West Kelowna

Powers Creek Trailday

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I’m still kind of tired from yesterday’s epic.  So I guess that digging in the hot sun would be the best thing to do.  

In association with Outbound Cycle and the MTBco, it was time to revive the entrance to 2.5 on Powers Creek. It’s been getting sort of run down lately.

About 30 volunteers showed up to dig in the dust.

Dave got us smoothing and widening the whole top section in an effort he called “Operation Flow”.

Lunch was provided by the good people at Il Mercato deli in downtown Westbank.  Ryan brought his own beer.

We even had small shovels for anyone with pink sunnies…

And of course Nato showed up late and shredded the trail instead of working.  Some had to get first tracks….

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…

UFB Challenge

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Yeah…..think you’re tough? Let’s get ready to RUMMMMMMBBLLLLLE!

The annual May long weekend dirtbag invasion is upon us. This year with more babies.  And also a cute fuzzy spider.

I thought I’d start things off with a bit of an XC adventure, just to be different.  Unlike the coast, the XC here is actually pleasant.  Especially with the Balsamroot in full flower.

Dorothy, climbing sans helmet.  You’re going to be in SO much trouble.

“You know, madness is a lot like gravity… sometimes all you need is a little push.”

**Bonus points if you know where the above quote comes from.

The payoff for the little climb comes pretty quick.  Unless you don’t like carving a banked slalom down a a gully with little jumps everywhere. 

Dan lays into the natural berms on Smith Creek.

He was nice enough to set a good line for the girls.

Seth, lord of the underworld, kills some time while we wait for the back of the pack.

With something like 25 people in attendance, it was a shuttlefest free-for-all this afternoon up Powers.

Multiple laps went down.  Here’s Colin shreddin’ Crazy Train for the 15th time today.

Welcome to ground zero.

OK, random pics of Powers Creek.  Thanks to Seth for the rad pics.  I want a Nikon….