Riding the North

They say Whitehorse is the new Moab, at least that’s what some of the top mountain biking magazines and websites have been reporting lately. So not to be left out, I headed up north in early August on a media trip to do a story for the Globe & Mail.

There were several forest fires in the area and when I landed the smoke was so thick I could barely see across the street. It was not looking good. I met up with Marsha and Sylvain from Boreal Mountain Biking, my guides for the week. The first day’s ride left from Boreal’s base in the mountains overlooking Whitehorse and wound through fast single track in the surrounding forest. The sun shining through the smoke created a psychedelic yellow light I have never seen before.

The next day, the winds came in and blew away the smoke. We headed to Carcross to do the Mountain Hero ride, a high alpine descent past glaciers, caribou and meadows of wildflowers. The trails were fast and furious and were a blast. My Santa Cruz Nomad proved the perfect ride and Sylvain tailored the tour to give me a challenge. There is a ton of amazing terrain up here, and I think we got some killer images as well. Forget Moab, go to straight to Whitehorse.