Mountain Biking in Rossland

Yesterday Stuart Spooner showed me around some of the moderate mountain biking trails in Rossland. Stuart is the man behind the trail development at the Rossland Trails Society. An extensive network of trails is under development and maintenance. The trails range in difficulty from rail grades suitable for the family to the gnarliest rock drops, narrow tree rails and nasty steep switchbacks. Some of Canada's top mountain bikers make Rossland their home during the summer to enjoy the trail network. In the morning my friend Jim and I rode up Monte Christo, down Snake and up KC and then down to Happy Valley. In the afternoon after the 4 or 5 thunderstorms that rolled through town Stuart took me along Drakes and Doukhabor Draw missing the rainstorms before and after. For more information see Rossland Trails Society