2027 Kenda Cup #1 — Vail Lake, Temecula (XC / JR XC / Marathon + Enduro)

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Team Big Bear opens its 2027 Kenda Cup — the long-running Southern California mountain-bike series — with Round 1 at Vail Lake Resort in Temecula on the weekend of January 16–17, 2027. The organizer's current official schedule lists Saturday as Kenda Cup XC / Junior XC / Marathon XC #1 and Sunday as the Kenda Cup Enduro #1 on the same Vail Lake venue, using the resort's established dry, rocky chaparral singletrack between Temecula and Aguanga off CA-79 South. This is open-entry grassroots racing under USA Cycling, administered through Team Big Bear (a Southern California / Nevada Cycling Association local association). Any racer may compete: Pros need an annual USA Cycling license, and Juniors, Open and Category 1/2/3 riders can purchase a one-day USAC license during the registration process. The series spans a full bracket of USAC cross-country categories — Category 1/2/3 by age and gender, Open Men and Open Women, Single Speed, Clydesdale and a deep Junior development ladder down to 10-&-under — plus Saturday's longer Marathon XC and Sunday's multi-stage gravity Enduro. As of this record, online registration for the 2027 Kenda Cup is published as "coming soon" on the Team Big Bear MTN Biking page; the series historically offers both advance online sign-up and on-site day-of registration, with a signed waiver (guardian-signed for Juniors) brought to packet pick-up. Team Big Bear lists a $15 one-day-license option, a $15 replacement plate fee, and a no-refunds / no-transfers policy. Exact 2027 per-category entry fees, start times, course maps and the detailed weekend schedule are not yet posted and will appear on the organizer's SCHEDULE / GENERAL INFO links closer to the race; do not infer that registration is closed from the absence of an open online checkout. Vail Lake is a rural Inland Empire venue roughly 85 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles and about 20 miles east of central Temecula; access is by car and the resort offers on-site camping for race weekends. Spectating is free and family-friendly, though the resort may charge day-use or parking fees for vehicles entering the property. Round 1 is the first of three 2027 Kenda Cup weekends at Vail Lake (Round 2 on January 30–31 and the Series Finals on February 28). Recheck the Team Big Bear MTN Biking page for the posted schedule, fees and any weather-driven changes before traveling.

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