USA Cycling will host the Mountain Bike National Championships this week in Mammoth Mountain, California. National Titles will be awarded in dual slalom, cross country, downhill, and enduro. Friday will feature the cross country event in the afternoon with the dual slalom events on Friday night. The downhill event also begins Friday with seeding runs and the finals are on Saturday. Saturday will also feature a short track cross country event and Sunday will wrap things up with the enduro races.

Top contenders in the women’s cross country race will be Chloe Woodruff, Erin Huck, and Georgia Gould. On the men’s side the favorites are Howard Grotts and Stephen Ettinger.