Winter Riding in Squamish

How we keep ourselves sane during the winter months in Squamish.Winter in Squamish is very wet, flooded, and usually has a snow line that sticks around for quite a while. This year we were lucky enough to have a cold, dry winter. Meaning the trails have been ride-able, and even some of our jumps spots were open a little longer! With a little bit of help from a tiger torch here, and a shovel there; it’s been a very good winter for riding so far!

The last Friday before Winter break (which also happened to be my birthday), I was lucky enough to get some sunshine and enough time to have Dave Hord tag along and shoot some photos on Squamish’s legendary 19th Hole, not the conditions you usually see it in, but a blast none-the-less.

Later that week, on the Winter Solstice I got out with filmer Warwick Patterson to shoot a short web-edit. We used every bit of daylight we could and squeezed out a short edit on one of Squamish’s better-known XC trails, Credit Line.


I didn't waste any time getting my first ride of the year in this year! After a lazy start to New Years Day, we headed up to a zone I'd been working on for a few months. I had just finished it before Christmas and hadn't had a chance to shoot anything on it yet so Dave was happy to come along again and bang off some shots.

There was a bit of a gap in riding, until recently, when my friend Kyle Quesnel and I got an itch to get out on our dirt-jumpers. With a fresh layer of snow covering all our usual spots, we decided to get creative and hall a wooden lip next to one of those big snow piles you see in parking lots. The next day a local artist had sculpted the pile into a giant skull and crossbones... an idea was born!


I've been busy with exams this week so not much riding, got something planned for the weekend though, lets hope the weather comes through!

Happy Trails, Connor MacDougall

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