McDougall Rim

Around the Lake – Part 2

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Had another long adventure today.  I wanted to try hooking up some of the local zones via the many kilometers of quad trails out there.  It sort of worked…

You can just see Big White in the background of that last shot.  I was just in the snowline on this ride.  Really, I don’t think this will be part of the final route.  It was cool, but there was substantial bushwhacking in some heavy terrain that likely won’t see a trail for a very long time. 

When I finally broke through, the singletrack was pretty sweet.

Some stats for you…

Fel Ci Efo Dau Gynffon – Day 6

Posted on by Smoke

First things first….

Hapy Birthday, Mom!

OK, that’s outta the way. Yesterday was a huge day. No doubt about it. The topper had to be stopping for dinner at the Burner Bar. You haven’t lived until you’ve been to the Burner. Just be careful if you order the Burner Burger, They really mean it, “hon.”

As a consequence, we took it easier today and shuttled up to McDougall Rim. I didn’t realize just how tired the crew was until we got a few clicks in. Good thing there’s plenty of nice lookouts.

A bit hazy out compared to yesterday. This turned out to be smog from Los Angeles. Really.

If it’s this bad 1500km away, imagine living there. No thanks.

Well, we didn’t have to worry about that to much. There was singletrack to ride.

Not a lot of climbing when you shuttle in, so Graham and Richard were all about cleaning the tech parts.

Yeah, what stitches? Those things oughta be almost ready to come out now.

I don’t have a ton of pics from today, so you’ll have to put up with several of the same one.

My plan was to shred the upper sections quickly, and then do some bonus sections around Rose Valley Reservoir.

However, large vistas intervened. So much for a fast run.

At least we got some trail maintenance done. I love my chainsaw….

Uh oh…time for another break.

OK, back to riding. Big smiles from the girls.

Mandy seemed to really enjoy this one. I’m beginning to suspect there’s a freerider hiding under that lycra…

We didn’t really have the time or the motivation for extensive bonus rounds, so I’ll have to leave that for another time. Instead we did some suburban riding and exploration and ended up back at Bear Creek Park.

Here, see check it out on this handy map.


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