XC Ride - Wednesday, August 12 - 6:00

Hey gals,

Plan is to meet at the usual spot (Seymour Demonstration Forest, by the start of the paved path where the old gazebo used to be and now benches are). This week we might do some "sessioning" and work on some technical skills, depending on the weather. We'll be out there rain or shine, but let's hope for shine!

See you Wednesday,

KJ and Tara

Mommy and Me Hike - Aug 13th

Hello Hikers,
This Thursday's hike will be up to Cabin Lake on Cypress. We will be meeting at the Cypress Mountain parking lot at 9:30am. The hike length is about 1.5 hours. Hopefully it does not rain!
See you then,
Ashleigh and Ben

Stein Valley Trip Report

A few folks have asked about some photos from my trip into the Stein Valley - see here, I have added them to the ALC Photo Gallery.

In brief:
We started the trip by stashing our packs at the base of the Lizzie Lake Forest Service Rd, near Pemberton. Then drove up over the Duffy Lk Rd and parked the truck at the top of Blowdown Pass, jumped on our commuter bikes, and rode back on the Duffy 70km to where our packs were stashed, good times - then the hiking started! We then climbed up over the alpine area and dropped into the top end of Stein Lake - then continued east down the valley, ending by climbing back up over Blowdown Pass to the truck, a human powered 70K+70K point-to-point trip over 5 days.

No bears, no people, one forest fire, and some tired legs... Enjoy the photos!

Charlotte

Aug 6 Mommy and Me Hike

Hello All,
Aug 6th we will be hiking on the lower Mt. Seymour trails. We will be meeting at the Old Buck trail head. Parking: Take Mt. Seymour Pkwy and go left onto Mt. Seymour Rd (the road up to the mountain). After you pass the mall and the recenter, there will be a left turn and a sign to Northlands Golf course. Turn left and the parking lot will be immediately on your right. See you there at 9:30am. We will be hiking for apx 1.5 hours.
Ashleigh and Ben

XC Ride - Wednesday, August 5

Wednesday night rides are back on! We'll meet at 600 in the Lower Seymour Demonstration Forest where the paved path starts (by the ranger station, where old gazebo used to be). We'll be riding rain or shine. Hope to see you there,

KJ and Tara

Trail Run - Thursday, August 6 - 6pm

Back from the Stein Valley, what a trip! We will be starting at the top of Cleveland Dam for our trail run this week in the Capilano Canyon area - please meet at the top parking lot right at the Dam (not the fish hatchery) for a 1hr loop. See map here.

Hope to see you all there!

Charlotte

Intermontane Challenge - Day 5

We did it! Friday was a time trail, a shorter course of 30km with some intense ups and downs, again in the blistering sun where you literally felt like you were baking alive! Heather and I raced as hard as we could, and left it all on the trail. We came in 2nd again, only 2 mins behind the pro gals. We're pretty tired right now, but had a great week overall. We raced well together as a team and are very proud of what we accomplished. There was stiff competition, the gals in our category race full time and actually get paid for it! Over 100 racers started on Monday, but only 67 ended up finishing yesterday!

We'd like to thank all of our friends and family for supporting us. AND of course, our sponsors ... Peak Centre for Human Performance for training us, Different Bikes for helping us keep our bikes together, North Shore Athletics for nutritional support, Race Face for providing gloves for our ride.

Congrats also to our teammate, Tara Walsh and her race partner Chris Welsh who also completed the race with us and finished strong. They road well every day and didn't even get lost!

Looking forward to sleeping in, relaxing, and eating some yummy food again!

KJ and Heather

(I (KJ) would also like to thank Sophia and Heather of Active Life Physio for seriously helping me keep my back and body together over the last year or so ... I was honestly told almost 2 years ago I should not bike or run any more! You guys rock!!)