.

You will race one, two, three, or four times around that depending on category. When your appointed laps are over, left onto Bonnie View again, mostly slightly downhill in this direction, with the one downhill from the way out turned into a wicked little kicker of a climb. Thankfully it is short. Then more fast, ever so slight downhill back to Wilmington, where you turn right onto the Whiteface Memorial Highway/Rt. 431 and fight to the finish 1.6 miles above. This is a steady 8 percent grade almost all the way, though it is said that it steepens to around 11 percent right around the Santa's Workshop entrance, which is the finish.

YOU HAVE JUST COMPLETED THE WILMINGTON-WHITEFACE ROAD RACE!