Sweet Skills Announces Details for 2019 Backcountry Camps

PRESS RELEASE: Sweet Skills


Based out of Pemberton, BC, Sweet Skills is a crew of fiercely dedicated and passionate female coaches who are constantly striving to share their mountain bike joy to other riders.


Founder Sylvie Allen and partner Emily Slaco are leading the charge in bringing ladies into the backcountry and creating awesome adventures all over BC and the Yukon. Their goal and passion is to open up more opportunities for ladies to access trails that aren’t just in their own backyard. Giving them confidence through skills coaching in a supportive and welcoming environment for all levels.

Since 2008, Sweet Skills has offered locals ladies clinics designed to target skills that will help participants tackle their local trails with style while fostering confidence to be a bit more adventurous. Although they’re forever loving the local trails, their true passion lies in the adventures to be found further in the backcountry. Sweet Skills started offering ladies only backcountry clinics in the South Chilcotin Mountains with Tyax Adventures in 2013 and it’s just exploded from there!


Every year Slaco and Allen are searching for the next adventure and the next best place to take a group of ladies, cuz they just keep coming back for more! This year they’ve stepped up their roster to include 2 International ladies only camps with Big Mountain Bike Adventures: Croatia and Peru. Sorry ladies…Croatia is already sold out! Peru is starting to build momentum with a mid-October departure. Early bird pricing ends April 18th.


Sticking closer to home Sweet Skills lays its roots in the annual Chilcotins camps including the Explorer Camp for the advanced beginner to intermediate and the Fall Bike 'n Bend for intermediates and up who want to get a bit of yoga and a lot of riding! Backcountry cabins, float plane drops, endless single track mixed with a deluxe base lodge, daily lake dips, some yoga, and a whole lotta good food and laughs makes for a stellar experience!

Sol Mountain Lodge is a gem deep in the Monashee Mountains discovered a few years ago by Sweet Skills. They immediately fell in love and planted new roots with the Sol Mountain family. The terrain offers an incredible learning experience for all levels of riders along manicured singletrack in the alpine. Peaceful lodge, gourmet food, yoga, and alpine beauty in every direction makes this camp a must do. Early bird pricing ends Jan 31st.


Retallack Lodge and its allure of ‘cat skiing’ for biking drew Sweet Skills to their headquarters 2 years ago and they instantly made plans to bring back a crew of ladies ready to shred! Offering the next level of riding for those that want to keep flowing downhill and relaxing on the uphill. Learning to jump and rail corners on alpine trails with the Sweet Skills crew… and no crowds! Cozy lodge with deluxe rooms and food, games, stories, and a few drinks at the bar. Retallack is a good time not to be missed if you love to shred!


The Yukon had been a draw for many years and Sweet Skills finally made it happen with 2 summers of sold out camps. Based out of the infamous Boreale Lodge nestled in the mountains between 2 amazing riding destinations of Whitehorse and Carcross. The coaching on the trails rivals the best in BC with opportunities for all levels to learn jumps, master cornering, trying techy rock rolls while enjoying stellar views of the Yukon alpine and turquoise waters. Top it off with either a midnight sun experience in the July camp or catching the northern lights in the September camp and you’ll be bragging to your friends for months. As of press release date there are just a few spots left for the September camp! Early bird pricing ends Jan 31st.


Sweet Skills also offers the opportunity to create your own dream adventure with your friends as a custom camp in any of these spectacular destinations: Sea to Sky, Kootenays, Sunshine Coast, or Revelstoke just to name a few.


Sweet Skills is passionate about delivering the best mountain bike experience out there, period. Contact Sweet skills for more info and to sign up: info@sweetskills.ca
http://sweetskills.ca/mountain-bike/backcountry-camps