While Jen was circumnavigating the Fraser Valley on a single speed,

we opted for the “lift-assisted” version. Trestle Bike Park.

Per safety regs, it all starts with a mandatory trip down Green World. That’s a 5 mile “downhill” route meant for novice riders. Problem is…. There’s a lil bit of uphill. Pedaling a 35 pound bike up anything is hard. Add 10,000+ altitude and there’s gonna be some gasping, snorting, and general doubt about one’s will to go on.
With that, Shy Ann is next and a good intro to the intermittent weightlessness of DH MTB. Lower long trail is another flow fav.

Eventually, we arrive at the vaunted Jury Duty / Boot Camp combo. The “trails” don’t really promote a lot of casual photo ops so pix wil have to wait. As one astute observer said, “the longest, scariest ramp” he’s ever seen. It’s an easy roll, just about 15 feet off the hillside so that any nav error is met with a bit of a drop.
Kai’s post ride irrational exuberance spoke volumes. Being geographically separated from all your buddies can be disconcerting for a 13 year old. And at times, it shows. Varying degrees of weirdness in mood is so easily repaired with regular doses of exertion and adrenaline.

Note to self:

Male Kidds are 86% physicality. Bring it on Zombie Ninjas!

On our first few days in Winter Park, we have been getting reacquainted with the village and the surrounding town. One of the first things we did was get our season adventure passes. Unfortunately, later,  I had a minor bike crash on our family Flume trail ride. I may or may not be able to downhill mountain bike today or tomorrow due to a wrist sprain. Despite my injury I did zoom down the Alpine slide and did flips on the bungee jump. We also took the lift up to Sunspot and played in a patch of snow!  Last night, we biked to a Fourth of July festival at Hideaway Park. We were met with an amazing fireworks show! The bike home in the dark through the forest with all the tall trees and possible animal encounters made me a little uneasy.  I feel like our trip is going to be a blast.

– Kai

It was hard to leave Jackson and get on the road again. The Grand Teton Natl Park will see us again for sure! 

Winter Park is gorgeous and the cool, rainy and relatively humid weather feels good considering we are at 9000 ft!  We can see the downhillers come down the lower section of trails from our balcony here at the village. Lots of biking (downhill and cross country) is on the agenda. The Fraser Valley rec center is just a couple miles down the road and Kai joined the trampoline classes already. Last night we had a family “pump” session at the gym then saw “Central Intelligence” at the Foundry Cinema and Bowl. Below are pix from the place we stayed in Jackson Hole Golf and Tennis neighborhood, drive along the Snake River, and Winter Park.