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And first place in the Alberta Rockies 700 goes to

And first place in the Alberta Rockies 700 goes to @kyle_mess - romping home in 2 days and 4 hours on the 680km fire-variant course.

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Alberta Rockies 700 finish line vibes – @zchauderl

Alberta Rockies 700 finish line vibes - @zchauderlot rocking it home before 10pm on Sunday for the overall win on the 500km course.

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The first few hours of the Alberta Rockies 700 …

The first few hours of the Alberta Rockies 700 ... With @cuscocanuck and @kyle_mess leading the 700km race, and before the heinous hike-a-bike began.

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The milling around, the last minute goodbyes, the

The milling around, the last minute goodbyes, the anticipation, and the grand depart of the Alberta Rockies 700, Class of 2022.

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Views from a sneaky overnighter – I joined @sarah

Views from a sneaky overnighter - I joined @sarah.anne.h on her getaway down at Kananaskis Lakes, but did a solo scramble to get down there in the evening after work, arriving just in time to set up camp before the daylight totally disappeared.

The return was a bit more leisurely... except for the infernal headwinds.

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I had a blast shooting the @steedzenduro Canmore E

I had a blast shooting the @steedzenduro Canmore Enduro last weekend - it's always a super fun event that's welcoming for all riders. Warm sun, great tunes, sweet bikes, happening beer garden, and candy cup hand-outs at the aid station - what more could you ask for?

You can check out the full rider gallery of photos from the event from @shimizuimg and myself on Roots & Rain!

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The Range was just over a week ago now (not two we

The Range was just over a week ago now (not two weeks ago!) - it's a super sweet gravel ride through beautiful country in the Porcupine Hills area.

I got on a race plate again (for the second time since 2016) for the chance to ride this amazing 128km loop. The route loops through private property, so the full ride can't usually be accessed. And if you're not riding through @burke_creek_ranch you're missing one of the best bits!

I was thinking it wouldn't take too much longer than @ghostofthegravel - but the gravel was unrelenting, and in the end I was out there a whole hour longer this time. And my mountain bikey set up was getting a lot more envious glances and comments than it did at the Ghost!

Definitely one to ride if you haven't yet, and an area I really want to visit again! Thanks to @sonyamlaing @jojobiking_thegravelgroove and @thegravelexperience for the late entry option. And to @bikingburty for the company (sorry I dropped you on the hills 😝)

📷: @theoriginal10cent @jordanbikesyyc

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Sometimes you have to do stupid things to get to a

Sometimes you have to do stupid things to get to amazing places. So we tried the random connection on unknown trails.

There's nothing like the level of appreciation you have for beautiful mountain scenery when you have to push your bike for hours to get there. We dragged our bikes up and over mountains and got to ride, as @mtnkvg said, "tens of meters of unexpected pristine alpine singletrack".

It took us nine hours to cover 30km, past Bluerock Mountain and Three Point campground and out to the Elbow River (and didn't see another soul the whole way). We didn't have a gpx, and the trail wasn't on any of our maps. We only had dilapidated trail signs, a photo of the trailhead map, and the knowledge that @sarah.anne.h had come through here somewhere on the Three Point bikepack from the @ryancorrey guidebook (she hadn't, but it was enough to give us the confidence to continue).

A few times we ended up trending the wrong way, losing the main trail in favour of well-trodden animal and hunting trails. We considered backtracking, or heading directly out to known territory. But we had food, water, shelter, and figured we could make it work somehow.

But would we be able to cross the river? At least we would get there early in the day, so the river would be lower... Oh, but nope, because it took us 9 hours to get there. But by that point I was prepared to disassemble my entire bike and swim across with individual pieces if it came to that. (It didn't come to that)

The sense of relief when we reached the Elbow River was overwhelming - and once we got across it, and could actually ride our bikes for minutes at a time? Amazing!

Thanks for the epic weekend Katie! We did it!

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The Plan D bikepack epic weekend – when you get ba

The Plan D bikepack epic weekend - when you get back from a backcountry canoe trip and are trying desparately to get caught up on work so you don't have time to plan the weekend bikepack coming up, so all you have in mind is a vague destination. When @mtnkvg turns up, you look at the routes in the area you'd been thinking of and decide against them all. And randomly decide to do a loop in another area. Then when you set off on that loop, you hit cattle-troden trails that are no fun, so you turn back and set off into the unknown, following trails on a map that might connect or might not.

After a full day of riding, wash-outs and a high river turn you back from a potential connection.

Do you:
A) Wait it out (the river should be lower in the morning) or
B) backtrack (it'll definitely work, but boo, backtracking is boring) or
C) try a random connection on unknown trails (will it go? it might? if worst comes to worst you can backtrack... and one of the @ryancorrey bikepack routes definitely goes through the area)

(5 points if you can guess what we did)

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