a mountain bike ride through the Chicotin Mountain range in British Columbia
Mountain bike adventure A float plane shuttle to Lorna Lake in the Chilcotin Mountains in British Columbia 10 5 hour ride in this beautiful scenic area Here s the story of this adventure The Greatest Ride Story and photos by Dan Galic Shivers race up your spine as the floatplane glides in to pick you up and take you to the middle of nowhere Our nowhere is Lorna Lake in the Chilcotin Mountain range BCÕs best kept secret Our route looked easy as we glided gracefully in the sky above scoping out the passes we would traverse They looked like anthills from our perspective My nervousness subsided as I thought that this would be easier than I had anticipated We banked left and approached our glassy landing strip It looked surreal The mirrored reflection of mountains and sky were perfectly painted on Lorna Lake We touch down softly sending ripples across natureÕs Picaso Our excitement heightened as we assembled our bikes and waved goodbye to Dale as he soared off Our ride had started There was only one way out Pedal Peter Dostal Chad Onyschuk Steve Whittal and myself started off with the normal warm up jitters taking turns listing our nuances in the forefront of our ride Chad had mostly been coaching downhill all summer in Whistler and wasnÕt in shape Steve just finished guiding a fifteen day rafting trip the day before and could have used more rest The longest ride I had done all summer was 3 hours long which would be the length of our warm up I had bruised ribs and a healing sprained ankle I was genuinely concerned about this ride but they reassured me that it would be a piece of cake Pete didnÕt say anything In fact I donÕt think I have ever heard him complain about a ride Though these werenÕt really complaints but rather pre ride excuses for any poor riding or bonking we might encounter Normally I am in full control of my own adventures but I knew that it was better not to know too much about what lay ahead Anyway why ruin the
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Location: Chilcotin BC
Photo credit: © Dan Galic / Alamy / Afripics
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