Gear Drops
Here's some helpful hints for dropping off your equipment- especially if you're a Chinook!
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Packet Pickup: get your team packet the Friday afternoon or early Saturday.
We recommend you arrive at the Start by 9:30AM for the 10:00AM Start in Capitol Forest.
Drop your gear:
- Paddlecraft at West Bay Park by 8:30AM. Volunteers will be at West Bay to help with staging your watercraft at 7:00AM.
- Road bike at Mima Falls Trailhead by 9:15AM. If you're staging your road bike before the start do it by 9:15.
- It's 6.5 miles (~13 min) from Mima Falls Trailhead to the Start at Middle Waddell Parking area.
- Arrive Middle Waddell Parking area by 9:30AM. Mountain bikers will line up for the start at 9:55AM.
- Relax and enjoy the Start!!
Driving directions and maps: See the blog post "How to do it" for a walk/drive through of how you might get where you need to be. Detailed turn-by-turn directions to the start are on the Start page.











