Fresh Rubber on virgin dirt... KBC Part 2 of 3

Well we pulled onto the LSB land at about 11 am and Chuck gave us the tour of where campers would be staying, be it Teepees or the lodge. The Teepee set up is super rad, with the tents surrounding a huge, traditional native Powwow site. From here we headed up the road to where Mr. Hunter will drop us off at Old S-Kool for our first virgin run at KBC.Like most virgin runs a few things had to be sorted out before we could move forward with the ride. Due to some mechanic (see writer) forgetting to do up the bolts on Mical’s stem, she hit the dirt before we even began the short 100 meter hike a bike to the trail head. Well normally this wouldn’t be an issue, just tighten the stem right??? Wrong!!! The stem had imperial pinch bolts and now we’d have to see how many KBC guides it would take to do up a stem and how frustrated we could all get.



This was all before the rubber on our tires could even feel the soft joys of a new trail. Oh I love new trails!!! Bike fixed, but rider a little leery of our capabilities of doing it “right”, we all go down. Yep that’s right all 5 of us riders taking turns leading out on the beautiful, untouched trail ahead.(this would be the norm for the day ahead). Old S-Kool was designed by Trevor Marshall of Full Boar Bikes. It runs a total length of 5.6 km with a 660 vertical meter drop. Features steep sweeping turns, and technical off camber sections. Nice rock rides thrown in to keep you on your toes. It was the first trail cut on the mountain and the blueprint for the rest of the trails.

Matt picked us up at the base and we all headed to the Quaaout Lodge where our host Mike Smallenberg, was prepping for their Mother’s Day Buffet which would be the next day. Mike and his great crew treated us to a wonderful lunch of fresh salmon, chicken quesadillas and good hospitality. Mike filled us in on details surrounding the lodge and the activities that they offer their guests. For more information, please visit www.quaaout.com or send your emails to mike@quaaout.com. After a great lunch and some time in the sun on the patio, we all loaded up and hit the trails once again.



Our second run was down Moose. This was my favorite as it had lots of steep corners; it worked its way through a nice small bowl and had a log ride that everyone tried to conquer. Once again Mr. Wittenberg was the first to claim victory. Moose flows nicely for 5.2 kms and drops some 575 meters of vertical. This run saw everyone finding their grooves now that bellies were full and the legs were warming up. Oh and for good measure we gave Mical the demo Brodie Gigolo that is being tested out at KBC for the remainder of the day. Her feed back was super positive now that she felt safe. (Once again see above for writer error)


Now that we were all feeling good we headed to Bambi to catch a few more fresh tracks. Kyle Prozniuk was the man behind this trail. Probably the steepest trail at KBC and with the hardest log rides (might be unrideable even) for sure. Bambi drops 575 meters in 5.1 kms and feeds out into the same open meadow as Moose. Here is where you put the bike in the “just giver” gear and let it go-SO FUN!


Matt once again loaded up our now becoming tired asses and took us up to Ol’ #4 for our last run of the day. Ol’ #4 is nice and short at just 2kms and 100 vertical meter drop. It’ll be a connector trail for future development trails on the lower mountain. These trails (approx.6 of them) will be completely built by individual trail builders with their own features reflecting the builder’s tastes in what they like to ride.


Day one ended with a nice cold beer, some good reflection and predictions on future Freeride developments. Supper was served up at the Brennan household for us family members for the weekend types and it was off to bed.

What was the XC like and where is KBC headed?

Stay tuned......