Race the Crested Butte Junior Wildflower Classic!

An EPIC cross-country race for JUNIORS ONLY in beautiful Crested Butte? Yes, PLEASE!!! We’ve got stellar courses for all riders ages 8 - 18. Race categories will be the same as USA Cycling and is determined by rider age on December 31, 2024. Registration will open on January 1, 2024. Several categories sold out in 2023, so we recommend getting registered early.

Sunday, June 30

8:30 am:  2024 Crested Butte Junior Wildflower Classic XC Race

• There is NO RACE DAY REGISTRATION! Online registration for the Junior Wildflower Classic XC race closes at 10 pm on Sunday, June 23.

• Price: $80 (all categories)

• Entry Fee Includes:  Complimentary mocktail and appetizers at the Junior Bike Week Kick Off Party, exceptional course markings & marshals, medical response, custom race plate with chip timing, finishers medal (8-10 category only), and your choice of Junior Bike Week swag.

• Age Categories: Riders will compete in their respective age-group based on their official racing age determined on December 31, 2024. If you register for the wrong category, your child will automatically be placed in his/her correct race category without notice.

• Staging: We will call up the top-8 Short Track finishers in each category to the front row of the Junior Wildflower Classic on Sunday.

• All courses will be marked no later than 3 pm on Thursday, June 27 for pre-ride.

• Start & Awards Location:  Tommy V. Field located at 910 9th Street behind the Crested Butte Community School. Please note on our course descriptions that we will not be using the boardwalk bridge to access the Rec Path. We will lead racers in a neutral start to the Rec Path via 9th Street to Elk Avenue.

• Racer Meeting: Saturday, June 29 at 5:30 pm in the Junior Bike Week event tent located at the Crested Butte Community School soccer field.

• Volunteer Meeting: Saturday, June 29 at 6:30 pm immediately following the racer meeting in the Junior Bike Week event tent. We need all the help we can get to make this event as fun and safe as possible. If you are interested in joining us as a volunteer, please contact Amy at director@JuniorBikeWeek.com.

• There are place awards for the top-5 male and female racers in categories 8-10 through 17-18

• Supported by: Berkshire-Hathaway HomeServices, Podiumwear, Gunnison-Crested Butte Tourism and Prosperity Partnership, and the Crested Butte Land Trust

• Schedule as follows:

  • 17-18 | 8:30 am Start: Course is approximately 16 miles, 1,875 ft climbing RED BIBS w/RED COURSE MARKINGS. STAGING IS AT 8:15 AM

  • 15-16 | 9:15 am Start: Course is approximately 12 miles, 1,500 ft climbing RED BIBS w/ RED COURSE MARKINGS. STAGING IS AT 9 AM

  • 13-14 | 9:20 am Start: Course is approximately 10 miles, 1,000 ft climbing BLUE BIBS w/BLUE COURSE MARKINGS. STAGING IS AT 9:05 AM

  • 11-12 | 9:25 am Start: Course is approximately 10 miles, 1,000 ft climbing BLUE BIBS w/BLUE COURSE MARKINGS. Same course as 13-14, different age category! STAGING IS AT 9:10 AM

  • 8-10 | 8:40 am Start: Course is approximately 9 miles, 500 ft climbing GREEN BIBS w/ GREEN COURSE MARKINGS. STAGING IS AT 8:25 AM

Early bird pricing is listed above and is valid thru May 31, 2024.  Price increases to $100 on June 1, 2024.  

• All races will have neutral start and will finish on dirt at Peanut Lake Road for safety.

• Parents are not allowed on course unless they have a "SWEEP" race plate.  We cannot have parents interfering with course marshals and the racer experience.  Any participants that fail to comply with this request will unfortunately be disqualified.

• 1 pm: Award Ceremony for the Junior Wildflower Classic and TRIPLE CROWN CHAMPIONSHIPS following the race in the grass at Tommy V. Field at Junior Bike Week HQ. Please note that this time is APPROXIMATE and we will keep you updated on the JUNIOR BIKE WEEK TEAM APP. We’ll have Third Bowl Homemade Ice Cream for all racers at the award ceremony.

• Refunds are available until May 1, 2024 at midnight. This refund amount will be less a $25 donation to the Crested Butte Development Team plus the processing fee for the original transaction.

  CANCELLATION POLICY DUE TO PERSONAL REASONS: After midnight on May 1, 2024, all registration sales are non-refundable. Please CONTACT US as soon as possible and we will happily assist in transferring race registrations to another rider; however, we will no longer be able to process refunds due to many events selling out. If you are unable to transfer your race registration, please know that all proceeds will benefit the Crested Butte Development Team, a nonprofit 501c3 organization that supports local riders of the Gunnison Valley on and off the bike.

  CANCELLATION POLICY DUE TO WEATHER: As with any outdoor event, we cannot control mother nature. While we will always do our absolute very best to get this race rolling, weather and/or trail conditions may require us to make decisions in the best interest of safety and practicing our best trail etiquette. If the weather is looking ominous in the morning but clearing, we will consider a delayed start first. If other situations arise with trail conditions or sustained bad weather, we will need to cancel the race. In this case, there will be no refunds and all proceeds will benefit the Crested Butte Development Team, a nonprofit 501c3 organization that supports local riders of the Gunnison Valley on and off the bike.

  CANCELLATION POLICY DUE TO COVID-19: Our lives have been forever changed since the pandemic and we kindly ask for your appreciation of the amount of upfront costs that are incurred prior to a multi-day event. In the highly unlikely event that we need to cancel the Junior Wildflower Classic race, or the entire Junior Bike Week festival, due to COVID-19 restrictions, there will be no refunds. Please consider purchasing race insurance when completing event registration.