As part of Campout 3, Dave and I travelled over to Nakusp and area. I did want to see the new bike trails that had been created and I'd only read about them in the paper. Many of them are considered to be "adaptive" trails. Others might use the words "all inclusive". I am not much of a hardcore mountain biker and did find the trails a little challenging if they weren't labelled "green". Most of the trails are really short (under 1 km) but they link together. I did not try out anything on the "other side of the highway" which is what my daughter and her husband will bike this weekend.
The recreation site is attractive even though it is pretty much on the edge of a clearcut. Many of the sites are along the lake and these were all full the day we biked there - and the weather wasn't even great. The sites are well-spaced and are pretty much all in forest. Many of the trails connect via logging roads and there are developments continuing at the mountain. Considering a lot of the work has been done by volunteers, it's an impressive operation.
The strip of land that is allocated to Nakusp and Area Bikers Society (NABS) is a narrow one, between highway 6 and Arrow Lake, 10 km north of Nakusp. The area had already been destroyed by logging and now the Society has created new trails adjacent to many of those roads. For me, it was way easier to ride on the old logging roads. But I'm not really trying to gain a new skill set on a bike. It was good to see all the young families out there in a rather rainy June in the Koots.
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