Nelson : After 6 Year Hiatus James Beazell Wintergreen Ascent Returns

Wintergreen
Nelson County, Virginia

After a long six years The James Beazell Wintergreen Ascent bike race returned this past weekend here in Nelson County. We’ve been telling you about this highly popular, and challenging, race for well over 15 years now.

Our BRL Mountain Photographer Paul Purpura shot all of the past events and was back this weekend to grab the return.

Here’s some of the shots from the 2025 race. Click on any photo to enlarge.

Additional hard link here to race results.

Nice to have the race back after all of this time and congrats to everyone participating and all of the winners!

See you next year in 2026!