First things first, the bear count was low today, only saw one, but I did see a couple of deer, a grouse (wrong mountain?) and some micey things!
After a quick lap, I met Rich and John from the club and ripped half a dozen runs of the mountain. We did Frieght Train in various sections and then once all the way - it's kinda like A-line but the jumps are a little more technical - I love this bit (imaginatively names "Containers") - makes you feel like a freeride god!We also did all the trails on the top half - ...... so much fun its AWFUL! :-)
We also did some classic lower half trails..... Schleyer is deff a favourite of mine and Clown Shoes... one of the trickiest and also infamous for having the biggest drop on a Whistler trail... As NSMB.com put it: "The Clown Shoes drop is not for newbies. If you crawl off it you can probably have your rear wheel hit the ground about 10 vertical feet lower than where it started from but any speed can easily make it 15"
Here's MnM a couple years back dropping it - I'm told the landing is in bad shape now.... which makes me even more stupid for riding off the end of it!! Ah well, the moment of silence on the way down was worth it!!
After 5-6 hours riding we called it a day and headed off to Squamish for a bite to eat. The pub was a good, had its own brewery out back and not a bad view either.....
This is "The Chief", its a thousand foot high lump of rock and pretty impressive
Dr Megan joined us for a while and then we all went on our way home.........
I love Whistler :-)
