Toonie Ride - May 27th
Sponsors: Whistler Chiro, Team Whistler, Whistler Brewing, and the Dubh Linn Gate
Sign In: 5:30, Whistler Brewery, Millar Creek Rd, Function Junction
Ride: 6:30, Westside (View Course Map)
Finish: Rainbow Trail Parking Lot
Après: The Dubh Linn Gate
As usual, WORCA memberships are required. Avoid early season line-ups and purchase your membership online.
Check out the full schedule on the Toonie section of our website.
PVTA Fundraiser
A fundraiser and celebration for Pemberton area trails. Multimedia slideshow presentation, refreshments & tunes!
When: Friday, June 11th
Where: Pemberton Community Centre
How Much: $10 in advance at the Bike Co or $12 at the door.
Come out and show your support.
Wild Willie’s “Come Ride with Us”
Wild Willie’s “Come Ride with Us” program will start next week, Monday, May 31st.
These are fun, social rides for all abilities. Riders are divided into groups based on ability and go out with guides who instruct when necessary.
Sign In: 6:00pm at Wild Willie’s, Nesters
Ride: 6:30pm
Cost: $2
WORCA memberships are required. Please purchase your membership in advance online. Memberships can also be purchased at the event.
Trail Days
Big Thank to Bear Back Biking for supplying great sandwiches and beverages on Saturday’s Trail Day.
Also big thanks to all the volunteer that came out to build the new connection.
Area 56, the trail named by Mr Richer’s grade 5 and 6 from Myrtle Phillips School has been completed.
The start is just past the Muni. yard entrance on the left. This will allow easy access to Roll Yer Bones and cut Yer Bars from Spruce Grove, also quick way to get over to Whistler Kay or visa versa.
Next Trail Day is June 5th, which is conveniently also International Trails Day.
This week is sponsored by Ticket2Ride.
Meeting time will be 9:00 AM, location tba although we will probably be at the south end of town.
Chilcotin Road Deactivations
Re-posted from the Bike Co website.
Thanks Pete for the heads up.
The Forest Service is moving to deactivate more roads in the Spruce Lake area, which will shut down trails like the Paradise Creek-Castle Pass-Tyaughton Creek loop. In typical fashion the public has been given a whole week to comment. Below is the Ministry’s Information Bulletin:
The Province has been moving to close access to the backcountry across the board. These closures may make sense from the limited perspective of the Forest Ministry – hey, no logging going on, close the road – but they can have wide ranging effects on other sectors of society, namely individual backcountry users and commercial backcountry operators. Make your voice heard!
Crud to Mud Downhill - Saturday May 22nd
Few places can rival what Whistler has in store for mountain bikers this season. And after much demand, the Whistler Mountain Bike Park is excited to be bringing back the Crud 2 Mud Downhill on May 22, 2010.
In teams or individually, Crud to Mud competitors ski or snowboard from the top of Whistler Mountain to the bottom of the snow line, where their bikes and equipment lay waiting. Once they’ve struggled out of their boots and are clipped into their bike pedals, participants race through the Whistler Mountain Bike Park on a yet to be determined trail.
“The Crud to Mud is the only race that solves the spring-time dilemma of making the choice to ride or ski - it allows you to do both”, exclaims Rob McSkimming, Whistler Blackcomb VP Business Development. “So many people in Whistler are accomplished at both sports why not try to determine who is best?”
Check out full event details here.
Registration: Registration for the Crud to Mud Downhill is still open and is available through Whistler Blackcomb Guest Reservations or 1.800.766.0449.
The event is $45 or $55 for teams of two.
Whistler Mountain Bike park lift tickets are not included in the registration cost, but can be purchased for $26 (Adults)/$23 (Youth/Senior) at Guest Relations.
Mandatory Racer Mtg: Due to the nature of the event and the ever-changing snow conditions there will be a mandatory meeting for all participants @ the Garibaldi Lift Company on Friday, May 21 at 6pm. At that time the event format will be discussed and the courses will be announced.
Volunteers Needed! Please contact Seb at sfremont@intrawest.com if interested.
Toonie Ride - May 20th
Please bring a donation to the Food Bank to this week’s ride.
Sponsors: Wild Willies & the Longhorn
Sign In: 5:30, Spruce Grove
Ride: 6:30, Lost Lake (View Course Map)
Finish: Lost Lake Ticket Booth
Après: Longhorn
As usual, WORCA memberships are required. Avoid early season line-ups and purchase your membership online.
Check out the full schedule on the Toonie section of our website.
Cut yer Bars Trail Day: Saturday, May 22nd
Last Saturday, 26 students grade 5 & 6 students from Myrtle Phillips, and their instructor Mr. Richer, came out to clear and start cutting in a new connection trail into Cut Yer Bars from the Muni Yard access. The new trail has been christened Area 56 by the students.
This coming Saturday, we are going to continue their hard work and hopefully finish the project.
Our next trail day is:
Saturday, May 22nd
Sponsored by Bear Back Biking
Meet at 9am, at the access road to the Municipal Yard next to the bus depot (across the hwy from Spruce Grove).
Please bring work gloves, gardening shears, small saws, or any portable cutting tool you may have.
We’re still looking for sponsors for our trail days. Please send an email to trails@worca.com if interested.
Please click on a thumbnail to view last Saturday’s images in a slideshow:
Toonie Ride - May 13
Sponsors: Whistler Bike Co.
