FERNIE MOUNTAIN BIKING
June 28th - July 1st 2003
On the July long weekend a group of us from the Elbow Valley Cycle Club went to the Crowsnest and Fernie area to do some mountain biking.
The EVCC members were Kim Hooper, John King, Andrea Freeman, Roy Scarisbrick, Carol Guthrie, Roberta Hunt, Chris Gilham, Doug Gray and guests Bryan Garrett, Andrew Riggs. Marty Stanvick also joined us for one day of riding.
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Day 3: FERNIE - Crowsnest Pass, Kids Stuff, Splitting Bears, Erics Trail, Deadfall. |
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Breakfast of Champions: Roy served ice cream in the hot tub.
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Roberta and Kim heading up? MOVIES:
Andrea
riding ? trail.
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Andrea coming down Splitting Bears
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A quick snack break at the bottom of Splitting Bears. MOVIE: Trick or Obstacle |
It's just a flesh wound! |
John climbing up Eric's Trail. What a climb! |
| Lunch on the boardwalk before heading down Deadfall. | Taking the power line back to Fernie. |
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| MOVIE: Riding across the meadows. |
On the way into town for iced coffees.
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Basking on the rocks after another hot day of riding...
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Is some chicken and his dog still on top? MOVIES: Ready, Set, Go? John works up the nerve. |
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Day 4: Belleview - Hastings Ridge |
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Roberta slogging up the trail in the heat.
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| MOVIE: Roy and Carol sweatin' up the road. | |
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| MOVIE: Doug riding up the road. Great view. | ||
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We finally take a lunch break at the top of the climb. The gang sitting amongst the pretty flowers. |
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After lunch it was all down hill. Well mostly anyway: there was the odd grunty little climb. MOVIE: Start of the descent. Yahoo! |
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Andrew and Doug ready for take off. |
It was a long nasty section
down. Too bad I missed John on camera. He helmet-cammed himself doing a
couple of flips over the bars though. What a guy. |
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| After climbing in the heat the creeks were a welcome relief to cool down. Roberta tried laying down to see if that would help! And watermelon at the end to quench the thirst. | ||
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Another fabulous four-day mountain bike trip comes to an end! We plan on going back next summer!
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