And now..the continuing story of a boy and his mug…and his pink hoodie…..and matching Crocs…..and bike with steering wheel and knuckle duster….
Make up your own caption if you think you can do better. Anyway, Derek and I went out to Revelstoke to check out another BC epic, the Keystone Standard Basin. As an added bonus, we’ve managed to abscond with the now famous Mug, whose adventures are being chronicled HERE.
The Keystone is an out and back ride in the alpine near Revy. As you can see, the scenery is pure rubbish and the Mug is a better climber than Derek.
Note also the first snowfall of the season out there. Could this be a sign of things to come this winter (as of today, Oct. 4th, it sure seems to be. freshies galore all over BC)?
Overall, probably the best XC singletrack since the Chilcotin stuff I did last year.
You gotta look close in these next two to see Derek in there, struggling through the scree piles.
Unfortunately, the skies clouded over for the morning, but we still had great visibility in the epic landscape up here.
Looking back, we could see another crew of riders out for a lap today.
Once we got out to the cabin that was our destination, the skies cleared and we got some bonus blue skies at lunch.
A random local meets Mug.
Can’t leave the cabin without a couple of staged shots of Derek riding by the lake.
“This sucks…”
“Totally…”
About halfway back, we ran across a whole stack of locals taking in the views.
Which makes for a good spot for a panorama. Click it to blow ‘er up.
Even more locs showed up as we enjoyed the views.
Mug, Karen…..Karen, Mug. Karen is in charge of season pass sales at the new Revelstoke Mtn Resort. Good person to know.
Look a little closer at this next one. Care to guess how far the drop is off the edge of the trail there? I’d say at least 500′, maybe more.
Looking back towards the end of the ride. Still a goodly distance to go…
“No Snowmobiling” Get the impression that there’s a bit of snow up here in the winter?
Derek enjoys a refreshing dip. Mug says, “Screw that.”
Instead, Mug relaxes by menacing this paraglider.
For you geography geeks out there, I’ve been playing around with Google Maps and have this adventure plotted out :
“Overall, probably the best XC singletrack since the Chilcotin stuff I did last year.”
I gotta agree, that is one of the most scenic rides I’ve done in BC (although the horse flies up there are vicious). LeeL probably knows better ones, but I think he keeps them to himself.
Thanks for posting these!
CraigH