Sign In: 5:30, Emerald Reservoir
Ride: 6:30, Shit Happens, Big Kahuna, Trial and Error, Section 102 (View Course Map) Just in case the headspace is still ‘early season’ - you can ride Shit Happens-Big Kahuna loop, then opt out prior to S102 and BEE-line to the lakeside apres at the Edgewater Lodge.
Finish: End of Section 102
Après: Edgewater Outdoor Centre
As usual, WORCA memberships are required. Avoid early season line-ups and purchase your membership online.
Please do not park in Emerald. There is parking at Whistler Outdoor Adventures or at the High School.
Check out the full schedule on the Toonie section of our website.
Cut yer Bars Trail Day - May 22nd
This week’s trail day is sponsored by Bear Back Biking.
Meet at 9am, at the access road to the Municipal Yard next to the bus depot (across the hwy from Spruce Grove).
The aim this week is to re-establish a connection from the hwy to Roll Yer Bones. Please bring work gloves, gardening shears, small saws, or any portable cutting tool you may have. Also please bring garbage bags to collect waste and to carry water and snacks.
We’re still looking for sponsors for our trail days. Please send an email to trails@worca.com if interested.
Solstice Bike Ride - June 20th
A fundraiser for Bicycles for Humanity. All funds will go towards shipping a container of used bikes to Africa.
WHEN: Sunday June 20th, 9:30 ( rain or shine)
WHERE: A scenic and hopefully warm ride from Signal Hill Elementary School, out to the end of the Meadows and back to Anderson Lake ( for a BBQ) and then back to Pemberton after the BBQ.
WHO: Adults only
DISTANCE: Anywhere from 80 km. to 120 km. You can customize your own ride.
WHAT YOU GET:
- 1) support along the way ( a water and snack stop and sag wagon)
- 2) A BBQ at Anderson Lake
- 3) your items for Anderson Lake transported for you
- 4) a chance to ride and socialize with local bikers
- 5) an opportunity to train for the Grand Fondo if you’re signed up for that
WHAT YOU NEED
- 1)To be at the Pemberton Bike Shop by the Pony Express at 9:30 am to load your gear for transport to Anderson Lake and to register.
- 2) at least one water bottle with water in it already
- 3) a bike tube
- Optional: lawn chair, bathing suit, a towel and beverages of your choice packed as efficiently as possible
REQUIRED DONATION: $50.00 if registered by May 31st, $60.00 for later registration. Registration closes June 15th. Print out and fill in the registration form along with a cheque made out to Bicycles for Humanity and mail to;
- Brenda Montani,
- 8209 Black Bear Ridge
- Whistler, BC
- V0N 1B8
or drop off the package at Spring Creek to Dawn Titus or Myrtle Philip to Brenda Montani.
Trail Sweep Day - Saturday, May 8th
Our first Trail Day of the season will be on Saturday, May 8th.
Meet at Riverside café at 8am for a hearty breakfast before hitting the trails! The objective is to sweep all trails that are clear of snow, trim back overgrowth on trails, find cut and blow down, identify erosion problems, and pick up garbage.
Please bring work gloves, gardening shears, small saws, or any portable cutting tool you may have. Also please bring garbage bags to collect waste and to carry water and snacks.
We encourage everyone to email a trail report through our website. Please let us know where big fallen trees are blocking the trail or if any bridges or stunts are damaged.
Our next trail day is scheduled for Saturday, May 22nd. If all the trails can be cleared by the 22nd, then we can get right into maintenance work!
We’re still looking for sponsors for our trail days. Please send an email to trails@worca.com if interested.
Downbeat - May 13th
Trips for Kids Vancouver is hosting their annual fundraiser and silent auction:
DOWNBEAT
Thursday, May 13th
8pm at District 319 (319 Main Street)
DOWNBEAT is an interactive social event showcasing video and still photography by Dave Heath, Jordan Manley, and the crew from Anthill Productions (with clips from their new production, “Follow Me”). All proceeds of the event support the facilitation of their 2010 spring and summer programs, which will engage five hundred youth.
Bike Swap Thank You
WORCA would like to recognize the following people and organizations for their help and generous support in making this year’s bike swap a huge success!
Fiona Famula - Whistler Chamber of Commerce
Martin Pardoe - RMOW
Christa Vandeberg - RMOW
Tim Clayman - Dups
George Weston-Webb - Whistler Blackcomb
Dave Den Dulf - Sabre Rentals
Tom Johnson - Trilogy
Bob Andrea - RMOW
Sue Eckersley - Watermark
Erica Meikle - Pasta Lupino
Thomas Piekarski - The Soup Boutique
Colleen Gunderson - Trilogy
Ryan Brown - Summit
Kim Slater - Creek Bread
The Whistler Real Estate Co
The Whistler Nordics
Telus
And a big thank you to all the hardworking volunteers who have made it onto our 2010 VIP List!
Interested in volunteering for future events? Please sign up here.
Bicycle Maintenance Clinic - Still Spots Left
Has your bike been sitting in storage all winter? Bought a new ride at the SWAP and want to tune it up? WORCA and Fanatyco are teaming up to offer a basic skills clinic on how to maintain your bike and get up to speed for the season.
Date: May 4th
Location: Fanatyk Co.
Cost: $10. WORCA memberships are required. Memberships are available online here.
Time: 6:30pm
Registration: Sign up at Fanatyk Co at 6:15. See you there!
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