Pinedale will be hosting the Borealis Fat Bike World Championships for the first time this weekend.
The Borealis Fat Bike World Championships has taken place in Crested Butte, Colorado since its conception five years ago, but this year that changed.
Due to COVID-19 guidelines in the state, organizers in Colorado decided they couldn t hold the championships this year.
Andrew Zook, co-director and Pinedale bike shop owner, said the Sublette County chamber of commerce director reached out and said the championships could happen in Pinedale. So far, 65 people are signed up from around the country. It s definitely spectator friendly, said Zook. And it s a great chance for people to, if they re not familiar with fat biking, to come out and see what actually it is. And see some really super high level riders, banging heads to try to get that championship.