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Ride Date: Thursday August 13 

Time: 6:30 pm

Place: Raven’s Plateau in Valleycliffe at the corner of  Westway and Cherry Driv

Ride Length: 2 hrs

Difficulty: Intermediate – Farther Side, Advanced option – Meet Your Maker. Be prepared to ride uphill!

Ride Leaders:

Amanda and her boyfriend Steve have kindly volunteered to lead the ride this week. Please give them a big thankyou for keeping the Dirt Divas riding!

The group will will ride  up the powerlines to the powerhouse gravel road which will take us to the beginning of the Farther Side. From there we wil ride the Farther side, part of S&M Connector, and maybe Meet Yer Maker. This route involves lots of pedalling- so bring water!

Trails:

The Farther Side

This trail has undergone a few changes in the last few years, and each one of them seems to have made it longer. It starts by going up and up and up, leveling off every now and then to allow you to catch your breath. Now we all now that what goes up must come down, and this trail does that with style. It is a fun, flowy single track with just enough steep spots to help keep you honest. It is a great warm up for the steeper, more technical Meet Yer Maker.

Meet Your Maker

The ride up this trail is very challenging. For me it is more of a hike-a-bike. The hike is worth it, as it brings you up to the top of a very fun trail. It starts out with a moderate slope, then gets steep and technical. There are steep tight corners, loose gravel sections, and a few rock faces just to spice things up. All topped off with a newly built section of flowy berms.

Lost Loop

This is a classic Squamish cross country single track trail. It is fairly lightly ridden these days, as the gravel pit expansion has cut off part of it. We will avoid that section by turning onto Really Lost Loop. This trail is a great introduction to tight, windy singletrack. It twists and turns through the woods, over rocks, roots, and logs. To better anticipate these challenges, keep your head up and look ahead!

 S&M Connector

This is a nice access trail for Lost Loop and Meet Your Maker. Most of it is similar to the Mashiter Trail in both grade and technical difficulty. However, it is a fair bit shorter. It starts out as double track with two short trail sections that climb to the right then descend and rejoin the main trail. Near the end there is a short bridge over a creek then a slightly more technical section.

Have a great ride!

 Jen

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