Cascade Cross is a non-profit racing series based in Bellingham, Washington aimed at building cycling communities. If you’re new to the area and want to make friends who are equally casual or serious about bikes, come out and pedal around our twisty-turny course for a few laps. In true cyclocross fashion, races will feature an occasional obstacle that forces riders to dismount their bikes and carry them over. Races are timed. The person with the most laps wins.

All meat-powered bicycles are welcome on the race course: cyclocross bikes, all mountain bikes, all gravel bikes, all types of suspension, any size wheels or tires.

During the free races in September, it’s everybody and anybody on the course at the same time. During the official season, October through January, people divide themselves into age and gender groups by experience. Class C riders are true beginners in the sport. Class B riders may consider themselves fairly skilled cyclists, either from mountain biking, gravel, or roadie backgrounds. Class A are absolute shredders and train hard to win. Age groups are broken down into under 12, under 18, 18 to 49, and 50+. Men’s B and C groups are on the course together. All women’s groups race together. Men’s A group is on the course with trans, non-binary, elite male juniors, adaptive cyclists, tandems and singlespeeds. Here is the outline of our start times.

September races every Thursday night at Memorial Park are free!
Each official race during the 2026-27 season is $35
Season pass pricing will be announced alongside our race calendar in mid-June.
Race entries may be purchased online once the race lineup is posted (hopefully by mid-June!)
Race entries may also be purchased before 8:25am the morning of the races.