Sockeye Cycle: June 2013

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

24 Hours of Light Mountain Bike Race

To celebrate the summer solstice the Contagious Mountain Bike Club of Whitehorse holds an annual relay race. The course is 12-14km and varies year to year. The object of the race is to get as many laps as you can in 24 hours between 12pm Saturday and 12pm Sunday. Teams can be from one individual person up to eight people. Sockeye Cycle sponsored our team of seven and Friday night we loaded a van and made the two and a half hour drive north to the Yukon. We staked a claim in the campgrounds and woke up the next morning ready to ride through the night.
The course was 13km this year. It started out with some climbing and a few rock sections that led into a nice downhill berm filled section, after the berms it opened up on a ridge line that over looked a valley. You almost expected to see T-Rex walking down there, it was such an amazing view. For the few night laps we had the moon came up over the ridge to illuminate the course. After the ridge you came up on some cruise-y stuff with a few tight trees and to finish the lap you sped down a double track section as fast as you could go.
The start and finish were next to the time clock and pavilion and it didn’t matter what time you came through there was always someone cheering you on.

The team had such a great race. We completed 24 laps in 24 hours and place third!

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

After the race

The Sockeye Team!!

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Kluane Chilkat International Bike Race

Today is the 21st annual KCIBR. The first race was held on July 3rd, 1993. 21 years later this 8 leg 148 mile race is still going strong and riders can still enjoy the journey from the Haines Junction all the way back to the coast. Each leg has it's own unique terrain and scenery, some with hills others flats, but regardless the views are remarkable which ever leg you ride.

The Sockeye Team is out in full force today if you are in the area cheer them on as the reach the finish line in Haines!

http://www.kcibr.org/

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Yukon by Bike

It's Thursday and that means the Disney Wonder docks and we get to send out one of our favorite day trips, Yukon by Bike. This tour is for the avid road cyclist. You pedal thirty-eight miles from Log Cabin, BC Canada to Carcross, YT through some of the most beautiful scenery in the region.

The Yukon has long captured the mind of adventurers seeking their fortune in a land larger than California but home to only 30,000 people. The scenic Klondike Highway serves as your byway through the rugged wilderness. Experience the magnificent headwater lakes of the Yukon River, an opportunity to spot wildlife, view relics of old mining boom towns, a Northern First Nations community and the remote solitude that has attracted visitors since the days of the Klondike Gold Rush.
Your tour begins in the gateway to the Klondike town of Skagway. Your guide who is versed in the history and ecology of the region drives you by van from the coast over the summit of the White Pass, retracing the route of the gold stampeders of 1898. You cross into Canada traveling on the Yukon Plateau along a spectacular alpine valley dotted with lakes and carved by a massive glacier. You arrive at Log Cabin, a stop on the White Pass and Yukon Route Railway and the start of your ride.
After a bike orientation and safety briefing you mount your road bike and begin your thirty eight mile ride north on the paved Klondike Road. If you prefer to bike only a portion of the route or are feeling tired, the van is there to transport you at any time. Frequent stops are made along the way for photos, sightseeing and lunch. Your ride ends in the town of Carcross on Nares Lake. Relax on the drive back to Skagway as you retrace your exhilarating bike journey through the Yukon Territory!