Fall Biking in Whistler
I was up in Whistler this past weekend for some downhill biking action with Ming, Matt, and Shawn. As always, a fun trip to the Canadian mecca of good times.
A few pictures from the last day highlight the changing of seasons – these were from just below Roundhouse Lodge on a snow-bordered trail. It hopefully won’t be long until snowboarding season.
My body is definitely beat up, but not nearly as bad as it was after the Panorama trip.
A few trip highlights:
- Border crossing with a Nexus pass
- Scoring a sweet deal at the Pan Pacific – kickass location in the village
- Riding through a beautiful mix of summer (sunny), fall (foliage), and winter (snow) conditions
- Hot tub beers and tunes and the Eucalyptus steam room (don’t knock it…) at the Pan Pacific
- Mongolie Grill (can’t believe Ming and Matt hadn’t been there yet)
- Saturday-night bar hopping (huge lineup at the Beagle with 3 people inside…classic)
- Hendrick’s martini with a cucumber twist
- Zog’s “Asian” Poutine (with spaghetti sauce)
- The “ideal for Sunday” 3-run sampler rate (they need this for ski season!)
- Watching several bikers in a row wipe out on a seemingly mellow snow-covered trail (including me)
- The crash-inducing, accidental double-black (I think it was Goat’s Gully)
- Wiping out ten feet from the bottom of the last run, clearly with my mind on…
- End of day beers at the GLC (and catching up with Louise)
This was my first trip to Whistler for biking, but won’t be the last. The park closed for the season today, but next season I hope to hit up the WB earlier and more often.