Criterium: Course is a 0.87-mile closed loop around downtown Whitefish. Roads are flat and fast with wind protection provided by downtown buildings and homes. Start and finish will be at Depot Park. The Criterium stage of the 2011 Great Northern Stage Race is the Montana State Criterium Championships for 2011 and participation in the Criterium only will be allowed. Riders participating only in the Criterium stage, however, will not be eligible to compete for cash and prizes that are available, and listed below, for the overall General Classification. Criterium stage (or Criterium-only) awards will be posted on race day.

Time Trial: Course is a 4.85-mile hill climb up Big Mountain Road gaining 1,562 feet in elevation. The road climbs consistently from the beginning with an average grade of 6.2%. The start will be at the intersection of East Lakeshore Drive and Big Mountain Road and the finish is in the Village at the end of Big Mountain Road. Riders will start in 30 second intervals in the order of their bib numbers of their respective race classification and in the same order as the morning?s Criterium. Start times will be posted following final results for the Criterium. It is the rider?s responsibility to be present for his/her start time. Racers should sign in with the starting official, or organizer, and seed themselves along the bike path prior to their start time. Bib numbers will be called in the official starting order prior to each riders start time.

Circuit Race: Course is primarily a 6.6-mile relatively flat to rolling loop on Lodgepole, Farm-to-Market, and Twin Bridges roads west of Whitefish with a finish climb up Star Meadows Road. Staging will be at the Olney-Bissell school on Farm-to-Market Road. From Whitefish, head west/north for about 4.5 miles on Highway 93 to Twin Bridges road. Turn left on Twin Bridges Road to the race loop as it turns into Lodgepole, turn right continuing on Twin Bridges to the intersection of Farm-to-Market, turn left on FTM and drive around the race loop to Olney Bissell School.