The Seven Summits
Well today was the day that we tackled the Seven Summits trail(link to article here). Since we were going to head to Troy and Christine’s that night we had to get an early start. After brecky and some trail research we headed off. A short drive up and out of Rossland got us to the trail head. Right away I knew we would be in for a treat. The trail stars out as a buff single track cut beautifully into the earth. The first part of the trail was a steady climb to a logging road, then on the road for a short bit the back into the trees . Now the real fun started. The climbing was awesome, good grades and great trail and it continued for 45 mins! We took a break just before the hight point of the trail. The next bit was a mix of climbing, walking over snow banks and short descents. Once we rode along the ridge for a bit we began the first real long descent of the day. Lots of rocks and medium drops made you concentrate 100% or else. Next came some more climbing then some more descending. Each time the descending got longer until finally we hit a meadow ridge and a super fast false descent onto a logging road. The seven summits had been ridden. We then did the Dewdny trail for a some more down, down, down until we popped out at the highway just after seeing a bear. A 5 km up, up, up back to the hotel and we were done.
Words don’t do this trail justice, you simply have to ride of hike it to appreciate how well it was designed and built.
A few stats from the day
Vertical feet climbing: 4800 ft
KMs: 44 km
Time: 4hrs 30 min
Bears: 1
Fun Factor:10/10
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