Blue Skies, Bark and Stairs: Austin Cyclocross National Championship Course Preview Photo Gallery

The course has a few ups and downs that were hard to see in videos. © Brian Nelson

Long-time Cyclocross Magazine photographer Brian Nelson has made the trip to Austin, Texas for another chance to serve up stunning Cyclocross National Championship images to our readers.

Walking around the Zilker Park course yesterday and enjoying the temporarily balmy weather, Nelson called the venue a “visual feast.”

Bring your hiking boots, these steps don’t favor cleats and toe spikes. © Brian Nelson

We have some of his Zilker Park Nationals course photos from that stroll. Check out the gallery below, but don’t plan on conditions being like what you see. You can be sure each day the course will change quite a bit. (See the latest forecast on our 2015 Nationals page.)

• Registration. © Brian Nelson

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• Will there be mud? © Brian Nelson

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• Bring your hiking boots, these steps don't favor cleats and toe spikes. © Brian Nelson

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  Bring your hiking boots, these steps don't favor cleats and toe spikes. © Brian Nelson

  

• And several off-camber sections. © Brian Nelson

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• The course has a few ups and downs that were hard to see in videos. © Brian Nelson

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  The course has a few ups and downs that were hard to see in videos. © Brian Nelson

  

• Local hero and CXM contributor Daniel Curtain practicing his victory lap. © Brian Nelson

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  Local hero and CXM contributor Daniel Curtain practicing his victory lap. © Brian Nelson

  

• Course preparations. Lots of fencing! © Brian Nelsonundefined

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• There's bark on much of the course surface. We predict a few pedals and cleats will get bark stuck in them. © Brian Nelson

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  Bark on much of the course surface. We predict a few pedals to get bark stuck in them. © Brian Nelson

  

• Course Designers making the most of Zilker Park's hillside. © Brian Nelson

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