Pemberton (2012) - Page 10

nortonwhis · 08-21-2012, 05:56 PM

im guessing there is about 2 feet of dust on every trail! its dusty and sandy down here in whis, pemby must be wild right now.

Sharon · 08-21-2012, 05:56 PM

Jack the Ripper

Reverend · 08-21-2012, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Sharon

Jack the Ripper

Cool vid! Did you ride from the valley or shuttle up? How did the mission take? And how hard is the route finding (sounds like you had a bit of a diversion)?

Sharon · 08-22-2012, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Reverend

Cool vid! Did you ride from the valley or shuttle up? How did the mission take? And how hard is the route finding (sounds like you had a bit of a diversion)?

climbing from the valley in 35oC heat didn't sound appealing so we shuttled to the upper tower this time.

It took about 4 hours, 2 hours riding time. 500m climbing, 1500m descending in 16km

We climbed up from the valley last October. It took us about 7 hours?
I don't have the complete stats for that.

You could also just drive to the paralaunch and climb up middle earth to the upper towers and continue on.

There is a junction after the first steep downhill. Easy to miss although there is a ski nailed to a tree at the intersection. So watch out for that!

The intersection is on a pretty fast section, RIGHT is JTR, LEFT takes you to the Chain Lakes trail, which is also supposed to be good, and will spit you out on the other side of Mt. Currie. So if you did this by mistake, you'd have a long road ride ahead of you!

Bring your A game.

flowhog · 08-22-2012, 07:53 PM

Thanks Sharon. What is the current condition of JTR? Loose and dusty? And does the trail flow or is it steep fall line/elevator shaft style?

Oldtimer · 08-24-2012, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by flowhog

Thanks Sharon. What is the current condition of JTR? Loose and dusty? And does the trail flow or is it steep fall line/elevator shaft style?

Did you not watch the vid? The conditions seem primo.

connor · 08-24-2012, 06:05 AM

looks pretty sweet.

whitehonky · 08-24-2012, 05:01 PM

Thanks Sharon... I think that's gonna' be Sunday's ride!

PembyRocks · 08-26-2012, 12:10 AM

We just got back from riding it. 5hrs exactly bottom of Happy Trail to bottom of Reid Road, taking quite a few short breaks.

What a great trail though, the chutes and rockrolls are definitely high-end but perfectly doable. The last fast flowy section is awesome. Well worth the grueling 3 1/2-4hr climb

Sharon · 08-26-2012, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by PembyRocks

We just got back from riding it. 5hrs exactly bottom of Happy Trail to bottom of Reid Road, taking quite a few short breaks.

What a great trail though, the chutes and rockrolls are definitely high-end but perfectly doable. The last fast flowy section is awesome. Well worth the grueling 3 1/2-4hr climb

riding some of those steep loose sections reminding me or riding sluff in winter!

PembyRocks · 08-26-2012, 06:43 AM

Here's some footage from today too. Kind of a rushed edit so excuse the non-smooth frame transitions etc!

Such a fun trail. It should be on everyone's list that has a chance to make it up here.

YouTube Video

Sharon · 08-26-2012, 04:24 PM

nice vid! You only know it the sketchy parts cause you slowed down! doesn't look that sketchy in the vid though...

PembyRocks · 08-26-2012, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Sharon

nice vid! You only know it the sketchy parts cause you slowed down! doesn't look that sketchy in the vid though...

Thanks. Yeah videos are notoriously bad for making everything looks mellow and easy! If you can clean Cop Killer and everything on PhD(including the rarely ridden upper portion), there's no problem with JTR. Almost easier to ride the gnarly sections rather than walk, some sketchy hikes for others in the group!

nick · 09-01-2012, 11:45 PM

JTR is next on the list. Nice vid, looks fun!

clarklewis · 09-03-2012, 05:32 AM

its in great shape, only a couple trees down, upper part saw some rain last week, lower section is bone dry

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08-21-2012, 05:56 PM	#136
nortonwhis Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 719 Rep Power: 969205	im guessing there is about 2 feet of dust on every trail! its dusty and sandy down here in whis, pemby must be wild right now.

08-22-2012, 07:53 PM	#140
flowhog Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: North Van/Pemberton Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	Thanks Sharon. What is the current condition of JTR? Loose and dusty? And does the trail flow or is it steep fall line/elevator shaft style?

08-24-2012, 05:01 PM	#143
whitehonky Whitehonky Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 355 Rep Power: 1332354	Thanks Sharon... I think that's gonna' be Sunday's ride!

08-26-2012, 12:10 AM	#144
PembyRocks Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Pemberton BC Posts: 778 Rep Power: 3315348	We just got back from riding it. 5hrs exactly bottom of Happy Trail to bottom of Reid Road, taking quite a few short breaks. What a great trail though, the chutes and rockrolls are definitely high-end but perfectly doable. The last fast flowy section is awesome. Well worth the grueling 3 1/2-4hr climb

09-03-2012, 05:32 AM	#150
clarklewis beast Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: whistler Posts: 2,029 Rep Power: 2006943	its in great shape, only a couple trees down, upper part saw some rain last week, lower section is bone dry