The ninth and penultimate Nimby 50 was held in Pemberton on Saturday. Riders started and finished at the lovely North Arm Farm, which like the rest of Pemberton has the imposing Mount Currie (2.590 m) as a backdrop. This course is popular with racers because of the combination of technical skill and endurance required to […]
A busy weekend in Squamish, starting with the 8th edition of the RBC Gran Fondo that originates in downtown Vancouver and finishes in Whistler – a 1900 m elevation gain over 122 km for approximately 4,500 participants. I’ve included a few photos of riders as they came through Squamish (approximately half way). The Brackendale Fall […]
Saturday, June 7th featured a brand new event in Squamish, the Sp’akw’us 50 Marathon Mountain Bike Race and BC Provincial XCM Championships. Sp’akw’us means Bald Eagle in the Squamish Nation language, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and is an acknowledgement of the event being hosted in the Squamish nations traditional territory. A big shout out to Dwayne Kress for […]
The first weekend after Labour Day is typically a busy one in the Sea-to-Sky corridor. At 8:13 am, the first two riders of the 2016 Gran Fondo ride between Vancouver and Whistler were already in Squamish (after a 7:00 am start in Vancouver). The inaugural Gran Fondo between Vancouver and Whistler occurred in 2010 and provided […]
Saturday, June 18th saw the end of an era when the final Test of Metal XC Mountain Bike race was held in Squamish. This iconic race covers a 67 kilometer course with over 1,200 meters of climbing and 35 kilometer of single-track and over the last 21 years it helped to put Squamish on the “map” […]