Dam Yeti 2022 Guide

RACE GUIDE JUNE 4, 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME

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PRE RACE INFO

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Intro Schedule Overview Packet Pickup Drop Bags

RACE DAY

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Schedule Shuttle & Parking Finish Line Finisher’s Beer Mandatory Equipment Pacers Crew

COURSE

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Getting Lost Yeti Tip Medical Restrooms 50 Miler Aid Stations 50k Aid Stations

NEED TO KNOW

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Disqualification Cupless Dowload GPX Appalachian Fun

LEGENDARY STUFF Pepsi Corridor Yeti Store Yeti Foodtruck

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WELCOME

SCHEDULE OVERVIEW Friday, June 3rd

INTRO

FROM JASON GREEN Welcome to the Dam Yeti 2022 where you get to run a bunch of miles with a fireball in your hand. (pg 9 for more info) If you need anything please reach out!!

Jason Green - Yeti Trail Runners Race Director 404-247-866

Event

Start

End

Location

Packet Pick-up

5pm

8pm

Wolf Hills Brewery 149 Deadmore St Abingdon, VA

Saturday, June 4th Event

Start

End

Shuttle Arrives

5:30am

300 Green Spring Road Abingdon , VA

Last Shuttle

6am

300 Green Spring Road Abingdon , VA

Race Start

7am

Whitetop Station Whitetop Gap Road, Whitetop, VA 24292 Wolf Hills Brewery 149 Deadmore St Abingdon, VA

Race Finish Course Closes

Location

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PRE RACE INFO PACKET PICKUP WOLF HILLS BREWERY

June 3rd

5pm-8pm

149 Deadmore street Abingdon, VA

DROP BAGS 50K - NO DROP BAGS Reasonable Size Only Allowed for 50 Milers.

50 Miler bags will be collected at packet pick - up.

Bags will be located at Alvarado and returned to the finish after the last 50 mile yeti comes thru Alvarado Station.

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RACE DAY RACE DAY SCHEDULE START TIME:

NOTE: This is NOT Whitetop Mountain but the

7:00 am Date - June 4th 2021

community of Whitetop, VA.

LOCATION:

Do NOT park. DO NOT PARK. If you drive here and park your car will be towed by the USFS as shuttles need to access this lot

Whitetop Station Whitetop Gap Road, Whitetop, VA 24292 If you are getting dropped by a friend or crew member please remember this is a kiss and drop.

SHUTTLE SCHEDULE: Arrival: 5:30 am Last Shuttle: 6:00 am

LOCATION: 300 Green Spring Road Abingdon, VA

A few folks have trouble with this address in their GPS Please input 201 Pecan St SE, Abingdon, VA 24210 And drive over the tracks to find the shuttle pick up Parking is limited at the trailhead. please park along A street and surrounding streets. Please do NOT park in business lots. We are here to add to local business, not take away. Be super smart while your legs are still fresh and park near the finish at Wolf Hills Brewery and walk over to

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RACE FINISH LOCATION:

MEDALS:

Wolf Hills Brewery 149 Deadmore St Abingdon, VA

Wood Burned Finisher Medals to all finishers

When you are ready to leave the finish, your vehicle is just a short walk from the brewery or you were smart and parked near the brewery and walked to the start.

SPECTATORS:

FINISHER’S BEER

This is a point to point race.

Your family and friends can join you and hang out in the open spaces at the brewery and cheer you to the finish and stay to cheer all the other Yetis in!

Due to Virginia state guidelines, we cannot serve alcohol at the finish but since the race finishes at a brewery, you can go inside and purchase a cool Yeti/Wolf Hills Brewery collab mug and it will be filled with craft beer of your choice.

In short, put a few dollars in your pocket to snag a cool mug and beer.

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CUTOFF TIMES

CREWS

COURSE CLOSES:

LOCATIONS:

8:59:59 pm (13:59:59)

TURN AROUND CUTOFF: 50 milers have to be at the Abingdon turn around in 8:59:00 hours.

only allowed at Damascus Alvarado Watauga Finish (Wolf Hills Brewery)

MANDATORY EQUIPMENT

PACERS

HYDRATION

NOT ALLOWED.

