Great Explorations is the type of active travel company that is normally featured on our sister site, OTM Tours. But it offers such great bike trail rides, I also wanted to highlight it on the trailsnet site.
For example their Sea to Sky bike trip in British Columbia sounds like the perfect mix of trail types to keep most riders happy and moving. If you’re familiar w/ the good old diamond rating system for ski slopes, you’ll appreciate the mix of trail types on the Sea to Sky bike ride.
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| “Just because you’re biking in the mountains, doesn’t mean you’re mountain biking.” – Kevin Purdy, trailsnet founder |
According to the Great Explorations website, 30% of the trail is green, 60% is blue, and 10% is blackish.
That sounds ideal to me. As I’ve stated on this site before, my heavy-duty mountain biking days are over. That wasn’t necessarily my decision, but my knees.
However, I still like an occasional challenge on a mountain bike trail like my recent trip down memory trail as I ventured back onto Hall Ranch near Boulder, Colorado.
What I’m trying to say is that 10% blackish trails is just enough to provide a dash of variety, a pinch of adrenaline, and a hearty helping of nostalgia.
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I tried to find OTM Tours on the net and was unsuccessful. Is it a travel agency or an adventure travel company or what?
I tried to find OTM Tours on the net and was unsuccessful. Is it a travel agency or an adventure travel company or what?