Squamish is the outdoor capital of Canada. Anything outdoor goes here, so 550 mountainbikers fitted in perfectly.
The day started with a tar road climb for about 4 km. we dropped straight into the single track and immediately we had backed up traffic. It was one of the few hold up in the week, but with so much good single track a bit of walking was never an issue.
We climbed about 800m in the first 24 km and then we hit Half Nelson. Wow! Perfectly bermed corners, fast doubles, inside out turns, it was all there and we were nailing it all the way.
Another climb got us to Pseudo Tsuga. The first Enduro that was fast and flowing with some pretty steep descents inbetween. By now I've mastered the dropper seatpost and hitting these sections with agression and precision. We left the Enduro grinning.
Another climb to Aid 1 with a quick fill and off to tackle another monster climb to get us to Enduro 2. A combination of walkers and a bad fall had me lose my nerve, so I walked the first half until the trail was more manageable.
We hit another steep climb, fortunately on a good jeep track. The forest, the rivers, the mountains all just took my breath away (along with the climb of course). We dropped into Hoods in the Woods with good fast flowing buffed up singletrack for most of the 6km section.
At Aid 2 the mood was cheerful with everyone having a good time. Some more climbing and doing Far side (down singletrack) S&M Connector (up singletrack) and 7 stitches (up and down singletrack) to weave together about 10km of the sweet stuff to get us to Squamish.
A combination of back streets and Urban Assault style riding got us back to the Recreation Centre to finish off probably my best day on a mountain bike... EVER!
Tonight we head to Whistler for tomorrow's short 27km stage and the banquet afterwards.
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