If you believe social media, the Chilcotins are done. Over-ridden, over-shot, over.
For anyone who doesn’t know our backyard: the Chilcotin Ranges are a subdivision of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains, in British Columbia, and they are a very good place to ride a bike.
Don’t believe everything you read. There is still a lot left to find. So we called 7mesh ambassadors Laura Battista, Megan O’Brien and Angie McKirdy, mapped a route and drove up to the Shulaps Range before the alpine shut down for the season.
The Shulaps Range is about 5 hours north of Squamish by car, and Squamish is about an hour north of Vancouver. Up there the terrain is more mixed than the riding the Chilcotins are known for: ungroomed high alpine and hike-a-bike.
Our route was a 21 km point-to-point. The film covers the terrain and what it takes to ride in a place that wild.
It also put three of Squamish’s best mountain bikers in one spot to talk about the sport, the support that comes through community and why a dose of discomfort is good for the soul.
