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Just lake it…. It's not quite the same when the

Just lake it.... It's not quite the same when the perfect ice is covered by a thin skiff of snow, but it's still pretty magical.

#wildice #iceskating #pondhockey
#mountainlifer
#mountaincultureelevated

Early season snow at the Lake Louise camp a few we

Early season snow at the Lake Louise camp a few weekends ago, with a whole herd of the @canmorenordicskiclub kids. When they weren't working hard on their ski skills, they were busy eating millions of pancakes 🥞

#nordicskiing #crosscountryskiing

Glorious sunsets and frozen fingers time of year.

Glorious sunsets and frozen fingers time of year. I always really want to get out and make the most of the amazing light and fresh snowfall, but then I step outside and it's cold and my face starts to freeze, and it's harder to keep a camera warm and functioning, and I'd rather be either moving or be indoors.

And then the days are getting longer and it's warming up again and I swear I'll get more winter photos next year. But that alpenglow!

Early season bluebird day down the Cascade fire ro

Early season bluebird day down the Cascade fire road.

#nordicskiing #xcskiing #xcski #xcskier #mybanff

Throwback to more rainy days – this was the Ghost

Throwback to more rainy days - this was the Ghost of the Gravel in June. Super beautiful course through the foothills. Great scenery, great gravel.... except when it's pouring with rain. Then it's picking a line through oobleck, and a constant gritty spray coating you and your bike. Solid Type 2 veering to Type 3 fun.

My Katahdin's bottom bracket and brakes didn't appreciate the treatment, and I didn't make it all the way to the finish... but I still got a cookie at the end!

📷: @theoriginal10cent

#gravelistheway #gravelbike #rideyourbike #gravelgrinder

Finding birds in Montreal last month. After days o

Finding birds in Montreal last month. After days of hunting I finally found a Cardinal, but he would not sit still for a photograph.

🪶 White-breasted Nuthatch (aka. The Upside-Down)
🪶 Tufted Titmouse 😍
🪶 Black-Capped Chickadee

#birdphotography
#birdstagram

We pulled into Claresholme that afternoon, conclud

We pulled into Claresholme that afternoon, concluding the latest episode of Friends on Bikes Go Camping and Get Rained On. Thanks to @sarah.anne.h @katie_von_gaza and @tleigh.d and to the excellent hills, creeks, rivers, and the gravel roads that traverse them. A bonus thank you to the 🐎,🐄 and 🦅 we met along the way.

Catch you for the next one! ✌️

#bikepackcanada #bikepacker #bikepackher #bikepacking #girlsgonegravel

Embracing our new life as people who were destined

Embracing our new life as people who were destined to be perpetually wet and smelling of a bonfire, we decided that the most sensible decision was to skip the big pass taking us further west. We all wanted to explore, but there was one unhappy knee in the group, combined with the lousy air quality (plus asthma) and the persistent rain... it was still a hard call, but we opted for one day less of riding, and a reroute to take us to Porcupine Hills that afternoon.

Apart from the shorter route, the other downside was that we were now stuck on Highway 22 for a solid chunk of highway riding. The temperature stayed low as we climbed up into Porcupine Hills, through the gorgeous hilly terrain shrouded in smoke. We'd been tossing up the idea of taking a longer route along the ridge, but with the visibility so low, it doesn't seem worth it.

The blue sunny skies of the first day feel a million miles away. But you know what wasn't a million miles away? Farms with fields filled with goats!

#bikepacking #bikepackcanada #adventurecycling #adventurebybike #rideyourbike #bikepacker #bikepackher #gravelbike #girlsgonegravel #goatsfordays

So when the last episode of Bikepacking Trips As T

So when the last episode of Bikepacking Trips As Told On Instagram wrapped up, our protagonists were biking through heavy smoke and looking forward to an awesome warm dinner at the concession stand at Chain Lakes.

The first sign that things might not go according to plan came as they were approaching the turnoff to the Chain Lakes campground. A car came speeding out of the campground, swerved across the road to push over the A-frame sign advertising the concession, then sped off onto the highway.

They were concerned. "But it says it's supposed to be open until 6pm, and it's not even 5." "We definitely double-checked the hours." "Maybe the concession is still open and that person is just really annoyed at them because their chicken fingers are so good?" The conspiracy theories got wilder as the intrepid crew drew closer to the stand.

It was closed. The lady running it appeared at a screen mesh door in a house coat and rollers. She seemed fed up with a lot of things going on in her life, but took pity on a pack of starving cyclists and gave them a container of leftover beets. The starving cyclists sat at a picnic table eating cold beets and trying to work out if they could order pizza to the campground (they couldn't).

That night the rain settled in for the long haul and as they emerged from their tents the next morning, after a night spent wondering if they really should have eaten so many beets, the air was full of rain - and yet also still very smoky. They packed up and debated the best destination for the day...

#bikepacking #bikepackcanada #adventurecycling #adventurebybike #rideyourbike #bikepacker #bikepackher #pitybeets

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