Green Mountain Head Itinerary

Race: Green Mountain Head, 9/29/2019

Location: 67 Putney Landing Rd. Putney, VT

Participating Schools: Middlebury, USMMA, many clubs, several elite rowers

Departure Time/ Location: 1:30 pm Saturday / A&E Center Loading Dock

Directions to Site: (Overview as copied from Google Maps.) Take NY-79 E, NY-206 E and I-88 E to NY-7 E in Latham. Take exit 7 from I-87 N. Get on US-7 S in Bennington. Take VT-279 to Main St in Bennington. Follow VT-9 E to your destination in Brattleboro.

Hotel to Racecourse: Take I-91 N to VT Exit 4, Putney.  Keep right at the end of the ramp. Descend toward the river, cross the railroad tracks and keep right on the path beside the cornfield.  (There should be some signs to lead you.) PARKING IS IN THE MOWED CORNFIELD. The registration & launch site is at the end of the field, and the trailer will be at least halfway down.

Race Day Schedule: Hotel Breakfast.  Depart hotel at 8:30am for 8:45 arrival. Trailer will be dropped off at course the night before to be available for early racers from Cascadilla. 1st Race begins at 9:45am, with starts every 15” throughout the event.  1x start times are likely near 11am, 2x times are likely near 12:30pm.  We should be loaded & ready to depart Putney around 2pm. Stop at Putney General Store for lunch on the way back to the highway. Arrive Ithaca 8pm.

Support Tent: A google doc has been set up to help people coordinate food for refueling between races & bagging for lunches for the ride home.  Fans, please SAVE RECEIPTS from any purchases you make for the tent & hand them off to a coach at the regatta.

Race Notes: 5k stake race on a relatively straight stretch of the CT River.  Docks are very small & require athletes to navigate hills and tight areas. Please be prepared to carry your own oars or have a teammate deliver them immediately as you arrive to the dock. Be informed, courteous competitors (i.e. know which way to yield if necessary & be on time to the line). Bring a set of warm, dry clothes for the ride home. The regatta provides apples, cheese & egg rolls as lunch for competitors, but we will make a food stop at the Putney Co-op at the beginning of the trip home. Travel safely & look out for each other.