Yesterday ended up being a bit of a bigger ride than planned. I climbed up to Furtherburger using logging roads (and a push up the end of Bucket of Blood), felt like a reasonably direct route but there might be a better way. Rode Furtherburger -[HTML_REMOVED] Wookie -[HTML_REMOVED] Queso.
Furtherburger was super fun flowy single track through tight woods with some fun root drops. Bit damp/soft in spots but not muddy. The first part of Wookie Toothpicks was definitely a black level climb. I ended up pushing my bike as I suck at technical climbs and my "trail bike" is a 35lbs Trek Scratch with a 180mm Fox 36. Second part of the trail was more fun single track with a high speed cutblock exit. Trail is in fine shape.
Queso was another push for the first section to the top, competent rider could climb it for sure. It was a bit tricky finding the trail as recent road building debris obscures the way up from the road: look for orange flagging tape. Awesome views at the top and fun rock/clay tech stuff to start. There's a bunch of uphills throughout the descent but overall it's a blast - almost 6km of rooty singletrack with some rock sections and a few short bridges. Great view of Comox Lake toward the bottom.
Gonna head back tonight for more. What was really cool is how many people were out riding, the parking lot was full at 4pm with lots of friendly folks. I'll echo the comments about having Trailforks downloaded, extremely helpful for navigating. Will stop in at DCC for a chat and map if I can make it before they close one afternoon.
