A couple of weeks ago I managed to get in a couple of days of riding on the North Shore of Vancouver, BC. The first day was on Grouse Mountain (aka Mt Fromme) and the second was on Seymour Mountain. The North Shore was more technical than I had expected and many of the trails where downright humbling. Some of the trails we did at Grouse Mountain where Seven Secrets, Krikem Krankem, Leopard, and Kirkwood. On the second day at Seymour we rode The Incline, Pangor, Slash, and Bridle Trails.
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A couple of weeks ago I managed to get in a couple of days of riding on the North Shore of Vancouver, BC. The first day was on Grouse Mountain (aka Mt Fromme) and the second was on Seymour Mountain. The North Shore was more technical than I had expected and many of the trails where downright humbling. Some of the trails we did at Grouse Mountain where Seven Secrets, Krikem Krankem, Leopard, and Kirkwood. On the second day at Seymour we rode The Incline, Pangor, Slash, and Bridle Trails.
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A couple of weeks ago I managed to get in a couple of days of riding on the North Shore of Vancouver, BC. The first day was on Grouse Mountain (aka Mt Fromme) and the second was on Seymour Mountain. The North Shore was more technical than I had expected and many of the trails where downright humbling. Some of the trails we did at Grouse Mountain where Seven Secrets, Krikem Krankem, Leopard, and Kirkwood. On the second day at Seymour we rode The Incline, Pangor, Slash, and Bridle Trails.
Was it raining and/or foggy that day? It looked darker than just being in the forest but it's hard to tell.
Michael
The first day at Grouse it was overcast and gloomy, the next day at Seymour bright and sunny. The locals I was with commented on how dry it was compared to recent weeks. That was quite fine with me, I did not have much experience with roots before this trip and learning the skills on wet roots would have most likely not been too fun.
Was it raining and/or foggy that day? It looked darker than just being in the forest but it's hard to tell.
Michael
The first day at Grouse it was overcast and gloomy, the next day at Seymour bright and sunny. The locals I was with commented on how dry it was compared to recent weeks. That was quite fine with me, I did not have much experience with roots before this trip and learning the skills on wet roots would have most likely not been too fun.
Bill Porter www.mountainbikebill.com
It looks like your standard PNW deep forest cover to me. And yup, you are right about not having ot learn those skill on wet roots. BTDT, in Nelson. Yes, I sat down in the middle of the trail and cried. And I picked the stupid thing. That's the worst part, when you can't blame it on someone else.
Nice production - and some nice riding too. The end is great!
I'd love to go there and at least look around sometime.
Thanks. I still think about that ending everytime I move my left wrist just so :-) Thats funny that you mentioned that you at least want to look around. That was exactly the same comment I had made about going up there. I found that I was able to ride more than I thought I could. If you think about "the line" that you have on anyone of single tracks you normally ride, that is probably about the same size or smaller than the stuff I rode up there. Then again I was not on any of the insanely high and narrow stuff nor the big A-frames.
That's the first banked board"walk" I've ever seen. You don't see that on any of the trails around here, which are on National Forest land. What/who owns the land up there, that makes it possible for trail builders to put so much work into the trails?
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That's the first banked board"walk" I've ever seen. You don't see that on any of the trails around here, which are on National Forest land. What/who owns the land up there, that makes it possible for trail builders to put so much work into the trails?
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they started building them that way ( I think, based on trail building workshop/lecture/seminar I went to) because the forests up there are real damp ( rain forest) with a lot of dead fall
