A sightly above average weekend in Revelstoke
Headed over to Revelstoke from Whistler this past weekend. I had only ridden there a couple of times, mostly quick stops on a long drive headed somewhere else. Definitely an area that I'd like to spend some more time exploring.
We woke up saturday am to heavy rain, decided to head into town and have a big breakfast. Eventually the sky cleared and headed over to ride Boondocker. Super fun trail, starts out with some good roots and tech and finishes off with some really fun jumps.
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Just as we finished up lap 1 the skies opened up again and gave us a good soaking. We had been planning on a bigger day with an Ultimate Frisbee shuttle followed by Martha Creek but the weather had other plans. We waited out the afternoon storm with some beers and snacks and once it cleared headed over to Martha Creek for what we heard was a pretty heinous shuttle but also entirely worth it.
It was clear when we started driving up to the top of Martha Creek but we hit clouds about half way up and the rain got harder and harder as we gained elevation. Fresh hail on the ground, pissing rain and perfect riding temps?
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Fully unprepared we snagged all the extra layers that my buddy had in his van and got ready to hopefully not get hypothermia. Our timing couldn't have been better though because the rain stopped and the sun came out just as we opened the slider door on the van.
Decent views at the start of the trail
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this trail is pretty rocky for BC riding, the top part of the trail felt more like some of the riding we have in Utah
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as you drop in elevation (5k or so) it gets less rocky and more steep and rooty, standard BC riding
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Super fun trail, would be a ripping descent in the dry. In the wet it was still really fun and kept you on your toes.
Couple of scenics from the drive down after shuttle recovery
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I had gotten a little beta from a friend about a couple of rad camp spots down at the lake. We did a little exploring and found this spot at the end of a rowdy dirt road
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Sunday was the big day. Some friends got married last summer and one of their wedding gifts was a heli biking trip up to Mt Cartier.
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a little bonus hike from where the heli drops you off gets you to the summit of Mt Cartier and some amazing views
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hell yeah it's not ugly up here
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time to head down
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the top part of the trail zig zags across the alpine section. really scenic but maybe not the most amazing trail. once you hit the tree line you start to pick up speed and really start dropping vert. wet roots again were the story down in there, really fun but I'd love to come back and ride it when it's dry. No pics from the lower section but the bottom half of the trail was really fun.
quick swim in the river before making the drive back to Whistler
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All in all a pretty rad weekend with good friends and great riding.
