THE ROUTES ARE SET.

Timed segments to be released over the coming week.

The Outlaw Gravel routes run through the rolling ranch roads of Steamboat’s South Valley — terrain that rewards strategy or strength.

Big views to the west and north.
Steamboat Mountain watching the whole thing.

If you know these roads, you already understand.
If you don’t, you will soon enough.

The full routes are below.
Timed segments will be revealed in the coming days.

Race day — May 31, 2026

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Two Options. Same Game.

Riders choose between two routes:

Long Course — 66 miles
Short Course — 40 miles

Both follow the same enduro format where timed segments decide the race.

Your combined time across all timed segments determines the winners — solo riders and teams with the fastest cumulative segment times earn the podium.

Push when it counts.
Recover when it doesn’t.

The segments will be revealed soon.
The strategy is yours to figure out.

Route Length & Effort

The course lengths are intentional.

This is an early-season race designed so riders can press hard during the timed segments, with neutral sections placed just as deliberately for recovery and positioning.

Don’t be fooled by the mileage.

The long course delivers nearly 5,000 feet of climbing, with plenty of time out of the saddle.

Early season.
Real effort.

THE ROADS

Some of these roads have seen racing before.
A few haven’t — unless you count the local rides where bragging rights were the only prize.

Long stretches roll through open pastureland.
Sections open to wide South Valley views.
And a few will make even experienced riders settle in and push.

This is how these roads have always been ridden — hard efforts, regrouping to take it in, then doing it all over again.

Outlaw Gravel simply turns that rhythm into race day.

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TIMED SEGMENTS

SEGMENT 1

This is the race. Your solo or team time across the timed segments determines your place. Strength helps, but strategy is what wins it. COPY

RCR 18: Sarvis Creek
Spruce-lined and running alongside the Yampa, this section is a bit of a question mark. The seasonal gate may just be opening, which means anything from smooth and fast to rutted, water-filled potholes. Ranch traffic leaves its mark too - hoof prints, loose sand, and the occasional cow-patty reminder to stay alert.

Expect a steady rise with a few punchy efforts, as the views pull in tight, trading big valley expanses for trees, river, and a more enclosed ride.

14E “E for Extreme”: Climbing switchbacks on packed and loose dirt that test the experienced and give newer riders their first taste of rowdy South Routt.

  • 7.4 miles • +608 ft / -334 ft

    Mixed Terrain: smooth and fast in places, rutted, dusty, and a little chunky in others. Deep potholes, water in the shade.

    Where to make up time: the 1.3-mile paved section is primed for a time trial effort.

  • Segment 1 – Insider Knowledge
    14E - known locally as “14E for Extreme” - is where it all starts. Chunky gravel, likely riddled with potholes. It rolls straight for a moment, then kicks up hard into a set of switchbacks that separate those who’ve done the work from those who haven’t.

    Out of the switchbacks, it opens into a fast straight before a left onto 14B. This is your first taste of true Steamboat mag chloride gravel - fast, smooth, but with enough South Valley gut punches to keep the heart rate pinned. You’ll drop into Pleasant Valley with big views of conserved ranchland and Rabbit Ears Pass looming ahead.

    A quick right turn - watch for loose gravel on pavement - leads into a straight where it’s heads down, diesel power. Teams should be working here. Solos will start to feel the elevation creep in.

    Then the course changes. The road tightens and runs alongside the Yampa River, climbing through one of the most beautiful stretches of dirt in Routt County. Short rollers. Punchy efforts. It keeps going longer than you want it to.

    The final climb before the cattle guard is exposed and unforgiving in the morning sun. Cross it and you’ll see the finish - but it’s still uphill. From there, it’s everything you’ve got. Strategic or survival. Smooth or unraveling.

    Get it done and the first aid station is waiting - cold drinks, a reset, and a reminder that the day is just getting started.