COGGS 2023 Trail Challenge contest

• Start Date
  Thursday June 1, 2023 past event
• End Date
  Tuesday October 31, 2023
• Region
  Duluth

Description

Complete all the trails as mapped on Trailforks to earn each badge. No worries if you aren't comfortable riding a certain trail. You are welcome to walk it (except Spirit) and that'll still count towards trail completion. Just as long as it's logged on Trailforks!

More info can be found here.

How to participate: Simply record your activities via Trailforks ride logs (must have a Trailforks account). You must record your ride via the Trailforks app, a Garmin device connected to your Trailforks account, or your Strava account also connected to your Trailforks account.

For best results, the ridelog must pass by either the start or end point of the trail, within 30 meters. (direction does not matter)
- TF loops through each GPS point of a ridelog, checking if the point is within 30 meters of the potential matched trail
- At least 80% of your ridelogs matched distance must match the distance of the trail. So 20% of your ridelogs points can NOT match the trail in question to still get a "full match"
- If the ridelog matches 50% of the trail distance it's considered a "partial match"
- Trails under 100m are generally excluded from matching
- You must ride the ENTIRE trail start to finish AS MAPPED on Trailforks to get a match. So you can't ride the first 30% then ride another trail, then go back onto the original trial and ride the rest, it won't match this way. It must be continuous.


Trailforks will automatically track your progress and keep a running list of what you've completed and what's left. You can select the badge from this contest page to see your progress towards earning the badge, or you can select My Badges from your profile page on Trailforks.com Segments must be completed in full to count, so it'll take a bit of planning. So get out that map and start plotting.


Challenge dates: Activities completed between June 1 and October 31 will count. Ideally, you finish up before the fall member party.

Green - "Some of it": Complete all of the COGGS green-level trails (except Spirit Mountain trails).
Blue - "A bunch of it: Complete all of the COGGS green and blue level trails (except Spirit Mountain trails).
Black - "Pretty much all of it": Complete all of the COGGS green, blue, black, and red level trails (except Spirit Mountain trails).
Red - "The whole shebang": Complete ALL of the mountain bike trails, including Spirit Mountain.

Prize Info

Prizes: Completion of badges will earn you swag, and enter you into a drawing for something neat (COGGS members only).