Woke up to Gus rocking the van. It was 9....I had managed to sleep in a bit....even though it was a late-ish night. We got to have dinner at Pat and Patty's on a sweet lake. We had ribs, salad, potatoes, etc. We met them at the high school at 4pm. Patty gave us shuttles on When Pigs Fly (Crank it up w/ less brake bumps), Charolette's (wicked flowy long DH run....did I mention flowy?!!), and Full Bore (more full on DH run w/ some steeps and some loose rocks)....wow!! Stuff sure has been working out in our favor lately!! We had also ridden some wood to wood stuff in Piderny w/ Simon, and Briget. There's free camping at Kager Lake, and the fire squad has been putting a LOT of work into the area. There are 10 walk in campgrounds around the lake, plans for car camping areas, and the trails are wicked!!! Gravity Logic did the trails here, and it was quite amazing to be standing there on a run that belongs at Whistler, but instead it's out in the middle of nowhere in BC!! The town and community have totally embraced the sport and are making things happen. There has been over 400k dumped into trails in the past year alone!! We met an Austrian group of three- Armen, Mariam, and Young Boy. They are on a 5 month BC bike trip, and have already been on Vancouver Island, Whistler, Squamish, etc. They only have one working bike right now, so we have been lucky and have had Mariam shuttle us. We rode 2 laps this AM- Full Bore, and Charlets, then sessioned the Bike Park trails- Smells Like Bacon and it's hard ass skinny that I finally got after a good number of tries. There were wallrides in both directions, a bunch of medium jumps, etc. Squeelin Wheels was a bit jenky, and Gus and I had to hit the moves a few times to hit them smooth.
The last night in Burn's Lake we got together with a couple of the rec rangers, and had some beers by the lake at one of their wicked camp sites. The next AM we got the Rec Rangers to shuttle us on Charolette's Web once more, then we bailed to Smither's. We stopped at COB bike shop where one of the owners is hopping around with a broken leg, got some work done (new cable/housing- blew). Gus and I rode Huckin Eh (sweet flowy trail w/ one bigish drop and a cool rock roll), then Piperdown (the DH race course)- complete w/ off camber rock drop to fast choppy run out, an off camber rock roll w/ fencing to stop you if you fall (I guess there's a CRAZY 60' cliff), and the plane wreckage gap. It was a good run, except I ate shit twice on stupid stuff. Then we finished w/ Backdoor which required a 15 minute push uphill in a gauntlet of black flies. Not cool. The run was super fun and LONG, plus had a 15' high logride, and a ton of flowy logrides in the trail, as well as the log to drop section. We met up w/ Christian and had dinner w/ the WORST service I've ever had (at Boston Pizza- only thing open at 10pm), and ended up crashing at his place. We'll see what happens from here......
