Seven Summits trail in Rossland with Courtney and Atsuko. This trail has been on my list of trails to ride for a while now so it was good to finally get out and ride it. I think my enjoyment of it suffered a bit due to how high your expectations are given the hype surrounding it. Don't get me wrong the trail is unique - how often do you get to ride a point to point trail that covers about 30km of sub alpine ridges - and the views are expansive. As for the trail itself it is rather rocky and my expectation of a fast and flowy ridge ride did not manifest itself. Many of the downs are as tiring as the ups - and the ups are pretty tiring:) As the ridge travels from north to south the character of the vegatation changes quite a bit which is interesting. You start with typical kootenay forest and finish in terrain that reminds me of Kelowna.
As the forecast was for 32 degrees and there is no water on the ridge we all rode with over 4L of water. I certainly felt the added weight on the climbs. All in all I'd recommend the trail if you've never done it although there is a better alpine ridge ride in my neck of the woods that I prefer more:) Actual ride time was 6 hours.
