Float plane drop in the Chilcotin's was on the top of our list for the summer. Long rides high in the alpine amongst the fields of wildflowers with stunning views of the uniquely coloured mountains. We filled the plane with 5 of us Jeremy, Ned, Tamson, Petra and I and started our ride from Warner Lake.
The lake had a real blue/greenish colour to it just like in the rockies. All day I was reminded and had the sense of rockies riding. The plane ride was just as much as the highlight as the riding was. We saw a huge herd of goats high up on the ridge line from the plane.
Our route for the day was up to Deer pass over to Tyaughton cr trail then out Gun creek back to the cabin. We were looking at a 8-10hr day.
We had great riding weather. Going up to the pass it was a bit cooler and we even had snow fall on us at the top but we were rewarded with sunshine for the rest of the day. Snow in august. Made me feel like I was back home.
The riding was great with some real fun descents. Both Jeremy and I took the bails out of the group. Over the handle bars face and body fully submerged into the creek. Jeremy thought he'd do the same dismount as me in another creek. Nothing like riding wet for the rest of the day. The latter part of Gun creek I think it was allowed you to really open up on ripping through the trees on an almost sand like trail. Being able to get deep into the mountains and cover a huge amount of terrain on your bike with stunning views and varied riding is what I loved about it. 9hrs latter we made it back to the cabin tired, hungry, fulfilled by the day of riding with some great riding buddies.
Float plane drop in the Chilcotin's was on the top of our list for the summer. Long rides high in the alpine amongst the fields of wildflowers with stunning views of the uniquely coloured mountains. We filled the plane with 5 of us Jeremy, Ned, Tamson, Petra and I and started our ride from Warner Lake. 
The lake had a real blue/greenish colour to it just like in the rockies. All day I was reminded and had the sense of rockies riding. The plane ride was just as much as the highlight as the riding was. We saw a huge herd of goats high up on the ridge line from the plane. 
Our route for the day was up to Deer pass over to Tyaughton cr trail then out Gun creek back to the cabin. We were looking at a 8-10hr day.
We had great riding weather. Going up to the pass it was a bit cooler and we even had snow fall on us at the top but we were rewarded with sunshine for the rest of the day. Snow in august. Made me feel like I was back home.
The riding was great with some real fun descents. Both Jeremy and I took the bails out of the group. Over the handle bars face and body fully submerged into the creek. Jeremy thought he'd do the same dismount as me in another creek. Nothing like riding wet for the rest of the day. The latter part of Gun creek I think it was allowed you to really open up on ripping through the trees on an almost sand like trail. Being able to get deep into the mountains and cover a huge amount of terrain on your bike with stunning views and varied riding is what I loved about it. 9hrs latter we made it back to the cabin tired, hungry, fulfilled by the day of riding with some great riding buddies. 
