Cross Country / Hillclimb / Hillcross racing in Lutsen, MN

[Cor146]

We are finalizing some info today with Lutsen Mountain and will be sending out rider info packets with event info, lodging info, race order, crew passes, etc...

Everyone that has signed up already will be seeing these packets in their email later today. If you have not signed up yet do not delay as registration closes 2 weeks from today on April 10!

We have heard from some people that there is rumors the event or portions of the event have been canceled, that is NOT TRUE!!

The Lutsen staff put in thousands of hours of work into making snow over 5 months, there were some trails we knew that they could not make snow on and those have seen the effects of the poor winter. We had planned for this ahead of time and will just change the routing of the cross country course to stay more on the main part of the ski resort.

On the main portion of the hill there is 2-4' of snow and they have snow that was made in reserve to be used as needed, the hills for hillcross and hillclimb racing have had the most focus for keeping snow on them.

With the event location so far north they have yet to see the warm temps that even places as close as Duluth have seen, looking at the extended forecast we do not see anything jeopardizing the snow conditions enough to where the event would have to be canceled.

To get signed up please visit www.corpowersports.com

For spectator ticket sales visit http://www.lutsen.com/midwestExtreme/

Schedule is as follows:
Friday-
Driver Check in 5-9 pm at Caribou Highlands Chalet

Saturday-
Cross country racing 9 am
Hill climb racing 1 pm

Sunday-
Hill climb racing 9 am
Hill cross 1 pm

Awards 1 hour after last race on Sunday

 

[bryceraisanen]

are there any classes to run a 800 rmk or is it 600's only?

 

[Cor146]

are there any classes to run a 800 rmk or is it 600's only?

In Hillclimb & Hillcross your 800 is legal but not for cross country, all the classes are listed on our website www.corpowersports.com

For those questioning snow conditions at Lutsen Mountain here are the weekly pics and update that we received yesterday morning:

Received 3” of new snow on Sunday. Groomed in and froze over night. Brilliantly sunny and mid 40’s yesterday – possibly the best ski day of the year so far. Amazing corn snow in the morning, soft moguls in afternoon. Forecast looking great through the week for a replay

The first annual Midwest Extreme Snowmobile Challenge is going to be an awesome weekend!! Racing all day and live bands every night in the Papa Charlie's restaurant!!

We already have some of the best Midwest Pro racer's signed up; guys who competed at Winter X in hillcross, top cross country pro drivers, and the best hillclimb racer's in the area!

Don't delay as the registration deadline of April 10th is rapidly approaching, get signed up today at www.corpowersports.com

 

[Cor146]

With 15 days to go before the first annual Midwest Extreme Snowmobile Challenge presented by Rox Speed FX everyone is closely watching the extended weather forecast.

With the 2-4’ base of snow on Moose Mountain, snow set aside in reserve from 5 months of making snow, and temps with lows still in the 20’s at night snow loss has been minimal in the areas that the Hillcross and Hillclimb race courses will be running. The cross country course has been forced to be re-routed due to low snow on the feeder trails that the Lutsen Mountain staff cannot get man made to. With the new course layout we will keep the course on the main portion of Moose Mountain and length will be 4-5 miles in length.

Late addition was the Timbersled demo team, they will be on site showing off their latest and greatest snowbike conversions as well as doing a couple demo races on the same courses as the snowmobiles. Then they will open up to our racers to take the bikes on a demo ride on a designated course, this demo is not open to the spectators but only our racers and crew members!!

Rider entries are limited to 20 riders per class and a handful of classes are near full but there is still some openings, with the registration closing in we fully expect to see a large number of entries in this last week.

Registration closes at the end of the business day April 10, 2015 so that leaves you one more week to get in on one of the biggest spring snowmobile events in the Midwest this year!!

ALL drivers must pre-register by April 10 online at http://corpowersports.com/schedule/MESC/

 

[Cor146]

Conditions update!!

With only 10 days left until the first annual Midwest Extreme Snowmobile Challenge there is one question that we keep hearing: How are the snow conditions??

We post pictures about every 3 days on our website that the Lutsen staff sends us and the main portion of the ski hills are in great shape with close to 4’ of snow!!

Spectator tickets are available for $18/day or $28/2-day pass and include gondola access to Moose Mountain. In the event of weather closure on the gondola, a footpath to Moose Mountain will also be established where spectators can access a chairlift to the mountain summit. No outside food or beverage is allowed within the spectator arena.

Spectator tickets are available to purchase online at Lutsen.com/midwestextreme

Racer’s’ don't miss your chance to be part of one of the biggest and coolest spring snowmobile events in the Midwest as registration closes on April 10th at the end of business day, if you don’t get registered by then you will be a spectator!! Get signed up today at http://corpowersports.com/schedule/MESC/

Event Schedule
Saturday, April 18
9 a.m. – Noon | Cross-country race
1 p.m. – 6 p.m. | Hillclimb qualifier
9:30 p.m. | Race party featuring “Hitchville” at Papa Charlie’s

Sunday, April 19
7:30 a.m. Chapel at Caribou Highlands Village Chalet
9 a.m. – Noon | Hillclimb finals
Noon – 5 p.m. | Hillcross qualifier & Finals

To help people get out earlier on Sunday we will have the awards ceremony on a podium by the chalet after each event, riders will have the opportunity to thank sponsors and it will allow more fan interaction during the event instead of waiting until later Sunday evening to do the awards.

This picture was from Monday

 

[bryceraisanen]

Any 800cc stock classes? Read the literature an didnt c mention of it.

 

[Cor146]

Any 800cc stock classes? Read the literature an didnt c mention of it.

For hillclimb and hillcross there is Sport 800 Stock and Pro 800 Stock

Got to http://corpowersports.com/schedule/MESC/ and the online registration form is at the bottom of the page, April 10th is the deadline for registration, after that registration will be closed so if you want to race don't delay and get signed up!

 

[d1100t]

Any update?

Any news or updates from this event?

 

[Ditch pickle wis]

The best update is to go to Cor PowerSports facebook page. It may be a couple of days before they get the full results posted. Saturday was a beautiful day. Sunday was rainy and foggy. The fog delayed the start of racing. Fun event for mid April.

 

[roni87]

Results:
http://corpowersports.com/assets/pdf_files/MESC Results.pdf

How were the 'king' class selected?

 

[Cor146]

Stock king was determined by the winner of 600 stock running against the 800 Stock winner and the same was for Mod King, just happened to be the same two guys.

Open we had the first and second place guys run against each other again in a duel.

Working on getting pov footage from riders and creating a promo video, was a fun time by everyone that attended

 

[roni87]

Improved stock class musta been deleted?
I was there sat. Is there plans for same thing next year? Plan to race if so