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Thanksgiver Event Series!

Sat, 30 Sep 2023
30-09-2023 09:00
07-10-2023 17:00
Looking for more info about the Thanksgiver?!
 
📆You have from September 27 - October 7 to complete Rides #1 and #2.
 
📸 Take pictures and each checkpoint sign and send them along with your Strava (or other) screenshot to gccthanksgiver@gmail.com by Saturday October 7, 2023. You can also share your photos and videos by tagging us and hashtagging #goldencyclingclub (note: your profile needs to be public for us to see it).

 

Ride #1:

This starts Sept 27! https://www.trailforks.com/ridelog/planner/view/452217/

Start at the Golden Pump track - 10th street S
Ride up the Rotary Trail
Take a Spin through the skills park (Checkpoint is found in the park!!)
Ride up Seven Up
Stay to the right on Bush Party
Ride Berminator
Take Bowie Evans forest service road to the quad track that goes past Selkirk Slacker. Ride up to Premature
Ride Premature to Selkirk Slacker
Cross the Bowie Evan’s FSR and take the Rotary trail overlooking Reflection Lake
Take the Rotary Trail down cemetery hill and head back to the pump track.

 

Ride #2:

This starts Sept 29th! https://www.trailforks.com/ridelog/planner/view/455334/

✅Start at the CBT lower parking
✅Ride up Arm Pumper (Adaptive Climb)
✅Continue up Twisted Sister
✅Head left on French Connection
✅Join CBT Mainline and keep climbing
✅Ride Old Age and Treachery
✅Continue down Gold Rush
✅Continue down Take It Easy
✅Finish on CBT Mainline back to the parking
 
 
Don't be a turkey, Ride Your Bike!!
 
 

Poker Ride

Please register here if you'd like to join us for the Poker Ride on October 7. We will take walk ups, but the more advance notice, the better for us! 

✅Start at Reflection Lake
✅Choose your own adventure to the start of Schacher (Rodeo Drive to Woodlot Ride OR 7up/Forestry road)
✅Ride up Schacher to the Summit! YOU CAN DO IT!
✅Chose your own adventure down, but make sure to hit 3K (Checkpoint here!)
✅SHARP LEFT - mid trail on 3k - Don't miss it - Take the Quad trail to the landing/cut block at the top of Chute the Duck
✅Ride UP Cliffside from the landing (North to South route, "backwards")
✅LEFT hand turn onto Magic Dragon and follow to Trial and Error junction
✅Ride Trial and Error courter clockwise (normal loop) until the Rockabout junction
✅Ride Rock About CLOCKWISE ("backwards")
✅Ride back via Trial and Error, down Magic Dragon, down Huff and Puff, back to the landing (checkpoint here!)
✅Choose your own adventure back to Reflection Lake or....
✅Go get a bonus card at the top of Premature! Take Selkirk Slacker to Excavation and finish with a fun jump line!
 

 

Schedule

8:30 am
Rider Registration / Check-in
8:45 am
Rider meeting
9:00 am
Rider departure
2:00 pm
Summit cutoff time
3:30 pm
Cutblock/Landing cutoff time
4:00 pm
Snacks and bevvies begin!
5:00 pm
Reflection Lake return cut-off time
5:30 pm
Finalize poker hands and winners
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Golden, BC, Canada

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