Sunday, March 7th

Early Packet Pick-Up

📍 Landis Cyclery, 2180 E Southern Ave, Tempe, AZ 85282

• 1:30–3:30 pm – Pre-Race Packet Pick-Up
  – Skip the rush on race weekend!
  – Special Giveaways and Landis discounts

Friday — The Fun Begins!

📍 McDowell Mountain Regional Park

Arrival & Check-In

• 8:00 am – Reserved VIP Camping Check-In opens @ Comp. Track (VIP Pass Holders Only)

• General Parking → Four Peaks Lot: $10 daily entry fee / $25 per night camping fee (first come, plenty of space)

🏁 Race Weekend Begins!

• Noon –5:00 pm – Packet Pick-Up Onsite

• Noon–4:00 pm – Expo, Shakeout Rides & Demos. Courses open for pre-ride

• Specialized Booth: Details coming soon

• TBD: Shake-Out Ride with Ned Overend @ Specialized Booth (Free & Open to All). 
• 2:00 pm: Tire discussion
• 2:30 pm:  Shake-Out Ride 2
• 3:00 pm: Talking Suspension
• 3:30 pm: First of the HUGE Raffle drawing – must be present to win.
• 4:00 pm –  Vintage Championship Race (the VCR). Pre 1999 bikes hit the singletrack. It’s going to be old school kind of fun!
• 5:30 pm – Vintage Award Ceremony with LOTS of prizes! @ Main Stage

🍴 Eats & Drinks

• 12:00–5:00 pm – Food Truck: Mangled Foods (Pizza)

Saturday — Desert XC Presented by ESI Grips

Parking & Coffee

• General Parking → Four Peaks Lot ($10 fee to enter park for daily parking)

• 7:00 am – Coffee Truck @ Main Venue

• 7:00 am–4:00 pm – Mangled Food: Breakfast Burritos + Pizza (all day!)

🚴 XC Racing

• 7:00 am–3:00 pm – Packet Pick-Up Open

• 8:30 am–1:30 pm – Kids MTB Camp @ Kids Zone (Pump Track)

• 8:00 am – ESI Grips 40-Mile Start (Pros & Age Group) @ Pump Track

• 9:25 am – ESI Grips 25-Mile Start @ Pump Track

• 11:00 am – 10-Mile Start @ Cactus Cup Arch

• 10:00 am–1:20 pm – XC Finishers rolling in

🚴 Pro Short Track

• 5:00 pm – Pro Short Track Start

👧 Kids Events

• 9:00–10:30 am – Balance Bike Packet Pick-Up @ MMC booth

• 10:30 am – Balance Bike Race (ages 1–5) @ Pump Track

• 1:00–2:00 pm – Kids Race Packet Pick-Up @ MMC booth

• 2:30 pm – Advanced Kids Race @ Cactus Cup Arch

  • 6th–8th grade → 2 laps (2:30 pm)

  • 1st–5th grade → 1 lap (2:36 pm)

• 3:30 pm – Little Shredders Race @ Finish Arch

🎉 Festival Fun

• 10:00 am–4:00 pm – Expo Open
  🍴 Food Trucks: Hummus Express, Mama’s Ribs & Tacos, Mangled Foods, Kona Ice

• 10:00 am–5:00 pm – Kids Zone + Family Hangout @ Pump Track

• 11:00–1:00 pm – Live Music: Dueling Duerkins @ Main Stage

• 3:30pm – 🚲 Bunny Hop Contest @ Landis Tent (Free & Open to All!)

• 4:45 pm – WSF Raffle drawing @ Main Stage

🏆 Awards

• 4:00 pm – XC Awards Ceremony @ Main Stage

• 6:00 pm –  Awards Ceremony Pro XC 40, Pro Short Track @ Main Stage