AERC La Grange Ditch 50 & Weaver Basin Express 25Weaver Basin Express Trail Ride

Weaverville Ca July 4th 2020

40 Rider Limit. Entry fee $108.00+$25 if entry postmarked after June 3rd 2020. Entry Fee includes Camping, AERC Fee, EMMP Fee, Completion award. Awards available in both distances for 1st, BC, and Turtle awards for slowest time with special awards for all riders 17 and under.

There will be no ride meeting. Be sure to read all the ride info here in this flier and read all emails from ride management. You will be able to ask questions when you check in. We are getting to be a well established ride so most of you have been there and done that at our rides, but if we get to have the ride there may be some changes to how we do things because of THE VIRUS. We will follow all AERC, local, state and federal guidelines and orders.

Free for 2020 AERC Ride Managers, 17 and under, law enforcement, firefighters, EMT, military active and retired.

Head Control Judge and Treatment, DVM Dan Chapman. Second Control Judge, DVM Jerry Long.Ride start time for 25 and 50 5:30 AM (beat the heat) Vet checks are all in Ride Camp. Pulse criteria at Vet Checks and Finish is 60 within half hour. 1 half hour hold for 25. 1 hour hold at 25 miles and 1/2 hour hold at 40 miles for 50.

AWARDS: There will be no awards meeting. Awards will handed out as riders complete.

MEALS: There are restaurants that will provide take out just 3 miles away. And it is likely if we are having the ride then restaurants will have some sit down seating too. We can watch your horses. We have even had riders set up their portable corrals and go stay at local hotels. Not sure what the status will be with the Weaverville 4th of July celebrations. We do not know yet what we will do about our usual practice of providing fruit and water and ice tea on trail.

RIDE CAMP AND TRAILS: Ride camp was built by us with cooperation of USDA Forest Service in 2014, the first year we held this ride. The dust has settled but it is still a

primitive camp. It is on a wooded ridge on what we call Trinity County Flat. If you have a extra large rig, let us know so we can park you ‘up front’. We provide potable toilets. Water is all trucked in and there are many water troughs about camp. Please bring as much water with you as you can to help us keep up with demand. Course is Single track on 95% of the 50, 99% on the 25. Views abound. There are technical single tracks with drops offs, twists and turns and bridges, creek crossings, knee knockers and low limbs and eye jabbers. We do notice and care about cleaning out the low limbs and eye jabbers and clearance is improving, though some low limbs are considered features by Bicyclists and Hikers so look for caution tape and slow down when you see it. Caution tape can also mean other obstacles you need to slow down and look out for like washouts, large boulder in middle of trail. Not every hazard is marked but those that are, take seriously please. The loops are color coded, the map, the ribbons on clothes pins and laminated arrows will be all same color for each loop. Example 50 miles is 25 mile pink loop, 15 mile orange loop,10 mile red loop. The footing is great on most the trails...there is rock here and there. The course does not have extreme elevation changes but there is elevation gain and loss on short burst that adds up. We work hard on course design to keep you in the shade during the heat of the day. There is natural water as well as in troughs for drinking and tubs to sponge out of. Sponging water is cooled with ice if necessary. Water is available on the course every five miles or less.

TRAIL RIDE: 10 rider limit. $45 entry fee, includes camping, AERC Fees and completion award. 22 mile option with plenty of narrow drop off single track that utilizes the La Grange Ditch Trail. You will be going on this trail after the endurance riders and will have about 15 miles that includes the drop off trails without shared trail. 10 mile option single track East Weaver Creek loop. There will be shared trail with endurance riders on this loop. We have a small group of endurance riders though and they must be polite and considerate to you and other trail users are they can be disqualified. This is a non timed non competitive event.

DIRECTIONS: Ride camp is located on Forest Service Road 34N95 off Highway 3. This is a gravel road and surface and grade are rated by FS for 2wheel drive passenger cars. You have less then a mile on gravel road.

From Interstate 5 at Redding CA go west on 299 toward Eureka and Weaverville. After passing through most of Weaverville you will enter the historic district and turn right into

Highway 3 North toward Yreka. Approximately 3 miles up Highway 3 Past the Airport and pat the end of a sweeping turn you will turn left onto a gravel Forest Service Road 34N95. Ride camp is on the right less then a mile up the gravel road. From 101 take 299 east and enter Weaverville and Highway 3 is the second left after the Court House

Full Refund Policy is on the ride entry.Rider entry fees for all our events above are calculated to just cover cost of putting on each event which includes but is not limited to permits, vets, ride completions and awards, water hauling, aerc fees, Ca drug (EMMP) fees, fuel, trail marking supplies, facilities etc...and providing a average of 10 or more free entries for our hardworking AERC Ride Managers, Juniors, Firefighters, Military and Law Enforcement annually. Event income is also used to purchase awards for the CSHA State Endurance program. Because of set expenses and our small rider limits and the unlimited free entries for kids and heroes our refund policy is stiff but when you get to the point where it's 50% refund or no refund remember we will still honor your entry for a future ride, no time limit. Thank you to those that have donated to cover a entry for a kid or a hero and those that have canceled that have donated their entry back. We feel it is very important to help families share this sport with their kids and for our first responder and military heroes to be honored. We have been doing this for five years and parents and the kids and heroes have expressed their gratitude to us over and over.

