After a couple days of Psycho action we decided to get away from it all with a day at the Bike Park on the other side of the valley at Kicking Horse.Brian came with which meant sitting on a cooler in the back of the Element for the ride over there - Brian's a pro so he was cool with it.
one curious thing - to get to the hill all the traffic has to negotiate this narrow, single lane bridge that felt like it was going to wash away at any minute!
Kicking Horse is a small resort but seems to have a pretty big ski area. The Bike Park goes almost as far by using the full length of the main gondola
At almost 8,000ft its pretty high at the top and the view is breathtaking
Unfortunately the bike trails don't extend all the way to the top so each lap starts with a 5 minute descent down a gravel access road - here's Tim and Brian heading out for a lap
Tim seemed to like it
Further down there's a mixture of trails with some of the now obligatory wooden ladder stunts - this one was actually quite fun - but I'm not so sure I'd want to go there on anything other than a bone dry day!
hey! it's me!!
and here's my version of Tim - this was the first time I noticed Tim doesnt have a head!
One trail we all enjoyed was "Rock and Roll" - mainly singletrack but with two memorable rock faces - the first was about 75ft long, very steep and a good warm up for number two: about 150ft long and quite a bit steeper. Neither had much of a run-out so control was the name of the game!
Here's Brian dropping in on the second section. The rock is smooth here and not very grippy. Brian was having some bad luck with this - the first lap he crashed half way down - it was a miracle he managed to survive it - and the second lap he got a flat tyre so rode the last third in very wild style!
We had a great day and rode most of the trails - it was good but it wasnt anywhere near to Whistler or Silverstar in terms of quality trails. Gnarly yes, flowy...maybe not.
we didnt have a place to stay the night but Jenn and Brian's host - Cara offered her back yard - perfect.
Here's Brian juggling invisible chainsaws....
Meanwhile, I broke out EZTent - Jenn had heard all about EZTent so grabbed my camera to document the pitching process...
she almost missed it - its pretty easy to pitch and very quick
This is the bit I forgot the night before - the locking mechanism!! lol
et voila!
meanwhile, across the valley - a storm was raging....thunder and lightning decended on Mt 7
Next morning was sunny weather in Golden but the forecast didnt look too good. Unperturbed by the impending doom, Cara and Jenn started the day with an impromptu hula session
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