Goose Crew – 2

OK, yesterday was challenging, but it’s done.  Honestly, it was still super fun.  There’s lots of great riding to be had in the wet up here, but with so many fresh trails that much moisture just makes it extra challenging.  We rode 11k’ yesterday, and it felt like twice that.

Today looked like we were on a different planet.

As it was still pretty damp from all the rain, we went over to Idaho Peak to hit the Wakefield. It faces south, is a hundred years old and very well established, and drains much better anyway.

Definitely the right call to start our day, and it was even warm enough on the beach at the bottom that we could pretend it was still summer of a sort, too.

Many more runs ensued, but the pump track apres was still the best.

Crab cakes tonight, tomorrow we heli!

TreeLines

Alright, I’ve been offline for a while, so let’s pick up where we left off…

It would seem that the weather in the mountains has taken a change.

A bunch of guys from Tree Lines and Freehub Magazine have shown up to finish off the trail from Reco Peak.  First, we have to do a little shredding.

The Kessel Run was running fast with the fresh rain, and it even cleared up a bit for some session time on the machine built sections.

It was a bit greasy though, as the dust that got spread around everywhere during the dry spell turned to goo with the precipitation.  We jumped in the van for a quick lap on Sundowner and Choices, and made the move for a Wakefield.  I haven’t had a chance to shred the other side of Idaho Peak in a while, so this was a nice little treat.

Yeah, t-shirt weather…

The Wakefield is another old school trail, so you know…my sorta pace.

The young’ns tried to keep up the new school pace and paid the price.  Kelend managed to put SIX holes in his tire here (I finally patched it, and it’s now in the rear tire of a Giant Reign demo bike).

OK, so it’s not quite the usual sunny beach I’ve gotten used to, but it’s still awfully nice.

Bonus!  We saw a moose on our way back to the lodge.

Well, I’m pretty stoked to have these guys in the house.  I have to go home for Chevy’s birthday, then take care of the Hoff Fest crew for a bit, but the boys here should have the trail to Reco done this week.  Four years in the making…time to make a little history.

Retallack Solo

After an epic overnight drive (8 hours and 15 minutes from Vancouver to Retallack), it was time for more shredding.  This time with just one guy, a solo adventurer by the name of James from the UK.  I guess his buddies choked on the cost, which is a bit ridiculous considering that the price is about the same as what you pay in Whister.  Ah well, the guys who get it are coming.

James had been riding for a while already with Kinrade, and since he had some fun laps over on Choices I thought I’d show him the upper part on Sundowner.

He liked it a lot.  We also peeled off the Finisher.  Anyone who likes their steeps is going to like that one.

Speaking of steeps, it doesn’t get much steeper than the Monster.

Too bad I cut his head off…

Best day of his trip so far, and we’ve got a couple more days to go.  I miss the Brits, we need more of ’em.