This Thursday, August 13 at 6:00 PM meet at the Silver Star Village for our much-anticipated Family-Friendly ride! Bring out the whole family, there will be options for all age ranges and we love to see the littlest ones on runbikes! We will have a shorter route and a longer route on the XC trails, depending on what you and whatever kids you might bring with you are feeling up to.
This Thursday, August 6 at 6:00 PM, come up to Noble Canyon for our Toonie Ride on Baconator! Skyride will be leading the ride, and will show us the new lead-in trail, Sauce On Side. Thanks to local trail magicians Jeff and Barry for taking the time on BC Day to make sure the trail is clear for us! At the end of the trail, Swan Lake Nurseryland Fruit Market and Garden Centre will be serving up some grub while DJ Remeddie serves up some fresh beats (not beets).
This Thursday our Toonie ride had been changed to Kal Park, since we have been unable to do some much-needed trail work on Spanky's due to the tinder-dry conditions. So we get to ride the classic Twista and No Boats! We will meet at Cosens Bay Parking Lot, then Sun Country will lead us on the ride. When we get back to the parking lot, Easthill Physiotherapy will have three different types of chili waiting for us, topped with cheese, bread, and salad... yum!
This Thursday, July 23 @ 6:00 PM come to Silver Star Provincial Park (a.k.a. the Sovereign Network) for our Toonie Ride. Olympia Ski and Cycle will be leading the ride, with Kawakubo providing the food for the apres!
It was a great night out on the lake following a hot ride over the Lookout Trail. 42 riders came out to enjoy the 42C temps. The lake was refreshing as always and was nicely combined with the pulled pork and corn. These lake apres are amazing, the lovely folks at Nixon Wenger hauled everything down there for our enjoyment. Thanks to everyone who helped out!
Come out this Thursday, July 9 @ 6:00 PM to the Kal Park Main Parking Lot for our Toonie Ride. Skyride will lead us on a trail through Lookout Trail and Wild Earp, then we will head back to the parking lot where the friendly folks at Nixon Wenger Lawyers will provide fresh Chilliwack corn on the cob BBQ style, as well as some pulled pork sandwiches.
Starting today, (Monday, July 6) every second Monday night at 6:00 PM we will be getting together to build out the trails a bit more. Right now we are focusing on the new Sovereign Trail Network up at Silver Star Provincial Park.
Meet at the mountain bikers parking lot at Ellison at 6:00 PM this Thursday for our Toonie Ride! Sun Country Cycle is mapping out a great route for us, that will include a circuit in the upper Ellison Trails as well as a drop down the Nature Trail.
This Thursday come out for our longest ride of the year! To celebrate summer solstice and the fact that the sun almost never goes down, we are going to do Big Ed, any way you like it!
The Course for Day 1 of the BC Enduro Series in Kal Park has been released! Check it out here!
Come out this Thursday, June 18 for a cross-country ride at Silver Star Mountain Resort. Our local Thai food masters at Siam Orchid will be serving up some amazing Thai Soup for your refreshment at the end!
BC Enduro Series is coming to Vernon on June 27 and 28! Come see how you stack up against some of the fastest riders in BC, and come check out the action if racing isn't your style. BC Enduro is also looking for 10-15 volunteers, which is a great way to be part of this awesome event!
Skyride is going to lead us on this awesome ride out to Ellison Downhill, and when we get back there will be some great grub waiting for us, courtesy of Subaru and Arise Chiropractic.
Meet at Cosens Bay parking lot at 6:00 PM this Thursday for our third Toonie Ride of the season! Sun Country Cycle will be leading the ride, and food is sponsored by our friends at Kalavida Surf Shop.
On Saturday, May 30, 2015 we officially started the new Trail Ninjas program! Trail Ninjas is a five day youth trail building training program aimed at providing youth from ages 14-17 with the opportunity to learn proper trail building techniques, tool use, bike skills and inclusion into our greater biking community.
Meet at Cosens Bay parking lot at 6:00 PM this Thursday for our second Toonie Ride of the season!
Do you want to add to your knowledge on trail building and looking to be more involved in future NOCS trail project? The NSMBA is coming to vernon to present their Trailbuilder Academy program again this June 6 and 7.
Toonie Ride season is officially upon us, and what better way to kick it off than a ride around Ellison Provincial Park with some delicious grub from our friends at Buy-Low Foods!
Huge thanks to Shane and his crew for putting about 40 man hours this week into our trails! They cleared out Fraidy Cat, Jimmy Thang, Big Ed, Tombstone, Purple Haze, and the bottom of Spankies (the top still has some snow, so they couldn't go any further).
Where: Cosens Bay Parking lot.
When Sunday, April 26, 2015 @ 10 am
Trails that we will be working on:
Bottom of Acrophobia, Twista, Purple Haze plus a couple other smaller spots. The plan is finally address that mud pit at the junction of Acrophobia and South Park with some bridge work.
Come out this Thursday, August 20 @ 6:00 PM to get a bit of a different perspective on Kal Park! We are going to meet at the recently expanded Cougar Canyon parking lot (a.k.a. the Climber's Parking Lot), and from there hit the Stone Free/Twisted Sisters loop. Big thanks to Olympia Cycle and Ski for leading the ride! As always, bring a toonie for the grub afterwards, NOCS will be bringing out some smokies and salads for your refreshment.