After some heavy rains, unexpected snowfalls, and aggravated injuries I’m finally back on my bike! And I’ve discovered our local trailbuilders have been fairly busy…

Over on Forbidden there are a few new trails, one great one is White Rabbit. It starts beside the Plunge and avoids the nasty part of that trail before it joins up with Lower Plunge just above Peckerhead. Great flowy trail. Cabin Fever has also been extended and now starts higher up in the same area as 2 Sheiks and Screamin’ Demon. This section of Cabin Fever is more of an XC trail with a couple of nice bridges and a canoe, not to mention a gap jump near the beginning of the trail. It’s a fun little section. Here’s the GPS info on where to find them:

upper and lower cabin fever -> white rabbit -> lower plunge -> bears bait at EveryTrail

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There are also another two trails that come off Cabin Fever. One is called Slither and the other is called Rebel. Slither could easy become one of my favourite trails… Steep and flowy bits, love the combintation of the two! Rebel forks off from Slither and is quite a bit steeper. We haven’t ridden it yet, we just scoped out the first bit of it.

Over in Cumberland the River Rats have been busy with a trail called Thirsty Beaver, which I also haven’t had a chance to ride yet. Then there’s a new trail called Blue Collar which is a lot of fun. To get to it, take Teapot to Shortline and just past the clearing on Shortline is the trailhead for Blue Collar. It’s another nice flowy XC trail that takes you down to Allen Lake.

The new trails help take away the sting of losing so many to logging earlier this year, however the good news is most of those can be rebuilt. They just won’t be as scenic…

I’m really looking forward to this season with all of the new trails. Can’t wait to see what comes next!