Big Blue Adventure Series Announces Winter Events.Sports Editors/Business Editors/Travel Writers TAHOE CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 2004 Adventure racing continues to rise in popularity and in the world-renowned winter playground of Lake Tahoe it was only a matter of time before snow-inspired events began popping up. The Big Blue Adventure Series, the first to bring adventure racing to Lake Tahoe in 2002, has expanded its 2004 roster to include winter competitions. The series will kick off Saturday, February 28 with the Tahoe Winter Blue Adventure Race at Northstar-at-Tahoe in Truckee, followed by the Nevada SnowMaster Adventure Race Saturday, March 27 at Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park is a Nevada state park located in western Nevada. and hosted by the Spooner Lake Cross Country Ski area. Adventure racing, defined as a multi-discipline competition, can include any myriad of tasks. Winter disciplines will include backcountry back·coun·try n. A sparsely inhabited rural region. and Nordic skiing Nordic skiing Skiing techniques and events of Scandinavian origin that include cross-country skiing and ski jumping. Nordic events were included in the first Winter Olympics in 1924. See also Alpine skiing. , map and compass skills, and snowshoeing snow·shoe n. A racket-shaped frame containing interlaced strips, as of leather, that can be attached to the foot to facilitate walking on deep snow. intr.v. . Additionally, backcountry safety is incorporated into the contest as participants are timed using avalanche transceivers Avalanche transceivers are a class of radio transceivers specialized to the purpose of finding people or equipment buried under snow. They are variously called "ARVAs" (Appareil de Recherche de Victimes en Avalanche, in French), “avalanche beacons” or “avalanche to locate transceivers that are buried in a snowfield. "It was just a given that we would add winter sports winter sports: see bobsledding; curling; hockey, ice; ice dancing; ice skating; skiing; snowshoes; tobogganing. to the Big Blue Adventure Series," Todd Jackson, race director said. "Lake Tahoe and the Sierra are idyllic locations for winter adventure races. Combining a variety of alpine and Nordic disciplines, map and compass skills and avalanche/backcountry safety will offer participants a fun and rewarding racing experience." Finish times for all races are expected to range from four to seven hours. Participants can race in teams of two, three or four in any combination of same-sex or co-ed. Registration fees vary for each race and number of teammates. For more information, or to register for any of the competitions, log on to www.bigblueadventure.com. |
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