Wild BC Splendor
A mountain bike trip to Squamish? I wasn't too sure I wanted to spend any of this glorious weather in what always struck me as dreary suburban sprawl at the end of Howe Sound (on the way to the further suburban sprawl and eventual wonders of Whistler). However, Tom had a place to stay in town and is one of my favorite riding buddies, so I jumped into his Subaru and headed north. Tom's son, pro snowboarder and North Face athlete Lucas Debari , was in Squamish to rock climb and invited us to crash at the home of a fellow TNF athlete off surfing with his family in Costa Rica. After a quick drive through Vancouver, we turned off 99 onto Clarke Avenue and were greeted by the Chief gleaming in the moonlight. In the morning, I realized I was in a town more akin to the Chamonix of North America than a Vancouver suburb as I enjoyed this view while sipping coffee on the deck. Tom, co-owner and the creative force behind Milano's in Glacier, knew Chris Fulton. a local rider, wh...