It started raining as we loaded the bikes onto the truck. Thankfully, none of us are witches, and we decided the rain would probably go away again. After raining on us a bit, it did.
We’d skied the Redearth creek trail in Winter, but got bored and turned around. Biking it is much easier, and it was a lovely day once the rain cleared. Damp trail covered in red pine needles, and the flowing creek, and bright green mosses covering the forest floor.
It’s uphill most of the way, sometimes steep, sometimes gradual, but fairly constantly uphill. After about 7km of this, we reached the Lost Horse Creek campground and had a late lunch.
Then it was another 3.5km of flatter terrain, and we reached the “No bikes west of this junction” point. They even had little bike stands that allowed you to lock your bikes up. We decided we couldn’t be bothered walking the 3.5km up to Shadow Lake, or biking south on the Pharaoh Creek trail – which looked pretty narrow anyway.
Now of course, we’re wondering about the potential of camping at the Lost Horse Creek campground, and then hiking the Shadow Lake/Whistling Valley/Egypt Lake/Pharaoh Creek trail.
Turning around, we barely had to pedal on the way down. Weeeeee!
Trail conditions: Only a couple of puddles, and only a little snow to the side of the trail, the track is pretty clear.
Bears: None, but some scat and some prints.
