OK, I’m not gonna give weather forecasts at the beginning anymore.   That’s pretty much it for rain this trip….mostly.  Chris even cracked a smile.

Not to say that there still isn’t some water around.

Yeah, that’s some deep swamp debris to roll through on the trail.

And yes…that’s fresh snow on the peaks.  However, that’s not all that uncommon.  You can get snow any day of the year up here in the deep Rocky Mountains. 

Some big smiles from everyone to be riding on dry trails finally.

The Nipika trails wind through a maze of canyons and ravines.  Very interesting terrain, if a bit flat and a lot raw.

The crew.

Many kilometers of trail are alongside canyons like this.

After skirting the creek for a while, we got down to the Kootenay River.  Well, not quite “down”.

Another group shot, with some wicked man boobs.  I gotta work on that posture…

A bug. You’d think that since we’re in a National Park that I’d get pics of something more interesting, like elk, or grizzly.  Sorry….I like bugs.

Carmel on the thin beige line.

Lunch break.  I think Richard is done.  That shoulder has gotta be sore.  Well, kick back bro and soak up the views.

After lunch we went out for some more canyon views….this time with waterfalls.

Now well into the park, the trail is getting pretty faint, at times disappearing under the flood waters of the Cross River.

At one point we came to an overlook of where the entire volume of the Cross funnels through a gap about 2 meters wide. 

That was so impressive, Doug’s feet fell right off.

Well, maybe it was still a bit wet.  Still, the nicest day of the trip so far, and a great setting at Nipika Resort.