Woke up at a leisurely 10:30 today, and greeted Lily who was finishing up her morning session of yoga. She gave me a ride up Svoboda Rd as far as possible before the gate. I then pushed and rode up for another 30 min to the top of Paper Bag. Hailed as one of Nelson's best rides I didn't quite know what to expect seeing as the other black diamonds have been pretty damn techy!! It turned out to be a bit "pedaly" with techy rock moves in between. There was one move that I didn't do. It was an alternate line off to the L that I started down. Then it rode out a very exposed ridge of rock into a small drop in steep terrain then pinning it out in a tight rock section w/ a stump right in the middle. It was burly!! The trail had a few good steep sections and lots of rock rolls/slabs. A very cool trail indeed. Definitely not my favorite, but good nonetheless. I'd come back w/ a group and hit that one move (can you say photogenic line?!!!). Then I pedaled back 5-6k along the railroad grade. I was way past the orange bridge that takes you across the Kootenay Lake to the N. Shore of Nelson. I pedaled back to the house and grabbed the truck. I wanted to get one more run in since the weather was definitely rolling in and my knee felt great!! I drove up hwy 6 to Giveout Creek FSR, then to Gold Creek FSR. I was looking to do Goldmember. I was going to pedal back to town and get a ride up from Vince. Then it started to get icy. There was steep section after steep section on the fire road and it was white. Luckily there was still gravel sticking up enough to give ample traction. I still backed off after a few too many steep frosty sections to negotiate. Plus I didn't want to ride a frozen trail the whole time!! I drove back up Giveout Creek FSR up to 7K mark. I called Vince and arranged a pick-up at the bottom of Pulmonary on Hwy 3 at Grohnan Narrows Park. I then proceeded to rip Bedframe. What a fun trail!! Steep and rocky w/ tons of rock rolls and flowy DH sections. I crossed the road and rode Pulmonary (the "short" version this time). Another unique trail that rolls down rock slab after rock slab. I ran into Mike Kinrade's hip jump and just shook my head in amazement. Just when you think you can hit jumps you run into something like this. You roll down a rock face then start back up another one, then hit a hip booster built of wood off the top of the rock. The landing is around 25-30' away and is on the same rock formation that you take off of!! It was silly. I rode the remaining slabs to the bottom which had a sweet exit move into the abandoned construction zone. I pushed back up the road for a second and hit the end move on another trail. Short roll, track stand tight corner, roll down some rocks piled up w/ mega exposure, track stand, turn L, rock slab chute. A very cool move indeed!!
Vince then graciously picked me up and gave me a ride back up to my truck. We both met back at the house and we made turkey tacos w/ Vince's fresh peach, avocado, tomato salsa. Vince and I then worked on the girls (they owe us for another time since they're beat from yoga!!) w/ thai yoga in the living room. That stuff is cool and delivers great results. I wish more people knew about thai yoga massage because it kicks ass!! Looks like rain and snow tonight and tomorrow. Hopefully I'll get some more good days to ride this trip!!
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