Another sunny day? What is this…..Wales?
Richard would be taking a rest day. At least he’s not gonna miss much. We hit up some local high elevation trails that I’ve never seen before, courtesy of our pal Vance.
A nice warmup on doubletrack got us ready for some serious sub-alpine singletrack.
This is actually my parents turf. They’ve been cross-country skiing out here for years, and have a small warming hut very near here (if you know where to look).
A couple of sections of the old road are actually almost technical with the roots and rocks, but it’s nothing like the Shore. the singletrack soon took over anyway.
Now it’s almost like the Chilcotin. We’re at around 6500′ most of the time in here, so it’s a bit tough on the sea level types, but oh so worth it.
Once we got into the meadows the elevation wasn’t a factor at all.
Graham couldn’t be bothered with the views. Head down…hammer.
OK everyone, it’s another technical section…..
Whew..glad that’s over.
All smiles.
This is serious Clint Eastwood country.
More smiles at 7000′.
We needed a bit of a rest for the final climb.
The last 300′ are always the hardest…
…right Graham?
7 250′, looking east over the Okanagan Valley.
South.
North.
East again.
Today’s wildlife shot…. probably a Coopers Hawk. Hard to tell the difference from here though. They all look more or less the same.
Northwest.
OK, enough rubbernecking. I’m getting dizzy.
We only got lost a couple of times figuring out the descent. This is a new route for Vance as well.
Fairly technical singletrack, but overall pretty rad.
Just a couple of gnarly sections like this, otherwise it was smooth.
Like this…
We finally popped out on a logging road.
Yeah, piece of cake, right Mandy?
Hmmmm, I wonder of Andre thinks so too.
Another map for ya…..
