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EXPEDITION
OREGON 2025

4.5

DAYS

35

TEAMS

1

EPIC RACE

Location & Dates

May 17-25 , 2024

Central Oregon (Bend and Redmond)

The Race

Disciplines: mtn bike, trekking, climbing, packrafting, rafting, navigation

Distance: 400 km

Categories: 2 and 4 person teams

Winning time: 72 hours

Course Open: 108 hours 

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Logistics

ARWS Mandatory Gear + a spade

ARWS Rules

More info in Newsletters

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Prizes

1st place: Free entry to ARWS World Championships

$5,000 Cash Purse Prize for Podium

Prizes from Sponsors

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RACE CONCEPT

Race will be hosted in Central Oregon.  The 2025 edition will race 275 miles through and around the rugged and beautiful Central Oregon with plentiful views of the Cascade's and our iconic volcanoes.  This edition will include single track and gravel road mountain biking, mountaineering, rock climbing, challenging trekking, tumultuous (but packraftable) whitewater, difficult orienteering and some of the most stunning scenery in the country.  Welcome to "America's Most Scenic Race".

Disciplines Difficulty Ratings

MTB

6/10

PADDLE

5/10

TREK

8/10

NAVIGATION

7/10

ENDURANCE

10/10

Fog and Nature

SCHEDULE

FRIDAY

5/16-17/2025

Teams arrive

SATURDAY

5/18/2025

Gear check in and captains meeting 

SUNDAY

5/19/2025

Maps and race start

WEDNESDAY 

9/22-23/2024

First teams arrive at finish.. maybe 

SATURDAY

9/24/2024

Last teams arrive at finish

SUNDAY

9/25/2024

Awards Ceremony / teams fly home

MONDAY

9/26/2024

Teams fly home

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LODGING / LOGISTICS

Getting to Redmond/Bend

The best place to fly into is Redmond Airport. It is a 5 min drive from Redmond and a 20 min drive from Bend. We are still sorting out transportation to and from but there will be one shuttle before the race and one shuttle after. We can not do multiple days or times. 

Lodging

This race will hopefully have a race HQ and it does offer two room nights in our registration fee. More details to come soon. 

Key Places

TBD

Racer Check in

TBD

Captains meeting and post race ceremony

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Examples of MAPS

2022 Maps

Use these as a reference for the wild race to come

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Bring your family

This is an amazing race to bring your family and loved ones to because it is one of our most spectator friendly expedition races yet!

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While it will still take some adventuring to find teams, our live tracking will allow people to find their loved ones at transition areas and at some certain spots out on the course.

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Bend and Redmond are amazing towns that are surrounded by family friendly hiking and biking trails, rivers, and beautiful mountains.

 

We will be sending out a list of all of our favorite things to do and see in Bend and Redmond closer to the event!

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Newsletters

Catch up on everything BendRacing in our latest newsletter!

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Race Media

Become your own Legend

Beautiful and Brutal

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