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If you are new to Sole Power Plus, welcome! If you are a returning participant, glad to have you back! Below is a good place to start for how things work and where you can go on the site and mobile app.
How does it work?
Sole Power Plus is simple- it is free and easy to sign up. When you download the mobile app and create your account, you will be taken to a page to enter some basic trip information. After that, we do all the hard stuff and calculate your fuel savings and the carbon emissions you prevented from entering the atmosphere. You can participate as an individual or join a team when you sign up. You can switch teams at any time. Any team information will automatically be calculated from data you entered for your individual trips.
Who can do it?
Sole Power Plus is a free, year-round challenge open to anyone who lives or works in Eagle County. From Vail to Dotsero, El Jebel to Red Cliff, if you live or work in Eagle County, we want you to join and start your green commuting today. Just remember single occupancy vehicle trips in cars or motorcycles do not count. This is a green commuting challenge so biking, walking, running, skating, carpooling or bus riding count.
What are the rules and guidelines?
Sole Power Plus functions on the honor system. A trip may count as long as there is a destination, and the journey is not purely recreational or for training. Any trip counts if you use human powered (walk, bike, e-bike, skate, or run) or plus powered (carpool or ride the bus) commuting instead of driving a single occupancy vehicle to commute to work, run errands or attend social events. Simply start the trip on the mobile app and it will track your mileage and date from there. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us on our contact page and we can help determine if a trip would count or not. We do not have million-dollar prizes yet, or professional athletes so have fun, be honest and ask questions.
Why should I participate?
Why not? Green and human powered commuting is a great way to exercise, it's fun, saves money, and it helps protect the planet. Imagine how much money you can save with fewer fuel bills. If those reasons are not enough, do it for the prizes, the parties, the competition and the community. Challenge a friend, challenge a rival business or club, or challenge yourself. Sole Power Plus is a great way to meet people around Eagle County at our social events, win prizes and even receive discounts at various sponsoring stores.
Pass On the Solo Driving Journey
Bike - Walk - Run – Carpool – Bus - Log for the environment
The Town of Vail and friends across Eagle County are excited to bring you the Sole Power Plus Program – a free, year-round green commuting challenge designed to help us all reduce our carbon footprint, get fit, and save the planet and dollars, all at the same time. Don’t delay, sign up today.