Fernie BC Mountain Biking in June?

[D(C)]

Toast’s loop is great. I was back last year and did it. It ended up being about 1300 m of climbing, so not tiny. If I had to leave one of the 3 laps out, it would be Verboten, but all 3 are great descents. The climb to Slunt is a bit of a slog but quite worth it.

The year before, my favourite was Big Money. It was being logged at the bottom when I was back last year so I didn’t get to ride it again.

Hypervent/Hyperextension is a fun lap as well, but I’d prioritize Toast’s ride over it.

[waxman]

Where to start? We are the host for the Dirt series although they have implemented some covid guidelines so may not see the feeding frenzy of the previous years. All the recommendations so far are good. Come by the store, I'm usually here. I am rehabbing a knee so may be out riding if the rain lets up though.

[El Kanone]

Oh that’s funny, my wife is one of the volunteer coaches and she said she has to come by your shop on Saturday morning. I guess I stop by too.

[gramboh]

Swine flu is a good mellower option.

Greatest hits (for me at least) would be up gorby, down verboten, up to project 9, down that, then up stove / mushroom head / lactic ridge, down slunt to brokeback.

The order on ^^^ that doesn't really matter. They're all fun.

Gonna be in Fernie for a day (my first) of riding in a couple weeks while visiting the in-laws in Cranbrook. Last summer I did Bootleg in Kimberley which was great but I am determined to get to Fernie this year. Is the above loop running well these days? Was planning on hitting that. Planning on a full day there so 1300m vert is ok.

thanks

[t.odd]

that's a fun loop

[Falcon3]

Heading to Nelson/Fernie/Whitefish loop next week and wondering about dispersed camping around Nelson/Fernie. ALso any updated trail recs at Fernie from this thread a few years ago?
Thanks

[toast2266]

For trails in fernie, 6 more days is a new one that's pretty fun. Worth doing. It's on trailforks - it's in the south castle zone off hyper extension.

For camping in both fernie and Nelson, there's not a ton that I've found that's particularly close to town. In fernie, there are some options out cokato road, past the diggler / 3 kings trailhead. They're not particularly good camping spots though.

In nelson, there are some options up gold creek road, on the way up to goldmember. I've also seen people camp around the top of morning sickness up in the north shore network.

For both fernie and Nelson, I usually end up paying for the provincial park these days, but I might just be getting soft with age.

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[Falcon3]

Solid beta, thanks Toast. Yeah I looked at the Fernie provincial park and will probably just pay for a site. With the currency exchange it’s like $22/night.

[toast2266]

Solid beta, thanks Toast. Yeah I looked at the Fernie provincial park and will probably just pay for a site. With the currency exchange it’s like $22/night.

Yeah, it's a nice campground with great access to some of the best trails in town. Just be aware that it books up. Most of the sites require reservations, but there are some that are first come, first serve. Same goes for nelson, although nelson is a bigger campground so it's a little easier to get a site.

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[waxman]

Depending on guerrilla your camping arrangement/attitude is, if you drive out Coal Creek Rd past the rod and gun club range you can pretty much setup off the road on any clear space. Not the snowmobile marshalling area but grassy verges and meadows are fair game (as you will be as it's very beary out here right now).

No promises but if you PM me before you arrive I may have a bed available.

[waxman]

Depending on guerrilla your camping arrangement/attitude is, if you drive out Coal Creek Rd past the rod and gun club range you can pretty much setup off the road on any clear space. Not the snowmobile marshalling area but grassy verges and meadows are fair game (as you will be as it's very beary out here right now).

No promises but if you PM me before you arrive I may have a bed available.

[snoboy]

Took some advice from earlier in the thread and enjoyed a P-9/S-Bomb->Brokeback day this week. Fun riding, I'll be back!