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• Columbia Valley Mountain Biking with Roy. Easy to moderate.

  • Start
    Sunday, June 09, 2024
  •  
    8:00 PM
  • End
    Thursday, June 13, 2024
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • Location
    Fairmont, BC
  • Spaces left
    0

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  The plan is to arrive in the Fairmont area June 9, ride June 10, 11, 12, and leave June 13. Everyone needs to arrange for their own accomodation.

  Riding will be easy to intermediate, 15-25 km per day, slow to moderate, up to 200 m climbing per day.

  Areas to ride are:

  The Spirit Trails (https://www.trailforks.com/region/columbia-lake-14692/) are easy but scenic trails.

  The Lillian Lake trails (https://www.trailforks.com/region/lillian-lake/) are intermediate and are worth a day.

  The Deja View (https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/british-columbia/deja-view-and-old-coach-trail-loop) trail is a super-easy trail.

  The Markin-MacPhail Westside Legacy Trail https://www.trailforks.com/trails/markinmacphail-westside-legacy-trail/ is a paved path that goes from Fairmont to Invermere.
  
  

  
  

  

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• Fernie Mountain Biking with Roy. Moderate to difficult.

  • Start
    Monday, July 15, 2024
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • End
    Friday, July 19, 2024
  •  
    1:00 PM
  • Location
    Fernie, BC
  • Spaces left
    3

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  Fernie offers a big variety of mountain biking trails. Let's arrive in Fernie on July 15, ride July 16, 17, and 18, and leave on July 19. We'll meet each day and ride as one or two groups. We'll focus on cross-country riding (no lifts or car shuttles). 

  Register to show your interest and we'll see if we can book a shared place.

  Maps are at https://www.trailforks.com/region/fernie/.

  https://tourismfernie.com/activities/mountain-biking/trails
  

  
  

  

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• Minnewanka Shuttle mountain bike with Roy. Advanced.

  • When
    Saturday, September 21, 2024
  •  
    7:00 AM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Banff
  • Spaces left
    1

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  This is a ride from the forestry trunk road, through Devil's Gap, along Lake Minnewanka, and into Banff. It is about 50 km on gravel road, singletrack, and pavement. A lot of the route is rough singletrack. This is a one-way trip. It is not an out-and-back or loop. There are no shortcuts.

  Register now to show interest. Later in the summer we'll see what kind of transportation we need: friends; or transportation company. We'll bus up the forestry trunk road north of Cochrane and ride west.

  The portion of the trail beside the lake is closed to bikes from mid July to mid September. The lake and canal water level is usually low in September. That makes getting through Devil's Gap easier.

  About the first 15 km of the route is gravel road. The bulk of the remainder is a single-track following the lakeshore. There are few hills, but lots of roots and rocks. Some sections have a slide-slope. See https://www.trailforks.com/trails/minnewanka for a description.

  See http://headwaysystems.com/MinnewankaHistory.htm for past trips. See http://headwaysystems.com/galleryserverpro/default.aspx?aid=70 for pictures of the 2023 event.

  No e-bikes. We need to be able to carry our bikes in places on this route. Also, according to https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/banff/activ/cyclisme-biking/veloselectriques-ebikes ebikes and pedal-assist bikes are not permitted on the Minnewanka trail.

  

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