PUB Binger Checkpoint List

1. Airplane or Whirly Gig
2. Andrew’s Geyser (with or without water)
3. Arrowhead
4. Bear
5. Bench on Point Lookout Trail
6. Black Mountain Campground Pisgah National Forest sign
7. Blue Ridge Parkway Tunnel
8. Camp Grier Lake
9. Chicken (live or metal)
10. Christmas Tree (limit 1)
11. Country Store
12. Covered Bridge
13. Cow, Pig or Goat
14. Curtis Creek (the creek)
15. Curtis Creek Campground sign
16. Don Rimx Mural on Crooked Creek Rd at Beacon Village Farm
17. Eastern Continental Divide sign
18. First National Forest Tract sign
19. Fonta Flora –> Old Fort trail blaze
20. Fonta Flora –> Ridgecrest trail blaze
21. Fonta Flora sign
22. Green Knob Overlook on Blue Ridge Parkway
23. Heartbreak ridge Trail sign
24. Hearts a Bursting (it’s a plant)
25. Holiday Wreath (limit 1)
26. Kitsuma trail head sign
27. Map of future trails planned for Old Fort
28. Mountain Gateway Museum
29. Newberry Creek trail sign where “hiking” singletrack begins
30. Old Fort Picnic Area Pisgah National Forest sign
31. Old Fort Ride House parking pass
32. Old Fort Ride House Ranger
33. Pint of Hillman Brewing beer
34. Quilt Square on barn or building
35. Save Our School Mural in Old Fort
36. Snooks Nose Overlook
37. Star Gap trail sign
38. Top of Heartbreak Ridge trail. Are the old campers still there???
39. Top of Point lookout trail/gate
40. Tractor
41. Train trestle
42. Youngs ridge Trail sign

Checkpoint Rules

Riders can compete for prizes by taking photos of checkpoints along the routes. A list of checkpoints will be announced via email to all registered participants at 9:00 AM on Saturday December 5, 2020.

There are three ways to share your checkpoint images with Jen Billstrom (Jen@VeloGirlRides.com):

• Email a link to your Strava ride with photos loaded and activity status set to “public” to Jen
• Email a link to your RideWithGPS ride with photos loaded and activity status set to “public” to Jen
• Email your photos directly to Jen (please include all photos in one email)

Bonus entries can be accumulated by posting images to social media using #PUB2020 and tagging @bookwalterbinge

Each checkpoint photo equals one entry into the prize drawing.

Each social media #PUB2020 and @bookwalterbinge tagged post equals one entry into the prize drawing.

There is no limit to the number of checkpoint images you can share, but duplicate images of the same checkpoint will not count.

Deadline: Submit your checkpoint images no later than midnight on Sunday December 6, 2020.

Prize winners will be posted on the Binge website within one week of the event. Jen will contact each winner by email with instructions for claiming prizes.

Prizes

• Mamacitas – Lifetime Binge Sponsor
• Highland Brewing – Multi-year Binge Sponsor
• Four Sisters Bakery – Host of the 2019 Binge TuneUp Coffee Stop
• Dynamite Roasting – Binge Morning Coffee Host (compliments of ALFIE in 2019)
• French Broad Chocolate
• Ghan Shan West
• 12 Bones