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Tuesday June 24th – Mountain Biking Ring Creek Falls to Farther side and down to Raven Drive, or not.

Ring Creek South covers a huge amount of territory.  It lies between Ring Creek to the north, Ring Creek Falls Trail to the west, Mamquam Forest Service Road to the South and as far as the eye can see to the east.  Two of the most famous mountain bike trails in Squamish, The Powerhouse Plunge and the Ring Creek Rip are in this area. The Mamquam Forest Service Road is a great artery for many longer mountain bike rides. The Stawamus Forest Service road climbs steeply up the Stawamus River and eventually goes down to Indian Arm.  East of Nine Mile Bridge  there are a lot of logging roads that provide interesting mountain biking in scenic mountain areas.

The Ring Creek Falls Trail is a double track trail that starts on the Garibaldi Park Road and ends up at Ravens Plateau in Valley Cliff.  It serves as the major the major link between the trail networks north of Garibaldi Park Road and the Crumpet Woods Trails. To get to this trail you ride 1km up Garibaldi Park Road from the Squamish Valley Golf Course and turn right down to and across the magnificent Ring Creek Falls Bridge, which was built as a cooperative effort between SORCA and local business for the 1996 Test of Metal.  The trail then goes up and turns right to follow the hydro right of way to the top of Crumpet Woods.   You can then elect to head into the woods or continue to follow the road which will bring you down to Ravens Plateau.

Meet at Tantalus Bike Shop at 6PM.  Departure by 6:10PM.

 This weeks ride has two options.  The one option is to ride up Mamquam Road from Tantalus Bike Shop, onto Garibaldi Park Road and over the Ring Creek Falls Trail to The Farther Side, a technical single track trail that is  great for those who want to take their mountain biking skills to the next level. Where the ride goes from there will depend on the energy and skill level of those present. 

The other option will be to drive to Ravens Plateau and start from there, riding up to Farther Side. 

The choice will be made on Tuesday night.

If you go to the Maps page and look at the Crumpet Woods Map, the trail that starts at the top right of the map and goes down to the Powerhouse Bridge, is the Ring Creek Falls Trail.  Number 34 is Far Side.  Farther Side is somewhere around there.

Till then

Good Riding

Cheryle B 

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