Every runner must carry a bottle or hydration pack with a minimum capacity of 16oz hydration and 500 calories.

Your ex spouse however may run from Abingdon into the finish with you or friends.

NOTE: This list can and will be modified with if any course changes need to take place or any impending weather is predicted.

CREW ONLY ALLOWED AT Damascus Alvarado Watauga Finish ( wolf Hills Brewery)

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THE COURSE GETTING LOST

YETI TIP

Every year thousands of visitors get on a bike and make it to Abingdon. This is a rails to trails. Trains don’t make lefts or rights and neither should you. Don’t be the first person to ever get lost on the Creeper Trail.

Please pick up your feet for the first 9.8 miles especially coming into Taylors Valley. The creeper train used to burn a lot of coal getting up the mountain and discarded a lot of large chunks of spent coal . These spent coals are extremely sharp and a fall usually results in stitches or having coal buried under your skin forever. Keep your race feet high and moving.

DON’T BE THE FIRST

PAY ATTENTION

FIRST 9.8 MILES

Pay attention at all road crossing and trail junctions.

RESTROOMS MEDICAL

Restrooms are located along the course. So many.

We will have medical staff located at the FINISH inside The Finish Tent.

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50 MILER AID STATIONS WAYPOINT

ADDRESSESS

MILEAGE

CREW

TAYLORS VALLEY

10. 5

NO

DAMASCUS

17.5

YES

ALVARADO

25

YES

WATUGA WATUGA ALVARADO WATUGA FINISH

29. 5 37 41. 7 46. 5 50. 33

YES YES NO YES

AID STATION

LOCATION

Taylors Valley Trailhead

23530 Taylor Valley Road, Jefferson National Forest, Damascus, VA 24236

Damascus Caboose S

Beaver Dam Ave

Alvarado Station

21198 Alvarado Road, Abingdon, VA 24211

Watauga Trailhead

24350 Watauga Road, Abingdon, VA 24211

YES

50K AID STATIONS WAYPOINT

MILEAGE

CREW

TAYLORS VALLEY

10. 5

NO

DAMASCUS

17.5

YES

ALVARADO

25

YES

WATUGA FINISH

29.5 55K

YES YES

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NEED TO KNOW DISQUALIFICATION IF someone is running with you along the course that doesn’t have a bib number on. You will be DQ’d.

If someone in your family or friends is on a bike on the course during the race.

You will be DQ’d. Our Permit agreements have strong language in regards to the above items. Please don’t break these rules and put the yeti race at risk.

CUPLESS

THIS IS A CUPLESS RACE!

DOWNLOAD GPX Did you know you can download the GPX to your watch or phone ?

DAM YETI 50 Miler DAM Yeti 55k

APPALACHIAN FUN INTRO TO AREA

Welcome to the Dam Yeti and welcome to southwest Virginia! My family has been in this region since the late 1700s and we take great pride in the mountains and the folks that reside in these rolling hills.

SHOP LOCAL A Yeti friend returned to the area and started an awesome store along the Creeper Trail called The Green Cove Collective - if you get to town early, please stop in and see Scott!

They have some cool Yeti products and free Yeti Army stickers to give away!!

And please visit these area businesses that continue to help grow the area and support yeti runners year after year.

Seven Trails Grills Sun Dog Outfitters Wolf Hills Brewery 128 Pecan The Tavern Food City

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STUFF OF LEGENDS THE LEGENDARY PEPSI CORRIDOR The legendary Pepsi corridor. When you leaves the Damascus aid station you will be entering the most anticipated section of the trail! The Pepsi Machine Corridor - If your quick. A surprise might be in the pepsi machine or maybe a runner in front of you left a surprise. This machine became legendary years ago as Yetis would show up to run 100 miles without aid and they would leave valuable items for the Yeti behind them in the machine!

YETI STORE We will have goods available to purchase not found on our website, cool hats and stickers! Cash and paypal are accepted.

YETI FOOD TRUCK The Yeti Food Truck that everyone loves will be at the finish line!

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