California Sierra Trail Race

California Sierra Trail Race from Aaron Johnson on Vimeo.
From the mind of Sean Allan comes the California Sierra Trail Race, a self-supported bikepacking race in the Tahoe region of California. Beginning and ending in Auburn, CA, the route traverses historic 19th Century mining trails and roads, winding its way slowly up the foothills and dropping down into Lake Tahoe. It then follows the Tahoe Rim Trail around the lake, over 100 miles of some of California's best singletrack, before making its way back down towards Auburn. At 430 miles and 70,000 feet of elevation gain, the route is a monster, but rewards those who attempt it with incredible scenery and riding.

This film showcases the second running of this race, in July of 2014. Turnout was incredibly low, with only 4 starters, and the goal of this film is to generate awareness of this amazing course so more people can experience it.

This year's racers:
Jack Anderson
Aaron Johnson
Jeremy Noble
Greg Levitsky

Aaron's race report:
http://www.ajphoto.net/blog/2015/3/california-sierra-trail-race-part-1
http://www.ajphoto.net/blog/2015/3/california-sierra-trail-race-part-2

Race info:
http://www.californiasierratrailrace.com/Home_Page.php
http://www.bikepacking.net/forum/ultra-racing/california-sierra-trail-race-2015/

Filmed by Aaron Johnson and Jack Anderson.
Edited and narrated by Aaron Johnson.

Big thanks to Sean Allan, both for all the work he did in creating this route, as well as taking the time to interview for this film.

www.ajphoto.net