THEY'RE HERE!!!

The project has been going extremely well this season. Tom Prochazka and Sarah Leishmann from Gravity Logic arrived in May to begin layout of 2 lines from the top of Boer Mountain to the base at Kager Lake. After layout was complete, Tom and Sarah headed back to Whistler. During that time the BLMBA board deliberated on the Job Opportunity Program job applicants and formed the crew for the season. Tom then returned to head up the crew and get the trail build going. 5 labor positions and 2 excavator operators were hired and the project was underway.

The plan, one full tilt jump trail similar to the famous Whistler Bike Park trails "A-Line" or "Crank it up", the other a singletrack downhill trail. The layout expertly links the existing "Full Boar" trail in several locations. The new trails also gain access to areas of Boer Mountain previously unaccessible, allowing for future trail development and additional linking lines that will increase the options in ways down the mountain. Making use of the Boer Mtn forest service road as a single shuttle access for downhill riding, these trails are definately fitting of the mandate of the BLMBA, creating a 'world class' trails destination in the community of Burns Lake.

Next Tom was tagged out by Rob Cocquyt, who spent many hours keeping both trails on the go. Rocky on top, the jump trail was a slow start, but once the machines hit more favorable dirt progress was going by leaps and bounds, pun intended. The singletrack line built by the labor crew was halfway down Boer Mtn and linked up to the "Full Boar" trail in time for the Aug 15 downhill race during the Big Pig festival and became the upper half of the race course. Racers were not dissapointed with the trail being a flowing set of technical rocky switchbacks on the top and full speed traverse section, into some tight turns and bumps through the trees before the large bridge crossing linking onto Full Boar.

As of the end of September, the single track line is complete to the Kager Lake parking area. The jump trail now named "When Pigs Fly" nearly complete has several access ways to allow shuttling of the upper and middle sections of the trail, with the trail nearing completion. Check out the video for When Pigs Fly. Rob then switched out with Blaine Taylor (BT) from Whistler. Blaine has been an equipment operator and jump shaper at the Whistler Bike Park for a decade and definately knows his stuff. After thanksgiving Blaine will head home and Rob will return after completing another project to help wrap this season up in Burns Lake.

Gravity Logic are not only world renowned experts in bike park development, they are also some of the hardest working and dedicated trail builders we've ever met. If you ever get a chance to work with this company, I would consider you lucky indeed. Come check out the new trails on Boer Mtn next season and you'll see what we mean.