Date: Saturday, March 15, 2008
Distance: 257 miles
Start Time: 5:00 AM. Registration opens at 4 AM. There will be a mass start at 5 AM and announcements and time for questions at 4:45 AM.
Start Location: At the parking lot at the corner of Florence Street and 3rd Street in downtown Casa Grande, Arizona. (Show directions)
Time Limit: 27 hours
Begin twilight: 6:26 AM Sunrise: 6:51 AM
Sunset: 6:27 PM End civil twilight: 6:52 PM
Moonrise: 5:03 AM Friday Moonset: 3:32 PM
Cost: $25.00 All riders must pre-register. (No day of event registration.) ACP & RUSA sanctioned.

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This route is out and back between Casa Grande and Arivaca. The farthest end of the route is a loop formed by the towns of Sahuarita, Green Valley, Arivaca and Robles Junction.

Terrain: Mostly flat and rolling for the first 60 miles until we enter Saguaro National Park. You'll find short, choppy hills there. Mission Road (starting at mile 80) is a slight but long climb until we plunge downhill again into Green Valley. The area around Arivaca (the southern most point on the brevet) is especially hilly. These short, choppy hills begin on Arivaca Road (starting at mile 115). After you leave Arivaca and turn north again on SR 286, it's smooth sailing back to Casa Grande. Total 4,610 feet of climbing

Elevation Profile

1. Turn onto Mile Wide Rd. Short, choppy hills through Saguaro National Park.
2. Steady climb at low grade on Mission Road
3. Pima Mine. Turn onto Helmet Peak Rd.
4. Turn onto Arivaca Rd. Many, short choppy hills to Arivaca.
5. Arivaca, checkpoint #4 and the lunch stop.
6. Three Points/Robles Junction

4610 feet of climbing.
Minimum/maximum elevation: 1398 / 3922 feet above sea level

Lights: Required. There will be a light inspection at check-in to verify front and rear lights are working and are sufficient for night riding.

Mile 0, checkpoint #1: Bathrooms and parking at the start.

About mile 15, town of Eloy: 24 hour Circle K

Mile 27.8: Food at checkpoint #2, Picacho Peak Plaza

Mile 45: Circle K in Marana

Mile 67: Food at checkpoint #3, Kinney Rd, Saguaro National Park

Mile 72: McDonalds and Circle K on the other side of the intersection.

Mile 77.7: Convenient stores at the corner of Mission & Drexel. Check water - no services next 24 miles.

Mile 105: Convenience store/restaurant, checkpoint #4

Mile 113: Cow Palace (restaurant) and convenience store at Arivaca Rd. Check water - no services next 22 miles

Mile 135: Food at checkpoint #5 in Arivaca

Mile 180: Store at Three Points on Ajo Way.

About mile 196, convenient stores at the corner of Sandario and Picture Rocks Rd. One convenient store is at the intersection, and the nicer one is just beyond the intersection on your left.

Mile 210: Circle K in Marana. This is checkpoint #6

Mile 228: Dairy Queen at Picacho Peak Plaza but this is only open until 6 pm.

About mile 240: in Eloy: 24 hour Circle K.