The 2025 NW Cup

Race Series

Schedule is here

The 2025 NW Cup race season is upon us! Mark your calendars folks! Yep you read correctly - we are going back to Stevens Pass for the final round in 2025! Can’t wait to get this season underway. Stay tuned for registration drops 🔥

What is the NW Cup?

  • Seven races, six resorts, three states, one trophy.

    The NW Cup is a downhill race series based in the greater Pacific Northwest. It began in 2006 and has grown year after year.

  • Anyone. We have 4 different skill-based categories which are further broken down by gender and age. (See below for more info on that).

  • Racers can do one or all of the races. Each race consists of individual awards ceremonies and all add up to an overall award ceremony at the end of the year. While there are 7 races, only your best 5 races count for the overall as you’re lowest scoring 2 races are dropped. The only other requirement is attending the final race every year.

Upcoming Races

Races
RACE 2 // DRY HILL
May 16
RACE 2 // DRY HILL

For Round 2 we return to Port Angeles because... well it is some of the best riding, trails are drier and faster, and you have to heckle your buddy that beat you at round 1!

RACE 3 // Tamarack
Jun 20
RACE 3 // Tamarack

And the road trip begins! Time for the first race in back to back weekends of racing.  A perfect early summer break to get east of the mountains and race with some of our eastern family at Tamarack Bike Park.

RACE 4 // Whitefish
Jun 27
RACE 4 // Whitefish

After packing up from Tamarack we make the gorgeous drive to Whitefish and the gateway to Glacier National Park (well worth the stop on the way).

RACE 5 // Silver Mountain
Jul 25
RACE 5 // Silver Mountain

Round 5 means the longest gondola ride in North America, and make sure to bring your bathing suit for the water park after some great riding! Its time for dust, high speed sections, rocks, and amazing views!

RACE 6 // Summit Bike Park
Aug 1
RACE 6 // Summit Bike Park

Last year we brought racing back to Snoqualmie Pass after a 26 year hiatus.  And it was a blast! New tracks for people to race on, local to Seattle, and an amazing lodge right next to the lift made for an amazing weekend, and this year we are going back!

Finals // Stevens Pass
Sep 5
Finals // Stevens Pass

Finals! And, Stevens Pass Bike Park is back! We head back out HWY 2 to the mountain that brought back lift access to Washington years ago, and hosted finals for a few years!

Race Reports

Drink From The Cup
Race Report: 2025 Race 1 // Dry Hill
Race Report: 2025 Race 1 // Dry Hill

After what always seems like an insanely long winter season, we are glad to say that WE'RE BACK racing DH in the PNW! And oh boy did Mother Nature welcome us with open arms.

Race Report: 2024 Finals // Dry Hill
Race Report: 2024 Finals // Dry Hill

100 Races. This past weekend marked 100 NW Cup races for Scott and Casey, and in turn the final round of the 2024 season. On top of it there was no more fitting location than to have it at Dry Hill in Port Angeles, WA! It has been an amazing season, and the 450 riders at the finals prove that Dry Hill is the favorite place for our family to get together and have a blast.

Race Report: 2024 Race #6 // Snoqualmie Pass
Race Report: 2024 Race #6 // Snoqualmie Pass

26 years. That is how long it has been since there was a DH race at Snoqualmie pass. 1998, and Steve Peat won his first World Cup here. Now, the NW Cup has brough racing back to the pass, and wow was it some great racing!

Race Report: 2024 Race #5 // Silver Mountain
Race Report: 2024 Race #5 // Silver Mountain

August brought the NW Cup family to the Idaho town of Kellogg for round 5 of the NW Cup series. After a nice break following Whitefish and Tamarack, we headed into another back-to-back week of racing. First up with Silver and some exciting weather.

Race Report: 2024 Race #4 // Whitefish
Race Report: 2024 Race #4 // Whitefish

The end of June continued the NW Cup road trip in Whitefish, MT for the second of our back-to-back race weekends. Normally a dry and dusty venue, Mother Nature decided to gift us some rain mid week to make the dirt AMAZING for practice and seeding through Saturday.

Race Report: 2024 Race #3 // Tamarack
Race Report: 2024 Race #3 // Tamarack

June brings us to the first race of the NW Cup back-to-back races out in Idaho and Montana. This past weekend the amazing resort of Tamarack host the NW Cup family with gorgeous blue skies, warm weather, and fast, rocky trails.

 @NW_CUP

Final write up of the season is live on @vitalmtb!!!! Go check it out! We can’t wait to see you all again next year! #nwcup 📸 @patrikzuest
Big congrats to GGR for tacking home this beautiful trophy and earning the title as the 2023 NW Cup Team Champions 🙌 Great job to all the teams that competed in our first ever team series. We are excited to have you all back next year to have anoth