Stage 1

CLIF’s Looking Glass Route

Tuesday, April 9 , 2019

• 21.5 miles / 35 km
• 4,042 ft / 1232 m  elevation gain
• Named for Looking Glass Rock – a nearly 4,000′ tall piece of exposed whiteside granite

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Stage 2

Sunset Motel’s Promised Land Route

Wednesday, April 10, 2019 

• 29 miles / 46.5 km
• 3878 ft / 1182 m  elevation gain
• Named for Mt. Pisgah – the mountain in the Bible from which Moses saw the Promised Land.

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Stage 3

Sycamore Cycles’ White Squirrel Route

Thursday, April 11, 2019

• 29.5 miles / 47.5 km
• 5800 ft / 1768 m  elevation gain
• Named for the Brevard town mascot – the White Squirrel – often see on the campus of Brevard College

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Stage 4

FOX Factory’s Carl Schenck Route

Friday, April 12, 2019

• 31.5 miles / 50.5 km 
• 4113 ft / 1254 m  elevation gain
• Starts at The Cradle of Forestry-Birthplace of Forest Conservation in America
• Named for Dr. Carl Schenck who was brought to the area in 1895 by the Vanderbilt family (Biltmore Estate) to manage the forest. He worked with Vanderbilt to form today’s current system of managing the National Forest through the United States.

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Stage 5

Industry Nine’s The Land of Waterfalls Route

Saturday, April 13, 2019

• 27 miles / 4305 km
• 2301+ ft  / 701 m elevation gain.
• Named for the 250+ waterfalls contained in Transylvania County

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