May Long Weekend Biking

Here's some charts to show you what we'll be biking this weekend.

You have to read each map backwards, as we do the route from Castle Junction to Golden on Day 1. Golden to Radium on Day 2. And finish with Radium back to Castle Junction on Day 3. 300kms in 3 days -- it's not a race, it's about good friends, biking, beers and laughs! We'll have photos to share with you after the weekend - hope the maps help you envision the journey.

Should be a blast -- just hoping for dry weather! Whatever you get up to this May Long Weekend, we hope it includes you having a great time too!

Day Two -- a great flat route. For the past few years, we always have the wind on our face for the entire day -- so that is the only bad thing about it! Beautiful scenery and if you're lucky a train will pass you with the mountains in the backdrop and he'll honk his train horn if you give him the signal!


Day Three -- Yes, the climb out of Radium is a brutal as it looks. If you know the area, you know that it's steep from the go. It's tough @ 8am when your legs haven't had a chance to warm-up and your body is screaming from the last two-days. But somehow you press on and the top of the Pass you get your photo taken with the hill grade sign and the sense of accomplishment is overwhelming. Then you get to toss on all the layers of clothing you took off during the climb and race down the other side. The rest of the day is a continuous up-hill battle and we have lunch before the final assent. The beer at the end is always worth it tho!