The Burns Lake Mountain Bike Association’s seventh annual Bike Camp wrapped up recently.
Fifty-six children and 13 adults attended this year’s event, which started in early May and ran for six Wednesdays. Experienced cyclists from the Burns Lake Mountain Bike Association (BLMBA) and Lakes District Secondary School’s mountain bike team provided registrants with hands-on instruction in this fast-growing sport.
“Participants learned cross-country and downhill skills, gained confidence on the bike, rode new trails, and had a blast,” said BLMBA member and organizer Susan Russell.
Three participants (Janet Wilson, Cherelle Finstad, and Tina Giesbrecht) even felt comfortable enough on their bikes to venture onto some of BLMBA’s downhill runs – and in the process earned the title “Tough Women”.
This year’s event was made possible in part thanks to donations from two community-minded organizations. The Burns Lake & District Community Foundation provided funding for bike club T-shirts, while Burnt Bike donated the use of its shuttle van.
The Burns Lake Mountain Bike Association is a non-profit society formed in 2006. Its network of trails in the Boer Mountain area northeast of Burns Lake provide some of the best mountain biking in the province.