My Grandfather James Tong, Long Beach Ca Police Dept. 1937 and 1943 (little boys are my uncles)

My Brother Sam Skinner, recently retire from National Guard after serving 20 years, served two tours in Iraq.

Rules:

Sponge from sponge buckets or natural water, do not sponge from water troughs.Do not put anything in water troughs like feed.Scooping is ok.Dogs on leash please and clean up after your dog.No trash in porta potties.No abuse of equines.No abuse or arguing with management or volunteers or other riders by rider or crewNo fires, camp stoves and BBQs OK. 17 and under must wear helmets at all times while in horseback in camp or on trail.Don’t litter. Don’t mix trash in with your bagged manure in Weaverville (yes this happened last year)Don’t smoke on trail. Use caution when smoking in camp and be courteous of non smokers.Stay on trail.Allow others to pass you when safe to do so.Do not pass anyone without letting them know you are there and wait until they can safety pull aside.Be courteous to other public trail users.Do not leave others at water stops with out asking if it’s OK to ride off. Riding off can make a horse that is drinking well stop drinking.Walk your horse across the paved roads.Do not dump your grey or black water from a RV in our ride camps.No running generator between 10pm and 4am.In Weaverville Ride camp use visibly weed free feed and use hay bags, hay nets, or other off the ground feeder.Clean up and place all feed and manure and place where instructed. Leave no trace! Again do not put trash in with your manure. We can provide trash bags.Additional rules and guidelines may be given verbally by management. Things can change.All AERC Rules apply.Violation of rules is grounds for forfeiting ride entry.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible State or local Agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information is also available in languages other than English. To file a complaint alleging discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html , or at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provided in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: (1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

40 rider limit La Grange Ditch 50 & Weaver Basin Express 25 &10 rider limit Weaver Basin Express Trail Ride,

Weaverville CA July 4th 2020

Name______________________________AERC#(Endurance ride only)___________Mailing address_________________________City______________State___Zip_____Email_______________________________________________Phone#___________Emergency Contact Name______________________________ Phone#___________Vehicle Make & Model____________________________License Plate#___________2020 AERC Ride Managers, 17 and under, active military, veterans, firefighters, law enforcement and all other first responders, active or retired ride free in the Endurance Rides (does not apply to Trail Riders).

La Grange Ditch 50 $108 🔲Weaver Basin Express 25 $108 🔲

Weaver Basin Express Trail Ride $45 🔲 AERC Fee for non AERC member $15 🔲

Late Fee if entry if not postmarked by June 3rd 2020 $25 🔲Equine Name__________________________________ AERC#______________________

Pay Pal Transaction Fee $3 🔲Total Due ______

For Pay Pal please send to dogwoodspringsfarm@yahoo.com (there is a $3.00 added transaction fee to cover what Pay Pal charges us) Email or mail entry, check or money order payable to Solomon Homicz to PO Box 581 Weaverville Ca 96093 Checks will be cashed as received. $30 return check fee if your check does not clear. REFUNDS: Full refunds up to 30 days before the rides. 50% refund between 30 and 14 days before the rides. No refunds for ANY reason after 14 days before the rides.All cancellations have option to pay forward entry fee to a future entry for these rides.Refunds after checks are cashed and for payments via Pay Pal may take up to August 1st.I __________________ have read the ride rules and information for the La Grange Ditch 50 and AERC Weaver Basin Express 25 & Trail Ride July 4th 2020 in Weaverville Ca and know and understand its contents. I also recognize the element of risk in any sport or activity associated with the outdoors. I am fully aware of the risks and dangers inherent in such activity and understand the possible consequences of participating in such activity are as follows but not limited to: injury and damage to self, or my minor child, Equine, and property. I certify that I or my minor child have the necessary skills and ability to participate in the said actively and assume full responsibly for myself for bodily injury, death of self, or my minor child or Equine and loss of personal property and expenses thereof as a result of participating in said activity. I or my minor child also agree to abide by the rules or instructions given to me either in writing or verbally by the operator. I have read and understood and accepted the terms and conditions stated herein and acknowledge that this agreement is effective and binding upon me during the entire period of participation in said activity. ___________________________________________________ ________________Participants Signature and Parents Signature for Riders under 18. Date

AERC Events are held under special use permit from USDA Shasta Trinity National Forest and Six Rivers National Forest