Travelsmart
Published by PinkBike on October 28, 2017
Written by Lee Lau
Alpine rides and views always bring the “likes”. Perhaps its due to scarcity; alpine trails are typically hard to access and the season for riding is short. There are some areas in the world where access is relatively unproblematic and interior British Columbia is one of them. The intent of this article is to give a traveller some ideas about trail riding access proximate to the Trans Canada highway in this region. This highway cuts east-west across the B.C. interior bisecting numerous mountain ranges; the limit is your imagination, time, and effort. Look at the videos and pictures as a gateway to more adventure; the discerning mountain-biker will see B.C.’s landscape unfold like an onion. Layers upon layers unfolding as possibilities dance in one’s mind.
As you travel east across British Columbia you go over Rogers Pass and mountain bikers might wonder, why can’t you ride here? It’s because most of it is in Parks Canada and you are verboten. Fortunately, there is a mountain bike sanctuary in Golden, the town east of Rogers Pass. Golden, B.C. is a working town with an industrial veneer. Peel off the first layer of the Golden onion and you immediately dive into the “secret” of easily accessible alpine combined with a burgeoning network of mountain bike trails. Golden has a long history of mountain biking (look up Mount Seven Psychosis for example) but has, relatively speaking, stayed off the radar. Through massive effort by the Golden Cycling Club via local volunteers and area businesses in the more beginner/intermediate side of the trail systems, plus investment from locals and the Columbia Basin Trust, the Golden cycling trails are now achieving the cohesion of a network and are now becoming known.
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