WHAT: 2nd Annual Blazing Saddles Cherry Top Challenge – a 60-km, 6,000 vertical-foot, poker-run-style mountain bike race
WHERE: Nelson, B.C.
WHO: Women and Men, all ages
WHEN: Sunday, July 27th, 2008
RACE START: 8 a.m.
RACE FINISH: Approximately 5 p.m.
REGISTRATION: The Sacred Ride, open Monday through Saturday
COST: $50 ($20 to Nelson Cycling club, $30 to the event)
PRIZES: More than you can shake a stick at.
SPONSORS: The Sacred Ride, Baldface Lodge, NRG Enterprises, Nelson Cycling Club, Nelson Brewing Company, Dakine, Santa Cruz, Sombrio

Get a hold of your emotions, because we’ve got another epic bike ride for you! Last year 53 amazing riders braved rain, cold, mud, and knarl and one lucky lady came up with the best poker hand to win a sweet New Years powder skiing trip at Baldface Lodge. The other 52 lucky souls were treated to fantastic swag bags, prizes, a delicious BBQ and a heck of a fun day. The event is a fundraiser for the Nelson Cycling Club, and with all the trails around Nelson and the amount of work they do, they need all the help they can get!

The race starts in Nelson at The Sacred Ride, climbs up to the top of Pulmonary then plunges down to Highway 3. All you cowpokes will then head up Marsden Road and keep pedaling 23 kms until you get up to Baldface

The atomic age has brought us many things, but who could have predicted that radiation would have created THEM!! Join us for The Cocoa-nut Lounge's very first creature feature movie night! Enjoy fabulous desserts, delicious drinks, and even some popcorn while watching giant ants take over New Mexico in 1954's THEM.