For the geek in all of us, some fun map stuff to play with. Here’s some profiles of a few trails we rode.
And here’s some Google Earth goodness for you to play with. Either online or download the original file.
Rilor Wilderness
Rilor – Day 4
Last day at Rilor. What a pack of rogues, eh?
No wonder I can’t tell them apart. I wonder if Tilo ever gets them confused? He’s busy riding this rock line anyway.
Kelli (and jr), loving it.
One thing about being preggers…it gets sorta busy in there. Gotta go again, eh Kelli?
We were heading over to play on Powerslave today, and on the way we couldn’t resist hitting up a little bit of Highballer.
Powerslave is Riley’s signature trail. No airs, but lots of spectacular curvy woodwork, and all against a setting of old growth forest.
Check out those stringers. Sooooo curvy…
Pushing back up past the forest giants for another run.
Kelli again, loving being back in the hometown.
I am Doug. I am a good dog. I a—SQUIRREL!!!
A little Disney reference for ya. Back to riding. We did a long descent down Illuminati and then onto the lower Nelson trails, ending up with this little drop into a gravel pit at the bottom.
After a great day on the trails of Nelson, Lemon Creek, and Winfield, it was back to the lodge to wind up the trip. Yes Riley, you need to get past the fire to open the bottle.
Nice dirt jumper arm.
Prost!
Or more appropriately, “Trinksprüche!”
That was a good week, and a great crew. If you want to try the ultimate expert level mtn bike trip, then you gotta look into Rilor Wilderness. Maybe spend a few days with me on the way, though.
Kelli and Darren’s dog got his own toast, so to speak. Good boy…
Tilo, Judith, and the boys, in their own words.
Rilor – Day 3
Ahhh yes, the helicopter. I just can’t get enough of these things.
Plus it’s a nice day for it. Well…it’s actually snowing at the top, so I’ll just let everyone else go first. No point in hanging around in the alpine if it’s cold, eh?
Bye Kelly! We’ll miss you!
And there go the bikes…
The West Arm of Kootenay Lake.
Capt Serious, so happy to be here.
Our destination is the top of BaldFace. This sure beats the usual approach of an hour up the gravel road and another 40 minutes of hike a bike to Cherry Tops. An 8 minute flight with views of the mountains (and illegal crops dotting the mountainsides) is far more preferable.
Surfs up, yo.
OK, we’re ready to drop in now.
Darren, what did you do to our nice blue skies?
Riley, showing some Viking like disregard for the climate. Red heads are weird.
Mama Tillman, again with shot of the day. Damn girl, you’ve got the photogenic thing figured out.
Another random Tillman. Hot bike, but cold hands.
Dad on the steeps of the Meadow Trail.
There’s been a lot of work on the trails up there this year. Much improved over last time I rode it. Here we are back at the creek, having a snack and preparing for the climb up to Shannon Pass.
Shannon Pass was the usual collection of shit eating grins. One of my favourite Kootenay trails for sure.
Of course, that wasn’t enough for the boys, so I took Dad over to NRG to meet some locals that were having a post Triple Crown BBQ. Damn, does everyone around here have red hair?
DOUBLE RAINBOW!!!
As is usual with mountain bike groups, we had a sausage party.
Nerds.
