One thing I love about mountain biking is meeting new people on the trail. It seems to happen almost every time we go out. If we’re in an area that some people in my riding group know well we like to share our knowledge of the trails with others who might not know them so well. When you see the same people out riding every weekend you tend to feel like you know them, even if you just see them in the parking lot or occasionally run across them on the trail. Places such as are quite popular and we often see the same people out every weekend there.

A few weeks ago we met a couple people from North Vancouver and went and had a bite to eat after our ride, they mentioned that Maple Mountain was supposed to be good to ride. So the weekend after we checked it out. A steep ride up the fire roads for a glorious downhill. It looked like there hasn’t been anyone there in a while, but luckily the trail was well marked with flags on trees so even when it disappeared we could still find where to go. This was the opposite of Mt Tzouhalem, we didn’t see ANYBODY out there. It felt very far away and very quiet, it was amazing!

We are definitely going to head back and do a little trail maintenance and I have a GoPro video to edit of the ride so wait for that!