September 21, Squamish - Alice Lake

Today we had the worst traffic we've every had, in Vancouver, driving to Squamish.  There was an accident at the Port Mann bridge (before North Vancouver), leaving only one lane.   At the last exit before the bridge, we decided to get off and have lunch.  Not sure that was a good idea.  After having bento boxes at Hiro Sushi (on Hastings Street), we found it almost impossible to get back on the highway.  Since traffic was not moving, literally, we continued on Hastings to downtown Vancouver to take the Capilano bridge.  Evidently, there was some police incident here, and traffic there was not moving either.  We left our house at 8am, and got into Squamish at 3pm.  Whew.  At least we got early check-in to our room at the Executive Suites in Squamish.

We were planning on doing a route we have done before, including a new trail, Leave of Absense.  Rode our bikes from the unit to Coho Park Trial to Trestle Trail to Jack's trail.  Up 50 Shades of Green and up 50 Shades of Green Part 2, to Of Mice and Men, to its intersection with Leave of Absence.

  After a short climb, we descended on a new trail, Leave of Absence.  Trail conditions were superb with all the rain the last few days.  They did an amazing job on Leave of Absence.  Of course, Kevin could ride all the Blue sections.  Francine walked a couple of times.  Then we made our way to Roller Coaster, which was super fun today.  The last time in Squamish, Roller Coaster was all dry, dusty, and blown out.  The berms were all soft, and not as fun as today.  Plus it was hot that day, and we were more tired.

Francine on Leave of Absence

After Roller Coaster put us out on Perth Drive, we crossed and continued on Lumberjacks to a left on Lumberjacks Connector to Glenn's Carwash to Access Connector to descend on Seven Up.  Seven Up put us on the Coho Park trail, and we made our way back out of the woods and to the unit.  12 miles, 2200 feet elevation.