Knox Mtn.

It’s On….

Posted on by Smoke

Yeah, there’s been a couple of little rips here and there, but I haven’t been able to call the season a go until yesterday.  I had a call from Graham in Vancouver, said he was going to be in the area this weekend and was there something to ride up here yet? 

Yes…yes there is.  Oh, and it’s sort of dusty and you can wear shorts.

Some climbing pics, because that paint’s not dry yet.

Smith Creek is pretty close to our pad, and I don’t ride there anywhere near as much as I should.  It’s super rad up there.  A lot of little airs like this, and gully riding a lot like what you might find in Williams Lake.

Mike, Stu, and Lee were out as well, and showing fine early season form on the Smith Creek hits.

Well, maybe Mike was showing better form than Stu, but the red jersey helps.

Graham had to head back to the city, but we weren’t done yet.  We went over to Knox to check out the scene. I think every hottie who’s spent the winter on the stairmaster was out walking on Knox today.  There were also a few groups like this one.  Girls, bikes and dogs.  It’s just one beer short of total paradise.

With the access road up Knox closed, the long boarders were out as well.

It’s a tough little climb, but really short getting up Knox.  So Mike had to do some extra vertical and loft a couple of little drops on the way up.

The top….

Dropping in with McDougall Rim in the background.

This is Lee.  I see these guys together and all I can think of is them texting each other before the ride…. “What are you going to wear?”

A couple of poser shots.  I still don’t understand why we don’t see more of this sort of pic coming out of the Okanagan.  Dry fast and smooth singletrack under clear skies with a lake in the background.  Yeh, I can see why no-one is interested in that….not.

I had a rough day today. I’m in rough shape after this winter, I’m between bikes, had several mechanicals, and just generally had a great time taking pics.  This rock spine near the bottom of Knox was pretty cool.

It’s not as gnarly as it looks in this pic, but it’s still pretty cool to look at.

A full on good time all day.  Although reallly…I should have worn a chamois. 

The Hairy Dogger

Posted on by Smoke

Here’s a fun thing to do with a New Year’s Day hangover. Go ride in the snow.

Now, lots of people who’ve never experienced this think that riding in the snow is really hard. Actually, in lots of ways it’s easier than normal. The trails fill in and get smoother, it doesn’t matter so much where your tires go, and if you do fall down it doesn’t hurt so much.

We had a really solid turnout for this one. At least 20 riders made it out for this session on Knox Mtn. I was a little late courtesy of a dead battery, but still managed to get there in time to run the shuttle for everyone. Thanks to the guy who drove the van for a lap so I could get a run in. Oh, and Barb too (I told you she’s pregnant, right? Well, she’s pregnant. I’m pretty sure it’s mine….).

Ho wabout that, an actual riding shot. All these pics are courtesy of Rich’s cell phone. I had some kind of wierd data transfer failure and lost all the pics I took. Honestly, they weren’t all that great anyway. These are better. This next one is the boys checking out the line off the top for first tracks. It was a little freaky starting out on something that tech, but once you dove in it was easy. Rob had some good times dodging trees down lower, but it was all good.

Summer sure seems a long way off from here, but really, it’s only a couple of months until we’re ripping the dirt again.