Two gated races (on three courses), a cross-country and a short track. Sunburn, windburn, frostbite, dehydration. Some drunkenness. Short sleeves and puffies. Big dogs rolling in cow poop. The hitters came out. They rode hard. National Champions and World Champions made the trip. It was awesome.

Chalk Creek. Nathrop. Byoonah-Veesta. The Bovine Triangle. Whatever you want to call it, the homestead of Keith and Taf Darner played host to MSC#2 this past weekend in Colorado’s High Country banana belt.

With nearly 500 registrants for the cross country and nearly 270 for the off-road time trial, The Rabbit Valley Rally was the largest inaugural race the Mountain States Cup has seen yet.