The 2025-2026 Empowered Energy Systems Race Series consists of five races and one noncompetitive event over the course of the season.

Your best four of the five scored races will count toward the standings. To be eligible for overall series and age group prizes, you must complete four of the events below.

RACE DETAILS AND REGISTRATION WILL BE POSTED SOON.

Saturday December 6: Winterstart 5km Ski Race 5km classic and 5km skate (NOTE: only the classic race counts for series points)

Saturday December 27: Skyway Skuffle 10 km freestyle race

Saturday January 24: Grand Mesa Classic 10km classic race

Sunday February 15: The Feb 15K (freestyle) Race 

Saturday Februrary 28: Friluftsliv Challenge (NOTE: counts as participation in the series, but not scored for series points.)

Sunday March 15: Mesa Meltdown 20km and 5km freestyle (NOTE: only the 20km counts for series points)

Prizes:
-Overall series winners (female and male) get a nice prize TBD. 

-Female and Male overall winners of each individual race scored for the series win $50 cash.

-Prizes awarded to age group winners for the overall series.

-All registered racers are entered into a raffle (at each race) for a variety of cool prizes from local business sponsors.

Rules and Scoring:
Points are awarded for overall and age group (10 year brackets: 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, etc.) according to the following system:

1st place: 20 points
2nd: 19
3rd: 18
4th: 17
5th: 16
6th: 15
7th: 14
8th: 13
9th: 12
10th: 11
11th: 10
12th: 9
13th: 8
14th: 7
15th: 6
16th: 5
17th: 4
18th: 3
19th: 2
20th: 1

To win overall or age group series awards, you must participate in a minimum of four events. Your best four of the five scored races will count toward the standings.

In the event of a tie, the order of finish in the Mesa Meltdown 20km is the tie-breaker.

Thanks to our sponsors:

Empowered Energy Systems
Loki Outdoor Clothing
More to come!

for more info email info @staging.gmnc.org