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Rossland BC - Seven Summits Adventure!
by brule
Posted: Sep 8, 2009
Hurtin' for Vert 2009 - Part 4 of 4
The whole crew rolled into Rossland last night and were greeted by a feast fit for kings, not dirty bikers - thanks Nicola! Ryan and Nicola hosted all of us and even took some of us out on the town to really experience Rossland. The next morning though we were all fired up and ready to hit up the Seven Summits.
More pics to make you want to hit the road inside,
The whole crew rolled into Rossland last night and were greeted by a feast fit for kings, not dirty bikers - thanks Nicola! Ryan and Nicola hosted all of us and even took some of us out on the town to really experience Rossland. The next morning though we were all fired up and ready to hit up the Seven Summits.
More pics to make you want to hit the road inside,
Words by Tyler Maine (unless otherwise noted)
Pictures by Margus Riga (unless otherwise noted)
7 Summits/Old Glory - 36 km!, climb about 4500', descent of 7400'
The original plan was set in place to get on the Adrenaline Adventures shuttle and do the whole 7 Summits and that some folks would branch out, do the Old Glory hike a bike and then descend back down to Plewman and then over to Oasis. Our buddies Pat Williams and Joe made the short trek from Nelson to be part of the crew for today's journey. Locals, Tyler, Ryan and Isaac joined in too to provide additional local trail knowledge. Thanks guys!
Riders on an open ridge:
At the top of the Plewman connector is where we realized that there was no way we'd be able to do the whole 7 Summits with our crew as we were 3 hours in and only one third done (taking pics takes time). Instead everyone decided that a quick hike a bike up Old Glory was in order and then we'd all do Plewman to the highway, climb up the highway a few kms and then into Upper/Lower Oasis. This proved to be the most amazing ride of the trip and will be what most of the crew will talk about all year, that is until we top it next season.
360 degree view from the top of Plewman:
Riders pinned along Lower Oasis:
Thanks go out to Tyler from Revolution Cycles, Isaac and Ryan from the The Kootenay Columbia Trail Society. (all 3 were great locals to have guiding us around), Blaine from Adrenaline Adventures and his huge van set up made logistics so simple - load up, unload, ride, reload, ahh! Maybe next year, we'll hit up the whole Seven Summits, but either way today was all time sick!
Looking back at our trip, it truly was amazing that 12 plus riders could ride for 4 days on the terrain that we did and not suffer one major mechanical, besides flat tires (and we had our fair share of those). To all of us, it says that the technology has gotten to where it needs to be in order for us to truly enjoy the All Mountain ride. Mid travel bikes rule! Another technological thing to note was that Adjustable Seat Posts were on more than half the bikes on this trip, with Crankbros. leading the charge for popularity. Ah I do love bikes and the bits that make them extra fun! Below are some hard details that Smoke put together based on his GPS readings from the 4 days - yep Hurtin' for Vert!
Total Distance Ridden = 121 km
Total Elevation Gained by Bike = 10 000'
Total Elevation Lost by Bike = 27 600'
Total Hours Slept = not enough
Total Pilsners Drunk = way too many (Reg says your body will adjust to it, just need to consume more of it, more often, hmm not too sure)
Total Richie Schley Putdowns for not Coming out = nowhere near enough
Check all Margus' pics here.
Check all Tyler's pics here.
Check all Dave's pics here.
Check all Smoke's pics here.
Check out the Hurtin for Vert Riders here.
Check here if you missed Part 1
Check here if you missed Part 2
Check here if you missed Part 3
Pictures by Margus Riga (unless otherwise noted)
Pic by Smoke - 7 Summits to Old Glory to Plewman to Oasis
Pic by Pat of the Rossland rides
The original plan was set in place to get on the Adrenaline Adventures shuttle and do the whole 7 Summits and that some folks would branch out, do the Old Glory hike a bike and then descend back down to Plewman and then over to Oasis. Our buddies Pat Williams and Joe made the short trek from Nelson to be part of the crew for today's journey. Locals, Tyler, Ryan and Isaac joined in too to provide additional local trail knowledge. Thanks guys!
