2022 Cascadia Dirt Cup Round 2: Raging River Enduro

Round 2 of the Cascadia Dirt Cup went off this past weekend at the Raging River trails outside of Seattle, Washington.  The beautiful weather welcomed close to 600 racers from across 8 states, and Mexico, to enjoy our beautiful region and the amazing trails provided by Evergreen MTB Alliance. 

The debut of the 10th Anniversary beer from Iron Horse Brewery! 

Loamenter. A portmanteau, Loam + Fomenter = Loamenter. The story of Race Cascadia fomenting change for mountain bikers and trails over the last 10 years. Loamenter made its debut at the CDC Round 2 where the first cans were cracked open to commemorate a great day of racing, and the past decade, while those schralpy pints were raised to more to come! Thank you Iron Horse Brewery!

Spike in Women/Girls Racing the CDC at Raging River! 110 women and girls came out for the Raging River Enduro, a 50% increase over the Tiger Mountain Enduro earlier this month. This is a metric CDC race promoters expected to see across the entire season, not just between the first two races. This is affirming and inspiring, that the extra time and attention going toward getting more women and girls racing in the CDC this season is having an impact. Much of the credit belongs to the Sturdy Dirty, an all-women enduro race and community that is bringing women and girls to the sport in record numbers. The CCDH trail, part of this year's Raging River Enduro course, was a trail build project led by the Sturdy Dirty with an incredible turnout of women at large-scale dig days that brought this trail to life. It was raced for the first time in 2021 at the Sturdy Dirty Enduro, and no surprise that so many women came back to do it again, to enjoy the fruits of their labor.

YOUTH RACING Youth racing continues to explode with another sold out all-youth race on Sunday at Raging River. Across both days we had 300 youth 18 & under out on bikes racing the same exact courses as the Saturday event. From very first enduro racers to our seasoned elite juniors, we even have a few youth racing at the Pro level with two taking podium steps at Raging River. Jack Spranger, age 18, took first in Pro Men with just over a one second lead over 2nd place Pro Men finisher John Richardson. Matilda "Tilly" Melton, age 14, took 2nd in Pro Women, one step from Jill Kintner, Mountain Bike World Champion and Matilda's riding buddy, bonding over their love of the sport where Jill enjoys mentoring Tilly, currently the same age she herself started racing pro.

Youth spots are available at every CDC race on Sundays, more details at wwww.racecascadia.com/events

$8,000 TO TRAILS

The CDC is built on a model of giving back to trails. A portion of proceeds goes back to every trail system raced, with Evergreen Mountain Bike Association the beneficiary of the $8,000 donation to the trails at Raging River. This year's goal is to raise $45,000 for trails, to push the CDC over the $250,000 mark in donations over the past decade, in celebration of its 10-year anniversary. This is an ambitious but achievable goal, with great momentum gained from the first two donations this season totaling $16,000. Sender Ramps, USA was in attendance at Raging River and committed 5% of sales and a ramp to the 2022 CDC + Transition Bike Raffle for Trails to help us reach this goal. This year's raffle is bigger then ever, with two Transition Bikes, an FSA wheelset, Muc-Off Pressure Washer Bike Clean Kit and Sender USA Rookie Progression Ramp. 

Tickets can be purchased at the merch tent at every CDC event, or online at www.racecascadia.com.