Your Crew-Are They Ready to Help You?

Crews-They Have the Hardest Job Race Weekend

Crews are at the race to give aid and support to their mountain biker or runner. They chase you around all day on Sunday. They keep you hydrated; they give you dry socks and sneakers; they feed you and they keep you smiling so you can finish. They tend to blisters and cuts and pick up your dirty bike or running clothes. They keep your headlamps charged with fresh batteries. They carry your drop bags. They navigate our back roads and park their vehicles in potentially muddy fields. They have the hardest job race weekend.

Family member, friend, spectator

Family members, friends are important to you too. They are “spectators“! They cheer their mountain biker or runner on at the FINISH LINE ONLY. They stake out THE BEST spot at the finish and wait, and wait, and wait for you to make your way to the finish line.
Then they help clean you up and drive you home.

Crew and Parking Permits

Your Crew vehicle must be registered with the race. You will be given an Aid Station Parking Permit on Saturday.
ONLY Vehicles displaying these permits are allowed to park at the three Aid Stations on Course (Skunk Hollow, Greenalls and Johnsons).
CONTACT of any kind is NOT ALLOWED ANYWHERE ON COURSE with mountain bikers or runners except at the three designated Aid Stations.

Family members, friends and spectators-no parking permit is required to park in the Base Camp parking lot. But space is limited and not guaranteed.

Crew Rules

There are a bunch of crew rules that need to be followed.
These rules are in place in order for us to get our local permits so we can continue to offer you a unique VERMONT experience.
We must all comply with these rules or the we might not be able to have the VERMONT 50 in the future.
It’s on us to make sure our race participants and their crews (and family members) follow these rules.
Failure to follow the rules can also result in disqualification of a mountain biker or runner.

• Each participant is allowed only (1) crew vehicle on course.
• All crew vehicles MUST have and display a Crew Parking Permit in order to access the aid stations.
• One Crew Parking Permit will be given to each mountain biker or runner when they pick up their bib # and register their crew vehicle.
• Relay running teams are allowed ONE VEHICLE per three person team.
• Vehicles without the Crew Parking Permit will be required to leave the course/aid station.
• Crews must follow the crew direction routes and stay off “closed to event traffic” roads.
• Crews must follow the directions of race officials and aid station personnel.
• Littering is taken seriously in Vermont – please help keep Vermont green!
• Parking in undesignated areas will not be permitted. This is any place that the event doesn’t specifically tell you to park.
• Do not block roads or driveways.
• Do not park on lawns.
• If you leave your vehicle in an unapproved area, it will likely be towed at your expense.
• Offering aid to mountain bikers or runners from a vehicle anywhere other than an official “crew access” aid station is strictly prohibited.
• Designated parking areas of Crew Access Stations are considered acceptable areas for participants to receive aid.
• Being at an aid station that is not an official “crew access” station is strictly prohibited.
• All roads are still open to the public at all times (with the exception of designated ‘closed to event traffic’ roads).
• Do not set up in the road, and take care when crossing the road.

Crew Guidelines

There are three (3)  locations at which you will be able to meet your mountain bikers or runners along the course: Skunk Hollow, Greenalls and Johnsons.

MEETING OR HELPING MOUNTAIN BIKERS OR RUNNERS AT ANY OTHER LOCATION IS NOT ALLOWED.

A Crew Parking Permit must be used at all times.  Cars on the course must be kept to a minimum so you need to follow the crew directions from one authorized station to the next.

Please don’t use your GPS; there are some very bad, impassable roads that your device won’t know about. Also, there are roads that we cannot use due to landowner sensitivity, and we need to keep vehicles off runner routes as much as possible.

Crews are not allowed to park anywhere other than locations posted and allowed by race management.

FOLLOW ALL POSTED SPEED LIMITS. In some locations, it is 25 or 30 mph.  The local police know ‘visitors’ are in town and are quick to ticket.  In the absence of a sign, the speed limit on dirt roads is 30 mph.

If your mountain biker or runner drops from the race, THE MOUNTAIN BIKER, RUNNER OR CREW MUST NOTIFY RACE PERSONNEL AT ONCE.

Crews Can Save You Time!

Crews can save you time at the Drop Bag Aid Stations-Skunk Hollow, Greenalls and Johnsons. They can deliver your drop bag to you so you don’t have to hunt through the piles of bags from other participants.

And they’ll have them in the vehicle so when you’re ready to leave Base Camp to head home-you don’t have to wait for you drop bags to be returned to the BIG TENT. Crews can save you time!

GAS, FOOD and ICE

We have a map made for you to easily find gas, food and ice near our base camp.
We strongly suggest downloading this MAP to your phone or tablet BEFORE leaving home. Our cell and WiFi services are spotty at best.

Map to Base Camp

You might also want to download the map to base camp to help with your navigation.
But the directions your crew will be given with their Parking Permit are pretty easy to follow.

Still have questions, visit our FAQs page.

See you all soon!