total km: 335.7
Our first centurian!!! This was a doozy of a day. A fast forty km got us to Hope by 11:00 am, which we were very proud of. But it left us no excuse to delay tackling Allison Pass. At 1343 m it is daunting. We left hope at 12:30 and did not reach the summit until about 7:45. It is 59 km to the summit, 40 of which involve climbing. The other 19 are downhill or flat and, therefore, theoretically a welcome break between passes. However, factor in a nasty headwind, and we ended up biking slower going downhill than up in some places.
We were planning on staying at Lightning lake campground but there was a lot of heavy snow and debris still in the campground. Our options were either stay at the warm resort with hot showers, or bike another cold 10 km downhill to the next shower free campground. We chose the resort.
We are getting very good at microwave cooking. After a gourmet dinner of microwaved tortellini we went to bed.
Weathered hut on the outskirts of Harrison.
Looking cool.
Exhausted.
B & K
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