Jake, it's fairly technical with a lot of stop and go and some short punchy climbs. I'm probably going to go a tooth or two harder than my typical xc gearing. 34x19 or so on 29er.
My Garmin 800 showed 16724 ft of climbing. You finished over an hour ahead of me, though, Doug. You must've been moving up those hills too fast for your Garmin to keep up!