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Date: September 3, 2009

Time: 6:00 at the corner of Hwy 99 and Depot.

Place: the corner of Hwy 99 and Depot

Ride Length: 1-1.5 hrs

Sweet Judy & Rusty Bucket

These are single track, cross country trails,  characterized by narrow, twisty, rooty bits and small technical challenges. More challenging when ridden in the uphill direction.

Wonderland

The trail is rough and bumpy with a lot of tight turns and narrow spots, but it isn’t terribly steep so it is a good challenge for an advanced beginner mountain biker or beginner intermediate biker. It is best ridden when dry as it can get quite muddy and slippery when wet.

The trail parallels a small creek for a ways, this can be unnerving. remember to look where you want to go-this will help keep you on the trail! 

Wonderland has roots, logs, and a few bridges to cross. We will stop at any difficult sections to encourage each other.

See you on Thursday!

Jen

Upcoming Events:

We are planning an epic social ride for the beginning of October. It will be a fundraiser for the BC Cancer Foundation and a local charity tba. The ride will be 4-5 hours long .

We will try to make the route accessible to everyone. You have a month to build up your endurance, so get out on your bike!

If you would like to volunteer to help organize the event, please email me at jen2bike@hotmail.com.

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Ride Date: August 28, 2009

Ride Time: 6:00 pm

Meeting Place: End of Perth rd by yellow gate

Ride Length: 1.5-2 hrs

Difficulty: Intermediate

We are back from a lovely vacation in Nova Scotia and ready to ride! Please note that we will be meeting a half hour earlier as it is getting dark earlier. If you cannot make it there for 6:00, you can meet us at 6:30 when we finish riding Roller Coaster. 

Route: We will ride up the gravel road to Roller Coaster, down Roller Coaster, Lumberjack’s, and Trestle Trail. 

Roller Coaster is rated a blue trail. It starts out with some nice loopy corners through some beautiful second growth. It gets steeper part way down, and there are a few roll-downs. The trail ends with a series of banked corners then a straight  shot back to Perth road.

Lumberjack’s trail is a classic technical cross country trail. The greatest challenge of this trail is pedalling uphill over all of the roots and rocks. (It is actually very rooty and has some sharp corners with rocks and roots-Mom’s note)

Trestle trail is another nice single track trail. It is less rooty than Lumberjack’s, and runs generally downhill.

Coho Park Trail is a gravel hiking trail. While running mostly downhill, there are a few short climbs. It descends to a beautiful creek and lovely park.

See you on the trails!

Jen

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