The system was in shock sunday after putting in a 10 hour day at the new job. I had grown very accustomed to waking up around noon, hitting the trails, then lazing around for the rest of the day. Although I have to admit its great to have a little structure back in my life. If you haven't heard Tyler and I have began working for Summit Skis and Bikes. Its a sweet shop located right beside the chairlift in upper village. It didn't take long to get into the swing of things, lots of rentals and just chatting to customers. The customer base is a little different than I'm used too coming from the Island. The big trend this years in the bike park are Leatt braces ( a $500 neck brace), it seems quite common for a family to come in and buy their kids a brace and why not toss in a new Troy Lee D3 helmet they are only $600... At least its for safely equipment.
In the riding department, things have been great! Got to rip ride don't slide again and over post ride beers it was decided we would head up to ride a trail called The Khyber Pass (named after a famous mountain pass linking Pakistan and Afghanistan). After taking the lifts to the top of the mountain it was about an hour bike/hike to the trailhead.... then a few thousand vertical ft down! On our way to the trail we stopped at The Stu Inn, a memorial ski hut built for a skier who was killed in an avalanche quite a few years back. His friends built all the walls in the village then carried them up the hill using a groomer... a neat little piece of whistler ski history.
The last two days in the bike park have also been amazing! It rained a bunch more and conditions are prime. The upper mountain trails are blanketed in a thick fog, giving it that classic wet, slick, and misty BC feel. The lower mountain trails have just sucked up the moister leaving perfect tacky tails behind. Been bagging as many laps as possible, although gonna take the day off today as I ripped open my shin yesterday... and should really clean DH bike after ridding in all that mud.
The village has been in crazy mode ever since Crankworxs began last saturday. Crankworxs is a week long mtb festival and one of the biggest in the world. The village is swarming with company tents, live demo shows, and people. We caught the dual slalom event the other night. Gee Atherton took the pro mens win, while local favourite Micayla Gatto won the womans side. I'm off to watch the Canadian Open enduro so cheers for now.
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