Tag: Canada

  • How Not to Prepare for Your Next Bikepacking Adventure

    How Not to Prepare for Your Next Bikepacking Adventure

    Two weeks ago, my boyfriend, Dad and I set off on a bikepacking trip. Our goal is to ride from Banff down to Whitefish on the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, before heading west and joining the Western Wildlands Route then turning north in order to loop back to Fernie. Despite two of us having…

  • Why mountain biking is the best thing that ever happened to me

    Why mountain biking is the best thing that ever happened to me

    The first time I had anything to do with mountain bikes was on my gap year in 2009. I volunteered at a summer camp just outside of Squamish in British Columbia. I had been paired with the camp’s mountain bike instructor, the enthusiastic and knowledgeable JB. I helped her set up the skills park, moving…