the rail bed from Iskut to Ft St James
are there still bridges in place?
the rail bed from Iskut to Ft St James
are there still bridges in place?
are there still bridges in place?
Nope- I am not even sure it still exists for much of the way - bring on the epicness.
Cronin/Hyland Pass is a good one, did it last year. Perfect for a longer full-day ride in the late summer. It's not bad camping at Chapman Lake just up the road so at least you get that bush camping experience before you set out, that way you don't have to bring all your camping gear over the mountain with you, just leave it in the truck and go. Roughly 26km if you don't ride back to town
Telkwa Pass is just a 4wd access to the natural gas pipeline that goes through the mountains between Telkwa and Terrace. It offers nice scenery but it's not much of a mtn bike ride, you'd probably enjoy it much more with a quad or a side by side and some camping gear.
I think Burns Lake was trying to develop a longer 30km-ish epic-type ride at Boer Mtn. We rode once there last summer and found it to be pretty enjoyable. The trail I'm talking about wasn't done yet though. I think it is called Stearns Creek Canyon or something like that.
If you're up for a REALLY long road trip, Carcross, Yukon has a couple of REALLY nice trails too.
If you're up for a REALLY long road trip, Carcross, Yukon has a couple of REALLY nice trails too.
As does Whitehorse and Kluane National Park.
Another thing to consider….the areas youve mentioned,especially as you get more remote,present moose,grizzly,cougar and wolves as hazards.
Considering how you are going to mitigate that risk is a serious consideration.
:lol: He's not Little Red Riding Hood ya know!
Freedom of contract. We sell them guns that kill them; they sell us drugs that kill us.
I consider an epic anything that:
A) Makes me want to throw up a few times.
or
B) Has me considering giving up mountain biking as a sport.
I believe I have an accurate definition of "epic trip": One in which the best part of the experience and the worst part of the experience span at least 80% of the possible range of human emotion.
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