Mountain Bike in Merritt

Riding in Merritt

Where the heck is Merritt you are gone ask probably soon. Well, Merritt is a small town about 3 hours away from Vancouver, North East. The town itself isn't that amazing but the riding is. Really nice smooth fast trails, something for everybody.

We left Vancouver friday night. Half way between Hope and Merritt is a tollbooth on the coquihalla highway. Sometimes this highway pass which is about 1200 meter high is closed in wintertime. When we crossed it it was open. Actually they closed it on Saturday night since it snowed about 20cm.

We stayed at the Monck Provincial Park, really nice place.

The next morning we did some riding. Kerstin underneath a tree.

Tezz riding through a creek.

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Later on we did the trail "Bent Tree". Tezz riding through it.

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Kerstin picking up speed.

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Tezz having fun on her new bike.

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Paul flowing on the trail.

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Paul ripping it. My bike looks a little bit different now, huge fork, seat post down.

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Kerstin

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We had to try this thing 10 times before we managed to do it together.

Well, that is just a foto shoothing in front of the parking lot. Normally we don't ride in a puffy jacket and without a helmet.

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Tezz

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The vegetation in the interior (everything not on the coast like Vancouver) is totally different. It is a lot dryer. I talked to locals and they told me it rains only on 2 days during the summer. I think it rains more often in Vancouver in one day. It was interesting to see still moss on the trees, I thought it occurs only in wet areas. I really liked this strong colour in contrast to the grey landscape.

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Paul riding on the ridge, just before our last downhill of the day.

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We did Ziggys trail, if you ever go to Merritt, do this trail. It is like a halfpipe. It is build into a river valley and you go up the banks, just amazing. Some of the best riding I did.

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