Ahhhh…some more summer. It’s still cool out, but it’s trying to be sunny. So we’re going for maximum warmth and checking out Rock Oven today.
First we gotta get through the upper forest of Derenzy. It’s a gorgeous day out in the woods today, making the approach hike a lot more bearable.
Especially once things open up into the grasslands.
A fire rolled through here in ‘97, so it’s very open from this point on. A bit severe looking, but it makes for an awesome contrast with Revelstoke a couple of days ago.
Lunch time…
Yeah, the sun is out and it’s finally warm.
Now we started to get a few mechanicals, so there’s a lot of pics of railing rocky corners while guys are fixing flat tires.
Poor Lee was feeling the effects of 10+ days of riding. He normally has a deep tan…
DOH! And now he has a broken handlebar. Such a bummer, ‘cause now he’s going to miss the best part of this trail. At least he wasn’t hurt in this mishap. Just a little note; carbon bars do not last very long around here. I just don’t trust them. Stick to the Fubars.
A short and tech climb later, which I managed to clean (albeit very slowly) on my DH bike, we got this stunning view and another snack break.
The boys were having a great time taking pics and playing on the rocks here.
Stevie likes it.
Ummmmm, do you think we should drop this?
They rode around.
And Lee had a nap. One more day to go, and the holiday is over. Awwww, so sad. We’d better make it a good one.
Derenzy/Rock Oven kml file for Google Earth.
