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Powerslave - Big Trail Building, Nelson, BC
Monday, 27 October 2008
With all this cold and wet weather about in the UK I thought a bit of feel good reading from the spirtual home of Freeride - British Columbia - was in order this week.
Words by Riley McIntosh, courtesy of NSMB.
The top of “Powerslave,” is at an elevation of 7200’ and downtown Nelson sits at about 1700’. It’s a long way in between. It’s getting kind of silly how much singletrack there is from the top to the bottom. The very last piece of dirt you ride before hitting pavement is on a trail called ‘Bedframe.’ From there it’s a downhill coast to Main Street. If you’re a real trail madman you can actually keep going, onto “Skier’s Right,” for a last kick but then (gasp) you have to pedal flat highway for a whopping 1 km.
I didn’t work on the trail at all for about 5 weeks because I had to go to work. But I’ve been back for a while now and have been making some progress.
My brother had to go back to the Island for grade 12, so I’m on my own now. My friend Lee helped whenever he could during the summer, and my girlfriend came up a couple times. Lately a friend named Elora has been helping me out and the last three days she drove the quad back down to the house letting me ride all the way out. We are nearing the top but still have a good bit to go. I can’t wait to ride the 1km long alpine descent from the summit!
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