History will be made on Aug. 24 as the Contagious Mountain Bike Club and Mount Sima Ski Hill will hold the Yukon's first ever downhill mountain biking race.

The event is being called Sima Slamfest and will include a separate course for adults and kids.

"Nothing like this has ever been held in the Yukon before and it is huge everywhere else," said Sima Slamfest co-ordinator Justin Mullan. "I think either way it's going to be great whether it's 20 people or 100 people. I think everybody who actually gets out and rides it is going to love it."

The course will use all 330 metres of Mt. Sima's ski hill, which has an overall distance of 1.7-km. The competition is a time trial style event that will involve each rider going down individually in two minute intervals to ensure nobody is passed on the hill.

The venue will allow riders to go as fast or as slow as they desire and will include two steeper technical sections. A couple of jumps and ladder bridges will also add to the diversity of the course. Riders under the age of 15 will compete on a shorter course.

Mullan said it's going to be a more diverse course than most places down south would use.

"We want more riders to come out and test it out because we don't have the same population they have down south," he said. "We want everyone to be able to come and ride it and see if they like it."

Slamfest organizers have been working on holding the event since the Spring, but it wasn't until last week that Mt. Sima gave them the final approval for insurance coverage.

Since then the organizing group have been logging extra hours into getting everything ready for the event.

Currently work is not only being done to acquire sponsors, but also designing the course. So far around 12 hours have been spent with the courses creation. Mullan estimates another 10 hours will be needed to finish the work being done on the hill.

There are no age requirements to participate in the event, but, for insurance reasons, all competitors must be members of the Contagious Mountain Bike Club .

Membership at the club is $30. The competitions registration fee by itself is $15.

Registration can be made at Icycle Sports, which is one of the event's sponsors.

Not all of the prizes will be cycling related and will include a $100 gift certificate donated by Erik's Audiotronic. Clothing will also be given away at the competition.

Sima Slamfest will also include separate categories that are based on gender, bike type and age. Prizes will be given out for the top three finishes in each category. Door prizes will also be handed out throughout the day.

There will be a grand prize at the event, but no decisions have been made on what it might be. Cash prizes are also a possibility as a prize.

Mullan said his goal is for Sima Slamfest to become an annual tradition and hopes to have around 40 to 50 competitors attend on the 24.

Riders can familiarize themselves with the course on Aug. 23 at the event's practice day.

On race day, there will also be a mandatory pre-run to make sure everybody is capable of getting through the course safely.

A barbecue with refreshments will be held at the base of the hill by the Mt. Sima Ski Patrol.

All of the proceeds will be donate towards their organization.

Mullan said he is looking forward to putting the event on for the first time.

"The biggest thing that I have really been trying to stress to everybody that I tell is that the course is ridable for any person that considers themselves a mountain biker," he said.

"We want to get as many people out as possible to just show Mt. Sima that there is a serious mountain bike following in the Yukon and this is something they can make money on and that they can bring tourism up for."