Dual Sport riding in the Kootenays BC

[trevor]

I got back last week from another trip to the Kootenays (my 5th this summer) but this time on my DR650
3 buddies from my hometown in Ontario put their bikes in a Sprinter Van and took the three day drive out...another buddy that we also grew up with came from Banff Alberta....we have all known each other for 40 plus years.
I put my DR in the back of my old truck and made the 830kms drive.
6 days of riding off road....it was awesome!

This is was my cabin for 6 days and the view from it. No fire ban so we had a fire every night....


My buddy Rob ....oh and I should point out that the bikes my buddies were on were 2 KTM 500 (6 days) and 2 Husky 501's
Talk about feeling like a pair of brown shoes at a black tie event...lol

[trevor]

There was smoke that moved in from the USA (see it happens both ways...lol)
We hit three different peaks of over 7000ft
Oh and I gotta say the DR kept up just fine to my buddy's fancy European bikes...lol

[trevor]

This was interesting....in the pic before you can see a woman and her boyfriend we me on the trail...spicy that riding that day too...she was some former mountain bike champion and a obviously a great rider....one of my budds from Ontario actually knew them having met them in Colorado last year on a bike trip...small world....oh and another day having breakfast in Kaslo BC in walked my next door neighbours from Victoria over 800kms away! Lol...small world indeed,
Here is the couple's truck...they came by our cabins for a visit....wow....they are serious....lol

[trevor]

And the last of it....took a bit to get the bike clean again lol....but the bike ran awesome!

Thanks for looking

[Sandy]

Really cool trip Trevor. I was up Buchanan in June with the truck when we spent a few days in Kalso pre-tourist gong show. Beautiful spot. Glad you're up here enjoying my backyard (yeah, I got a pretty big yard) rather than you know where. Lol.

[trevor]

Really cool trip Trevor. I was up Buchanan in June with the truck when we spent a few days in Kalso pre-tourist gong show. Beautiful spot. Glad you're up here enjoying my backyard (yeah, I got a pretty big yard) rather than you know where. Lol.

Lol....yeah we did Buchanan on our last day for an easy ride...the other Levinne and Rico were a challenge...it really was a perfect trip...I left here the day after labour day....so no tourists
You have a nice backyard. .

[bccap]

That woman you met wasn't Allison Sydor was it ?

[trevor]

That woman you met wasn't Allison Sydor was it ?

Hmmmm I can't remember her name....I'll check