Stage 6: Nakusp (Mount Abriel Trail Network)
The final stage was a banger—one of the week’s best tracks—and a fitting symbol for the ST6 experience. Why? It was 95% singletrack and featured a mix of everything that’s exquisite about BC mountain biking: perfect, undulating climbing trails going up and slabs, rocks, roots, steeps and flow going down.
Read MoreStage 5: New Denver (Rosebery Trail Network)
There are some tough-ass people here at Singletrack 6.
Allow us to present Mimmo Futia, the fittest looking 60-year-old you’re likely to see. And the muscle isn’t just for show: Mimmo, a long time Kent Washington resident who immigrated from Italy in 1987 as a Fiat mechanic, stayed with the top 10 to 15 riders for the majority of today’s unrelenting, 1,400-meter machine-built climbing trail. In fact, he offered sage words of wisdom and encouragement as he passed some of us while grinding uphill.
Read MoreStage 4: Kaslo (Mount Buchanan)
What a relief. Today’s stage was a welcome reprieve from the physical and mental demands of the first three stages. The climbing went down easier, and so did the descending. Our hosts must have known we’d be hurting.
Read MoreThe Race within the Race:
Here’s the deal: Each day has a chip-timed downhill section, usually in the four-to-12 minute range, and results are posted at day’s end, both for the segment and overall GC. Being BC, these are proper enduro stages—steep, rooty, rocky.
Read MoreStage 2: Nelson (Morning Mountain)
The climbing trails continue to be a revelation. How often does one get to race up 1000 meters of wooded, serpentine singletrack, replete with beautiful wooden bridges, pitch changes and perfect dirt? Rarely? Never?
Read MoreStage 1: Castlegar
Tired of 5-hour gravel slogs? Want something shorter, sharper and more engaging?
We found the solution: Singletrack 6.
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