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Holy shit that there is some serious carnage in that set.

Sorry the Clownshoes drop.

Nice write up Tim. You got me by 1 spot in the 80, but lots of time. That clownshoes section must have been fucking terrifying for you.

I was also hoping to head out to MSA but left it all too late. Maybe in the next 10 years Whistler might get one.

AJ do you have anymore photos from there? I was probably only a couple of riders after Tim i think, plate 8054

Interesting article.  10psi is a huge increase!

I just switched to a firm spring in a boxxer from a medium. Definitely found the front end harder to control/weight in flow trails like blueberry bathtub, but felt much more composed on rough stuff. Wish i had an air spring so i could fine tune a little more.

Great photos!

I tend to do most of the road trips in my vehicle cos i have a truck and most buddies don't. Ill never chase someone for gas, and rarely raise the issue on the road. If someone wants to give me money ill take it. Never dream of asking for 'maintenance' costs unless someone puked in the back, or deliberately damaged something being a dick. 

Imagine being 55 and fighting over 20 bucks.

We were there this year already for 3 days of riding. What attracted me was the amount of vert you could easily pedal in a day for that time of the year. We would roll out of our camp site at 11-12 with a solid 8 hours of daylight to go. Everything was snow free around the area this year by early may.

Did Lawler the first day from the highway - found the dirt to be just amazing, best dirt of the trip for me. Moon point the second day, which has some crazy treed sections, then crazy meadows with lava rock everywhere. Not as fun for me but still great. Then Alpine from the bridge the 3rd day. All the roads there are such a mellow grade, we managed to pedal 4500m+ elevation over 3 days and not be completely cooked. I don't think i would bother riding these trails twice in a day to get faster, so shuttling seemed kinda pointless to me. We hit Black Rock on the 4th day before driving home. Theres still so much to see here (Eula, Dead Mountain, Larisson, Cloverpatch variation of Alpine) and then lots more around Sisters too.

We ate one night at a sweet BBQ joint cant remember the name though and camped out at Black Canyon Campground. No showers but riverside camp sites. 20 bucks a night, but there are plenty of free ones around too. Brewers was good for beer, but theres so many good options out of grocery store that we just generally drank campfire beers.

Been on Code-R's on my trail bike for the past cpl months. Have been great. Did notice a bit of lever fade one day but nothing outrageous.

Am i the only one who was left a little un-inspired by the powerslave loop? Didnt dislike it, but didnt love the sections after, and didn't think it was insanely good. Im in no hurry to get back there to re-ride.

if you click on the image it stops the scrolling.

Yeah its always 5 after Labor Day.

https://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/explore-the-resort/activities-and-events/whistler-mountain-bike-park/explore-the-park/hours-of-operation.aspx

Posted by: grambo

Posted by: TheWasp

Posted by: mammal

That's exactly right. fitness and/or the patience to get to the top of the Sproat network is a major squirrel catcher for that remote area. It's not perfect, there are fit people who make it up fine and can't back it up on the decent, but it's an important part of the puzzle.

I'm curious do many e-bikes make it up to Lord of the Squirrels ignoring the signs? I've never seen any up there but I don't get to ride up there as much as I'd like.

Back to OPs question would the idea be ride up there instead of LOTS as it better or just something different?

The rangers turn around ebikers (at least that's what they told me when I asked a few summers ago). Not sure how often they are working up there. I haven't seen an ebike in my 5 or 6 times up over the years, besides the ones the rangers ride. Didn't make it up to LOTS last summer, kind of dreading the ride on my 38lbs Patrol with DD casing tires, I'll be the wheezing punter pushing up ITM haha. I did manage the entire shebang with Ninja Lakes and Happy Hour in 2020 on my older lighter bike that still had heavy tires.

I've heard the new AlpX trail is fun but not amazing. Have never done a heli drop, but I feel like $250 is my ceiling. Have wanted to do Cartier in Revy but it's closed at the moment. Not sure what they are charging for float plane drops in the Chilcotins but that is a waaaaaay cooler experience/ride than TOTW/LOTS etc. in my opinion.

Maybe we should keep access to new trails not overly publicized? I don't think telling people exactly how to "poach" something is the best idea.

Saw an ebiker up LOTS there yesterday. They are always some around. 33% goobers who dont read sign, 33% goobers who do read signs but dont give a fuck and 33% entitled whistler locals.

Posted by: grambo

Posted by: TheWasp

Posted by: mammal

That's exactly right. fitness and/or the patience to get to the top of the Sproat network is a major squirrel catcher for that remote area. It's not perfect, there are fit people who make it up fine and can't back it up on the decent, but it's an important part of the puzzle.

I'm curious do many e-bikes make it up to Lord of the Squirrels ignoring the signs? I've never seen any up there but I don't get to ride up there as much as I'd like.

Back to OPs question would the idea be ride up there instead of LOTS as it better or just something different?

The rangers turn around ebikers (at least that's what they told me when I asked a few summers ago). Not sure how often they are working up there. I haven't seen an ebike in my 5 or 6 times up over the years, besides the ones the rangers ride. Didn't make it up to LOTS last summer, kind of dreading the ride on my 38lbs Patrol with DD casing tires, I'll be the wheezing punter pushing up ITM haha. I did manage the entire shebang with Ninja Lakes and Happy Hour in 2020 on my older lighter bike that still had heavy tires.

I've heard the new AlpX trail is fun but not amazing. Have never done a heli drop, but I feel like $250 is my ceiling. Have wanted to do Cartier in Revy but it's closed at the moment. Not sure what they are charging for float plane drops in the Chilcotins but that is a waaaaaay cooler experience/ride than TOTW/LOTS etc. in my opinion.

Maybe we should keep access to new trails not overly publicized? I don't think telling people exactly how to "poach" something is the best idea.

Saw an ebiker up LOTS there yesterday. They are always some around. 33% goobers who dont read sign, 33% goobers who do read signs but dont give a fuck and 33% entitled whistler locals.

Posted by: Sethimus

and yet you prohibit ebikes in alpine areas. whistler really offers a strange message here. going up by taking the heli while emitting a shit ton of co2 COOL. climbing up a mountain by ebike, BAD.

I would guess the eBikes thing is much more about a) overcrowding issues and mainly b) having people who have no bike skills way out there in the middle of nowhere without the skills, plans or any idea what to do when their ebike breaks down. The amount of punters you see heading up the climb trail, already completely blowing up by the halfway point is insane. I'm talking about people pushing more than half the climb.

Posted by: grambo

Did they actually increase the village gondola capacity for bikes as promised?

Not that i have noticed.

Its been kinda weird and pretty brutal. I got in line at 9:40 on Saturday and bailed because the line was out to the dubhlinn by 11:30. That was 2 laps. Saturday and Sunday afternoons were stroll onto the lifts. Monday morning in line by 10:15. Again bailed at around 12 after getting 2 laps. Constant chair stops certainly werent helping and they are sometimes allowing only 3 bikes early in the morning so singles line is pretty much worthless.

Glad i got a bunch of laps in early season...

Might have been an old photo? The only place with snow i've seen is off of ski runs where the groomers + snowmaking + north facing combo is in affect. And even there i have a feeling that would be gone now.

Garbo open today

Posted by: grambo

180cm at Pig Alley, 105cm at Catskinner plot... don't see any sustained sunny periods in the two week outlook either. TOTW is gonna be mid to late August if this keeps up.

Wild.

Park is running pretty good already. 

Tonnes of punters over the weekend. Pretty sure i had one clean lap yesterday out of 8