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"THREE VIRGINS" IN SEPTEMBER
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TIME TO RIDE Maps of local trails, race courses and other links too. Cheshire Cat and Wonderland :: My favorite ride this week is Cheshire Cat - a nice long pull up the Sea to Sky highway to Cat lake, enter and cross parking lot, go right of the outhouse, down a little hill to the wooden bridge but don't cross it. Instead go left, then CROSS UNDER, pass through the campsite, and onto the trail. From there it's clear where to go. You'll end up popping out onto the highway just before the bridge over ther Cheekye River. Follow the highway down to the Alice Lake spur road (last year's GearJammer start line), take that in and across the main Alice Lake Road (south side, up slightly) you'll see the trailhead to Wonderland. Follow Wonderland (whoopeee) until another gravel road, to right then left and back into Wonderland. Eventually you'll come out onto the highway. If you cross, and go up a bit, you will enter the Lower Dump Trails and can carry on to the High School. Great ride! Cheakamus Challenge Map! Hooray - now go out and explore. Click Here Dump Trails, Cheekye Fan, Ray's Trail :: By whatever name, this area in Brackendale offers a well-maintained trail network. You will be treated to some beautiful forest, brilliant emerald greens, strange sounding coodle birds, and lots of roots, rocks, and logs. The climbs are not steep, but they are technical. The descents are not steep, but they are technical. An hour or two here and your riding skills will definitely have gone up a notch. The attached maps outline the 2006 Teen Test of Metal Course (provided by Jim Douglas) - following the route will give you a good feel for the area. JPEG | PDF Squamish Test of Metal MAPS :: A challenging
67 kilometers through single-track, road, fsr, up and down. First
half will take recreational riders 3-4 hours. Second half, expect
3-5 hours. Easy outs for those needing to cut things short. Alice Lake Loop : The other day I passed a couple looking for the Alice Lake Loop. They had taken a wrong turn and were about to discover the top of Thunderbird. Here, then, is a good map, from a 2004 Twoonie, of the Alice Lake Loop. Expect to be riding two hours, although grey lines show gravel roads that can help you shorten the loop significantly. Click Here for Map Thunder and Lightening Duathlon Alice Lake, May 8, 2005 - this is a newcomer/intermediate competition with a 10k mtb course :: MTB Course Map | Run Map SORCA Toonie MAPS :: SORCA Toonie Races are typically intermediate courses with lots of climbing as well as descent. Leaders finish in under an hour, and most riders are done in less than 1.5 hours. A season of race course maps would give anyone a great introduction to all the trail areas in Squamish : CLICK HERE Squamish GearJammer XC Course MAPS :: Sponsored by Cycling BC and SORCA : CLICK HERE Beyond Valleycliffe of the Dolls MAP :: Sponsored by CynicalSunshine.com : Area Map : Closeup Map OTHER BIKE TRAIL WEBSITES & MAPS CBC Trail, Mt. Seymour, North Vancouver :: Site of the The North Shore Credit Union Downhill Challenge MAP with stunts FatBastards.com :: Mountain Biking Maps in Victoria and Nanaimo and links to others too : Click Here Gutsploder.com :: Give a guy a GPS and a web site and of course he's gonna map trails. Under Who? it says "Who cares" - so no credits here. The maps are a bit rudimentary but covered in little flags and guess what. Click on the flags and you get a photo of that part of the trail. Mystery man promises that maps will have new trails added as they are ridden. Cool. The site itself has some kind of clunky programming - not sure what - and it's hard to get into. Trails featured are The Woodlot (Maple Ridge), Seymour, Burke Mt., Eagle Mt., Sumas Mt, and Fromme. CLICK HERE TrailPeak Website :: a database driven site that offers "Mountain Biking trails, news, and reviews in British Columbia". Only as good as the people who visit and post, the more the merrier. Website Here Robert's Creek, Sunshine Coast :: XC Course - The Rat Race: CLICK HERE Trail Solutions: IMBA's Guide to Building Sweet Singletrack: This 272-page book combines cutting-edge trailbuilding techniques with proven fundamentals in a colorful, easy-to-read format. Packed with more than 130 photos and 50 original illustrations, "Trail Solutions" is an essential tool for land managers, volunteer trailbuilders and everyone who loves trails. Click Here for more
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