Submitted by mimbresman on July 10, 2008 - 4:49pm.
To add to Bob's comment: As the former race director of the Signal Peak Challenge mtn bike race, which takes place in August north of Silver City, I can speak from experience. Forest Service (Dept. of Agriculture) permits are fairly straight forward, but BLM (Dept. of Interior) permits were a real pain in the ass. With either, you have to jump through specific hoops and meet specific criteria. Better to keep these "races" as fast self-contained tours to avoid any bureaucratic roadblocks in the future.
Permits
To add to Bob's comment: As the former race director of the Signal Peak Challenge mtn bike race, which takes place in August north of Silver City, I can speak from experience. Forest Service (Dept. of Agriculture) permits are fairly straight forward, but BLM (Dept. of Interior) permits were a real pain in the ass. With either, you have to jump through specific hoops and meet specific criteria. Better to keep these "races" as fast self-contained tours to avoid any bureaucratic roadblocks in the future.