echo red to red pre-race report

The race starts in downtown Echo and goes neutral for about a mile on pavement. Then the racing starts with 2.5 mile of gravel road, uphill first, then kind of flat, then about a quarter mile of pretty steep descending that may cause some flats.
This is the steepest descent, it is steeper than it looks.






This picture is the beginning of the main 18.5 mile single track loop.