Day Four of the Trans BC Enduro presented by Stages Cycling brought a little reprieve to the troops— in duration on the bike, meters climbed, and endless vistas from the ridgeline along the Purcell’s Dogtooth Range. Fatigue from the first half of the race melted away, and riders’ souls were rejuvenated before the final push in Revelstoke.

"The alpine today reminded me of being on Top of the World at Whistler— real rocky, pick your line, try to be smooth kind of terrain. Getting rowdy over janky rocks first thing in the morning was quite fun. I like this year’s event and locations better than last year’s so far, and I don’t see that changing before the end of the week. Megan continues to push us beyond our abilities with steeper and tougher terrain. Overall, it’s the best race I have done ever." —Matt Patterson (Snoqualmie, Wash.) Masters Men 40+

After Whistler’s 5,020’ vertical drop, Kicking Horse Resort provides the second longest descent in Canada for mountain biking at 4,133 feet. After waving to Boo the grizzly bear from the Golden Eagle Gondola, racers picked their way across T2 along Terminator Ridge with bikes hoisted onto backs, and slow steady steps up armoured rock cut into the mountainside.

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