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ATSX Ice Cross World Championship Finishes at Lost Valley
AUBURN – The U.S. Ice Cross Association and Lost Valley have announced the ATSX Ice Cross World Championship’s Final Race for the 2024 season will be held at Lost Valley in Auburn, Maine February 22nd -24th, 2024. Athletes from around the world will race downhill on an iced track to earn points towards their global series competition which culminates at Lost Valley in Auburn, Maine U.S.A. Previous series races have already occurred in Winterleiten Austria, Pra Loup France, Rataulampi Finland & Sainte-Angele-de-Mérici Canada.
The event is free to spectators who can watch the action on foot alongside the course in designated areas. Squirrel Run Trail has been modified with jumps, rollers, berms and 90-degree features which will be iced over to create the downhill course that finishes in the snow tube park area.
The three-day event starts each evening around 6 p.m. at Lost Valley. Thursday, February 22nd is a Practice and Course preview night for the athletes, followed by a welcome party in the Lost Valley brewpub. Live music is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. Friday, February 23rd is the time trial event, where all registered athletes race down the course as fast as possible with their runs timed. Saturday, February 24th is the main event, with timed racers grouping in heats of 2-4 racers racing together down the course. The event schedule is subject to change due to the weather. Updates will be posted on Lost Valley and US Ice Cross social media pages.
U.S. Ice Cross Association President Kale Johnstone remarked, “We’re very excited to return to Lost Valley in 2024. The athletes all loved the course layout in 2023, and it is a great venue for us to wrap up our 2024 World Championship Series. We’d like to thank Lost Valley, the Maine Office of Tourism, Valley Distribution and all of our other partners for helping bring this event to the region.” Lost Valley Owner Scott Shanaman echoed Johnstone’s sentiments saying, “Lost Valley is honored to play host to the ATSX World Championships. We love doing cool things here and there isn’t a much cooler thing than people racing downhill, over jumps and other features as fast as possible on ice skates. We think the spectators will enjoy this event immensely and believe it will grow to be a great annual event for the region. We welcome everyone to come out to this year’s event.”
For more information on the ATSX Ice Cross event, log on to usicecross.org, LostValleySki.com or search the web for Ice Cross Lost Valley.
