cbcbd
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So, since I have moved here I have shamefully not made it to Whistler yet, I've done minimal mtb cuz I had to fix the thing, and had been trying to find somewhere to replace my weekday haunt like I had in the East.
Well, trails here are different. I'm in the city and although there are plenty of parks everywhere, most of them are not really built for biking, biking is not allowed, or even if they were they just wouldn't provide continuous lines or technical terrain for a challenge - rock gardens aren't really things that naturally happen here.
30mi from the city you can get to the mountains and the sort of ride with 4+ miles uphill followed with a looong (4mi) good downhill. Good stuff, but not practical for regular weekday rides.
So this group called Backcountry Bicycle Trails Club began a project. They took an unused lot downtown under the highway and built something very cool... yesterday I had a little time and checked it out.
Tight twisty singletrack with log bridges, teeter totters, rollers, skinnies, rock gardens, multiple steps up/down, small drops, trials area, pump track, wall rides, rollercoasters, huge drops, huuge roller, jumps, looong skinnies... anyway, the place is really amazing and very well built (they are slated to finish the whole thing by oct 08).
I think I need to scope out chainlove for a full face
Here are a few pics:
Easy section, many switchbacks, log bridges, skinnies, tetters
Wall ride, rollercoaster
Small drop, leading to huge roller:
Well, trails here are different. I'm in the city and although there are plenty of parks everywhere, most of them are not really built for biking, biking is not allowed, or even if they were they just wouldn't provide continuous lines or technical terrain for a challenge - rock gardens aren't really things that naturally happen here.
30mi from the city you can get to the mountains and the sort of ride with 4+ miles uphill followed with a looong (4mi) good downhill. Good stuff, but not practical for regular weekday rides.
So this group called Backcountry Bicycle Trails Club began a project. They took an unused lot downtown under the highway and built something very cool... yesterday I had a little time and checked it out.
Tight twisty singletrack with log bridges, teeter totters, rollers, skinnies, rock gardens, multiple steps up/down, small drops, trials area, pump track, wall rides, rollercoasters, huge drops, huuge roller, jumps, looong skinnies... anyway, the place is really amazing and very well built (they are slated to finish the whole thing by oct 08).
I think I need to scope out chainlove for a full face
Here are a few pics:
Easy section, many switchbacks, log bridges, skinnies, tetters
Wall ride, rollercoaster
Small drop, leading to huge roller: