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07-21-2007, 01:40 AM
Day 5 of the Ultimate Road Trip - Whistler
Where did all the days go? How did we suddenly get to Whistler? The Ultimate Road Trip is just flying along.
Another 2am arrival, this time we push breakfast back to 10am. Again the resorts make us ALL feel special with great rooms based around apartments at www.mountainsidelodge.ca this is right at the bottom of the lift up into the park.
Jeremy Olson meets us for breakfast, he’s a dirt jump rider and PR manager for whistler, super excited to hear how the trip has been going.
As like everyday on the trip the “GANG’ is keen to rip, bikes get checked. We find that all the brake pads need to be changed due to the harsh weather conditions we’re having.
The first ride up on the chair lift always gives you butterflies no matter how long you have been riding, with Crankworx starting tomorrow the park is blown out of shape with he sickest slope style stunts, the worlds best riders are here for the showdown!http://bb.nsmb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4337&stc=1&d=1185002910http://bb.nsmb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4338&stc=1&d=1185003029
The sign when you get of the chair tells you to “warm up on a Green or a Blue run”
B-line it is then. The winners of the Ultimate Road Trip get a taste of what Whistler has to offer, smiles, giggles and “Thank You” we're met with everytime we stop to regroup.
It’s been so worth it.
On the lift, up we go. This time we turned onto Karate Monkey, this is the most technical trail the ‘GANG’ has been tested with. Once again they all stepped up their game and railed and nailed it.
We switched from there into Ho Chi Min, ending out on lower A-line, Oh! they want to jump! They so want to jump, coaching the last day we will be on drops and jumps.
The Ultimate Road Trip’s purpose is not to be all about bikes. Bike Parks BC wants to show the world the resorts Mt Washington, Sun Peaks, Panorama, Silverstar, Kicking Horse and Whistler have a lot more then bikes to offer.
We pull the riders off their bikes at 3:15pm they shower and by 4pm they are signing waveirs at the Outdoor adventure office for the ATV tour to the Whistler Mountain Peak, that’s right ATV’s all the way to the top of the Mountain! www.adventureswhistler.com Thanks to Dave at Outdoor adventure for putting it on.
No Racing, No fish tails, No Bumping we broke all of those rules in the first 5 minutes! Our Guides Madison and Lesley pulled us all to a stop and gave us all a telling off, they where right too.http://bb.nsmb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4339&stc=1&d=1185003119http://bb.nsmb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4340&stc=1&d=1185003189http://bb.nsmb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4341&stc=1&d=1185003247
Inside all of our helmets we where all chuckling like school children though. Higher and higher we ride, more and more snow, man! Whistler got so much snow this winter.http://bb.nsmb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4342&stc=1&d=1185003294 So much that they don’t think some trails will open until late August, that’s just one and half months they will be open this summer before winter arrives.http://bb.nsmb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4343&stc=1&d=1185003371
The idea of the ride is to get to the top enjoy the view and then come a little ways back down for dinner at Chick Pea lodge.http://bb.nsmb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4344&stc=1&d=1185003436 Dinner prepared by Outdoor Adventure, they even had a lady playing guitar and signing, a nice atmosphere high up on the mountain.
Chasing the light down the mountain on full bellies was fun, it seemed the ‘GANG’ only knows GO & STOP on the ATV’s and in true fashion! It wasn’t long before we had a roller. . . yes, Chris Jones. Trying to do doughnuts quickly turned into a low speed barrel role.
He is OK!
http://bb.nsmb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4345&stc=1&d=1185003530Scrapping of the mud we walked over to a bar for a cold well earned pitcher of Kokanee beer. http://bb.nsmb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4346&stc=1&d=1185003592Our first day in Whistler on the Ultimate Road Trip comes to a close. Check back in for more tomorrow.
For all the information on Bike Parks BC go to www.bikeparksbc.com
Where did all the days go? How did we suddenly get to Whistler? The Ultimate Road Trip is just flying along.
Another 2am arrival, this time we push breakfast back to 10am. Again the resorts make us ALL feel special with great rooms based around apartments at www.mountainsidelodge.ca this is right at the bottom of the lift up into the park.
Jeremy Olson meets us for breakfast, he’s a dirt jump rider and PR manager for whistler, super excited to hear how the trip has been going.
As like everyday on the trip the “GANG’ is keen to rip, bikes get checked. We find that all the brake pads need to be changed due to the harsh weather conditions we’re having.
The first ride up on the chair lift always gives you butterflies no matter how long you have been riding, with Crankworx starting tomorrow the park is blown out of shape with he sickest slope style stunts, the worlds best riders are here for the showdown!http://bb.nsmb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4337&stc=1&d=1185002910http://bb.nsmb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4338&stc=1&d=1185003029
The sign when you get of the chair tells you to “warm up on a Green or a Blue run”
B-line it is then. The winners of the Ultimate Road Trip get a taste of what Whistler has to offer, smiles, giggles and “Thank You” we're met with everytime we stop to regroup.
It’s been so worth it.
On the lift, up we go. This time we turned onto Karate Monkey, this is the most technical trail the ‘GANG’ has been tested with. Once again they all stepped up their game and railed and nailed it.
We switched from there into Ho Chi Min, ending out on lower A-line, Oh! they want to jump! They so want to jump, coaching the last day we will be on drops and jumps.
The Ultimate Road Trip’s purpose is not to be all about bikes. Bike Parks BC wants to show the world the resorts Mt Washington, Sun Peaks, Panorama, Silverstar, Kicking Horse and Whistler have a lot more then bikes to offer.
We pull the riders off their bikes at 3:15pm they shower and by 4pm they are signing waveirs at the Outdoor adventure office for the ATV tour to the Whistler Mountain Peak, that’s right ATV’s all the way to the top of the Mountain! www.adventureswhistler.com Thanks to Dave at Outdoor adventure for putting it on.
No Racing, No fish tails, No Bumping we broke all of those rules in the first 5 minutes! Our Guides Madison and Lesley pulled us all to a stop and gave us all a telling off, they where right too.http://bb.nsmb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4339&stc=1&d=1185003119http://bb.nsmb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4340&stc=1&d=1185003189http://bb.nsmb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4341&stc=1&d=1185003247
Inside all of our helmets we where all chuckling like school children though. Higher and higher we ride, more and more snow, man! Whistler got so much snow this winter.http://bb.nsmb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4342&stc=1&d=1185003294 So much that they don’t think some trails will open until late August, that’s just one and half months they will be open this summer before winter arrives.http://bb.nsmb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4343&stc=1&d=1185003371
The idea of the ride is to get to the top enjoy the view and then come a little ways back down for dinner at Chick Pea lodge.http://bb.nsmb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4344&stc=1&d=1185003436 Dinner prepared by Outdoor Adventure, they even had a lady playing guitar and signing, a nice atmosphere high up on the mountain.
Chasing the light down the mountain on full bellies was fun, it seemed the ‘GANG’ only knows GO & STOP on the ATV’s and in true fashion! It wasn’t long before we had a roller. . . yes, Chris Jones. Trying to do doughnuts quickly turned into a low speed barrel role.
He is OK!
http://bb.nsmb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4345&stc=1&d=1185003530Scrapping of the mud we walked over to a bar for a cold well earned pitcher of Kokanee beer. http://bb.nsmb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4346&stc=1&d=1185003592Our first day in Whistler on the Ultimate Road Trip comes to a close. Check back in for more tomorrow.
For all the information on Bike Parks BC go to www.bikeparksbc.com