Pic by Ty
Pic by Ty
Pic by Ty
Pic by Dave
Pic by Ty
Pic by Ty
Pic by Ty
Pic by Ty
Pic by Ty
Pic by Ty
Pic by Dave
Pic by Dave
Pic by Smoke
Pic by Ty, even the hikers liked watching us
At the top of the Plewman connector is where we realized that there was no way we'd be able to do the whole 7 Summits with our crew as we were 3 hours in and only one third done (taking pics takes time). Instead everyone decided that a quick hike a bike up Old Glory was in order and then we'd all do Plewman to the highway, climb up the highway a few kms and then into Upper/Lower Oasis. This proved to be the most amazing ride of the trip and will be what most of the crew will talk about all year, that is until we top it next season.
Pic by Ty
Pic by Ty
Pic by Smoke
Pic by Smoke
Pic by Smoke
Way up high
Pic by Smoke
Pic by Ty
Pic by Ty
Pic by Ty
Pic by Ty
Climb from Plewman to Oasis is on the road
Pic by Smoke
Thanks go out to Tyler from Revolution Cycles, Isaac and Ryan from the The Kootenay Columbia Trail Society. (all 3 were great locals to have guiding us around), Blaine from Adrenaline Adventures and his huge van set up made logistics so simple - load up, unload, ride, reload, ahh! Maybe next year, we'll hit up the whole Seven Summits, but either way today was all time sick!
Happy crew
Looking back at our trip, it truly was amazing that 12 plus riders could ride for 4 days on the terrain that we did and not suffer one major mechanical, besides flat tires (and we had our fair share of those). To all of us, it says that the technology has gotten to where it needs to be in order for us to truly enjoy the All Mountain ride. Mid travel bikes rule! Another technological thing to note was that Adjustable Seat Posts were on more than half the bikes on this trip, with Crankbros. leading the charge for popularity. Ah I do love bikes and the bits that make them extra fun! Below are some hard details that Smoke put together based on his GPS readings from the 4 days - yep Hurtin' for Vert!
Total Elevation Gained by Bike = 10 000'
Total Elevation Lost by Bike = 27 600'
Total Hours Slept = not enough
Total Pilsners Drunk = way too many (Reg says your body will adjust to it, just need to consume more of it, more often, hmm not too sure)
Total Richie Schley Putdowns for not Coming out = nowhere near enough
Check all Margus' pics here.
Check all Tyler's pics here.
Check all Dave's pics here.
Check all Smoke's pics here.
Check out the Hurtin for Vert Riders here.
Check here if you missed Part 1
Check here if you missed Part 2
Check here if you missed Part 3
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13 Comments
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robe
(Sep 16, 2009 at 0:00)
Sick series! Stoked to the Nth degree after all this. BC is the best place on earth 4 rillz!
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great write up tyler! i need to hit that trail one of these days! meant to make it out there this summer, but ran outta money and time!
Nice....too bad Upper Oasis is closed eh...when we were there a week later there were signs before lower oasis saying that the road was closed.... 
Was still a fun trail to pin it on though. 
Was still a fun trail to pin it on though.
Upper Oasis was closed this year due to the biathlon course development and some logging. We'll be reworking sections soon and the terrain looks promising. If you know where to go, BS/PR is a super fun, flowy alternative to Upper that finishes just up the road from Lower Oasis (what we rode on this trip).
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Seven Summits ride is stellar! We did the whole ride on the August Long weekend. Took us about 6 hours including the Dewdney trail section which adds about another 5km of downhill. The last part is especially great - high speed downhill ripping that seems to go on forever-was dusty however). Adrenaline also provided efficient shuttle service to trail head at Nancy Greene Summit. We all rode 6 and 6 bikes and I also had a KS 5 inch remote control suspension seatpost which was fantastic for this kind of terrain!
Recommend this ride to all accomplished AM riders. Bring lotsa H2O (consumed 3litres on the initial climb alone). Great food and drink in Rossland afterward!
Cheers
Recommend this ride to all accomplished AM riders. Bring lotsa H2O (consumed 3litres on the initial climb alone). Great food and drink in Rossland afterward!
Cheers
Great write up and pictures.
I also rode seven summits this summer and it was beyond epic. It is one of my favorite trails that I have ever ridden because it has all the elements of a great ride and the Dewdney trail was the icing on the cake. Can't wait to do it again someday and try to beat our 5 hour time.
I also rode seven summits this summer and it was beyond epic. It is one of my favorite trails that I have ever ridden because it has all the elements of a great ride and the Dewdney trail was the icing on the cake. Can't wait to do it again someday and try to beat our 5 hour time.
Nice combo to tie Glory into BS/PR and Oasis... hope those of you that have never done the Seven Summits in its entirety make it back real soon. It's relentless greatness!
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