Bell Joy Ride Trail Fairy Party - Squamish, BC
On Saturday, October 29, 40 women got together to celebrate the first season of the Bell Joy Ride from Whistler to Bellingham. They joined forces with SORCA to host a trail fairy party, helping build a new trail for intermediate riders, a project spearheaded by Squamish builder Rob Phoenix.
After working their magic for half a day building the most magnificent singletrack, they were treated to the most excellent BBQ at the 7mesh head office. Thanks to the Squamish Nester’s Market, Red Truck Beer and Tinhorn Creek Vineyards, everyone had a good time!
Thank you to Wildland Media (Robin Munshaw) and OneCut Media (Rick Meloff) for capturing the action, Bell Bike Helmet and Outdoor Gear Canada for choosing to bring the Bell Joy Ride program to our community, 7mesh for hosting our end-of-season party and providing prizing throughout the year, Camelbak and Bollé for additional prizing, Red Truck Beer for supporting our event with the most refreshing beer and Tinhorn Creek Vineyard for making the wine flow at the party. Thanks to all the bike shops who hosted us this year (Different Bikes, Republic Bicycles, Steed Cycles, Vedder Mountain Bike Co., Coastal Culture Sports, Tantalus Bike Shop and Whistler Village Sports), the bike companies who brought their demo fleet to our events (Liv, Norco and Rocky Moutain) as well as all of the amazing volunteers who made our rides possible, we couldn’t have done it without you.
Squamish mountain biking trails
MENTIONS: @BellBikeHelmets / @SorcaMTB / @onecutmedia
After working their magic for half a day building the most magnificent singletrack, they were treated to the most excellent BBQ at the 7mesh head office. Thanks to the Squamish Nester’s Market, Red Truck Beer and Tinhorn Creek Vineyards, everyone had a good time!
Thank you to Wildland Media (Robin Munshaw) and OneCut Media (Rick Meloff) for capturing the action, Bell Bike Helmet and Outdoor Gear Canada for choosing to bring the Bell Joy Ride program to our community, 7mesh for hosting our end-of-season party and providing prizing throughout the year, Camelbak and Bollé for additional prizing, Red Truck Beer for supporting our event with the most refreshing beer and Tinhorn Creek Vineyard for making the wine flow at the party. Thanks to all the bike shops who hosted us this year (Different Bikes, Republic Bicycles, Steed Cycles, Vedder Mountain Bike Co., Coastal Culture Sports, Tantalus Bike Shop and Whistler Village Sports), the bike companies who brought their demo fleet to our events (Liv, Norco and Rocky Moutain) as well as all of the amazing volunteers who made our rides possible, we couldn’t have done it without you.
Squamish mountain biking trails
MENTIONS: @BellBikeHelmets / @SorcaMTB / @onecutmedia
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If the cedar tree was cut recently then it is often best to simply wait till the winter/spring season to peel. Often I delay peeling any wood as it comes off easily if left to dry. Walk around the forest and you will see many old dead cedar trees standing with no bark on them as it simply has fallen off. You will also see little rot, other than the heart wood.
Often I will grab wood from old cutblocks and the cedar bark sluffs off without any effort. Fresh cut trees - it can be a battle. We are lucky that cedar has anti-insect properties so at least that aspect of rot - is diminished.
I have seen many, many bridges in squamish that have "shed" their bark over time, and have very little rot. I imagine the same will be true for these bridges - they will shed their bark over time. Or if anyone is super keen, once it is dry they can simply pull it off.
The bigger issue for rot is ground contact, as can be seen when harvesting old logs to make slats. The wood that has ground contact has more rot due to moisture.