Original artwork done by Andrea Halligan of Duluth.
We are excited to announce that registration for The Fox (August 28-29) and The Heck of the North (September 25) will go live via BikeReg on Saturday, May 15! That’s tomorrow!
See “Register via BikeReg” buttons at the home page of this website.
For those that registered in 2020 and decided to push it forward to 2021, this season, we got you! We will register you with the help from our partners at BikeReg. Thanks for your patience and we will have a way for you to confirm this soon. Thanks!
For those new to our gravel races, The Heck of the North is the event that started it all for us up North. It will be our 13th edition and we are ready for it to go this year!
For those looking to try bikepacking in a race format, The Fox is just the ticket. Two days of racing with a night camping in Grand Marais. Each day is a new 60+ mile course. All racers are required to travel with their sleeping kit and race gear for the event. It’s a perfect introduction to this style of racing.
Now…for those who are wondering about our newly renamed “The Wolf “ (was The Heck Epic) we made the difficult decision to keep it a free, individual time trial event run in the spirit of the Tour Divide. Due to limited camping options, mainly because of Covid 19, we opted to focus our energy and resources on The Fox. We sincerely hope to make this a shared, group event in the future. For now, we will offer the GPX file as we did last summer and have Trackleaders.com manage the SPOT side of things. Stay tuned for that information.
The Covid 19 pandemic has forced us all to be creative and patient. We appreciate your understanding as we navigate last minute decisions, fluctuating case levels and ever-changing protocols. We strongly encourage everyone to get their vaccination. This is the right thing to do for the health of our families, communities, country and beyond. It helps protect our vulnerable citizens. It also helps businesses like ours do what we love to do.
As always, we are here to field any questions. Email me at jeremybkershaw@gmail.com. Or, ask one of our Gravel Go-To’s.
For now, stay safe, find a bike and Ride the Good Line! And register tomorrow!!
Jeremy Kershaw