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Beautiful day today – 25 new up high – avg 140 HS at the cabin, 190 at the ridge skied well – was a temp crust below the new snow but smooth and pleasant Dec 11 surface hoar 90 cm down at 1900m – unreactive in compression test N aspect rain crust on the [...] 
Ten of us rode the Long Canyon trail in Idaho the last weekend in September. This is an epic adventure ride and is only 2.5 hours from our doorstep. It is 27km long and best done as a shuttle. The trail is technical in spots and super flowey fun. The first downhill [...] 
If your T-shirt from the Porky Blue Ride was not available in August you can pick up your shirt at the Guides Hut in downtown Fernie. We have the list of names and sizes for riders and volunteers that did not get their shirt. [...] 
Rode the Long Canyon (Pyramid Peak) single-track in Idaho, just south of Creston last week. It is a 2 1/2 hour drive to the trail from Fernie and is well worth the trip. Get to shuttle 1000 vertical meters (1 hour shuttle), ride up 3 km for another 400 vertical meters and then descend [...] 
Last weekend a group of us hiked the second sister via the old school route, Olivia Creek locally known as Camp 4. Access to the trail head is gained from the camp 4 road, the first left turn after the Hartley lake summit. This is an old 4X4 road which is seldom used anymore, [...] 
A group of us rode Porky Blue last Sunday. The double-track in from Coal Creek Summit was a bit wet but all good riding. The single-track traverse to Fernie Ridge involved some walking on scattered snow remnants. The ride down was excellent all the way and the Coal Discovery Trail back to Fernie is [...] 
If you have ridden Swine Flu in the last week or so, you probably noticed the piggy bank/trail donation box by the Swine Flu sign. We built it over the winter and finally got around to setting it up last week. Trail donation boxes are a great source of revenue for trail maintenance. [...]
The 2nd Annual Porky Blue Ride and Roast is being held on Saturday July 30th. Porky Blue is Stage 2 of this years TransRockies however this ride is not a race and you can take the shuttle and avoid the climb to Coal Creek summit. We define “not a race” with no start or [...] 
Our Trail Crew hiked and cut fallen trees on Roots, Hyper Ventilation, Castle Rocks and South Castle on May 21. Hyper Ventilation can be cycled to the summit with only one hike at the top to avoid snow. Castle Rocks traverse is still snowbound but South Castle and Castle Mountain are nearly free of [...] 
Rocky Ridge and Bighorn Rim are now clear of snow and riding well. Lots of cyclists using the Bighorn Rim single-track. If you start by riding east from the information sign along Rocky Road and then hiking your bike up the horse trail (10 minutes) you can get a 10 kilometer round trip. This [...] |
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