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Riders revelin good dirt on

Vedder Mountain

Mountain biking on Vedder Mountain is as good as it gets.

The trails on the mountain near Cultus Lake are an undiscovered treasure for mountain bike riders of any skill, says racing champion and

bike guide Ricky Federau.

Stunning views, phenomenal dirt, and the sheer elevation of the mountain make it a spectacular experience for those seeking a few thrills from the vantage

point of a bike.

Federau was thrilled to host members of the provincial racing team recently.

He tells The Progress what it was like to take eight riders up the mountain to showcase all that Vedder has to offer, as only someone who’s been riding for 20 years can.

As owner and lead guide of Valley Bikes Guide, Federau has been actively exploring the trails on Vedder since he was just a kid.

“Vedder is a big mountain and there’s lots of terrain. It has a huge elevation gain of 800 metres. You can climb forever and descend forever.

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“You can go out for a ride and go full throttle for half hour,” says Federau.

During his 20 years on riding local-ly, he raced professionally for 10 of them on the national MTB team.

So Vedder Mountain holds a tre-mendous place in his heart.

“I learned how to ride on these trails,” he explains.

It was his buddy Harv Fergen, owner of Life Cycles Bike Shop in Abbotsford who first showed him the terrific trails on Vedder so many years ago.

They are better than average. He’d like to see more MTB riders make the trek out from Vancouver to see for themselves.

Of course there are other mountain bike trails in the Chilliwack area, like the one on the way to Yarrow or in the Chilliwack River Valley at Tamihi, but there is something unique about the conditions on Vedder Mountain, he says.

“The dirt is phenomenal,” he gush-es. “It’s a great natural resource.”

Phenomenal dirt?

There’s an almost constant supply of good, loamy soil covering the network of trails.

“The mountain is one big, mas-sive pile of dirt,” he explains. “Other areas have more rocky terrain. We have very good dirt.

“It sounds lame to say, but it’s true. With so many deciduous trees the trails get more foliage, which turns into compost, and makes good dirt.”

It’s the wonderful loamy texture that sets it apart.

“It is also more clay based and that also means good dirt. It’s often referred to as ‘hero dirt’ or ‘velcro’ since your bike tires stick to it like velcro.”

That stickiness translates into trac-tion as tire treads dig in.

“That means you can corner hard and really send it when you’re sitting at the top, ready to hit the jumps.”

Federau, who lives in Chilliwack, raced full time on the national team from 1998 to 2008.

The trails have really progressed over the years, and he credits the work of volunteers with the Vedder Mountain Trails Association, includ-ing Steven Uruski and Kerry Frayne.

The biking trails have gone from one long trail up and one steep gravel path down, to a vast array of sloping, single-track trails. The trails are rated from green, to blue, to black in terms of difficulty.

How about jumps on Vedder. Are there good jumps?

“A whole whack of them,” he replied. “The cool part is that there is a lot of big jumps, but every one has a beautiful transition.”

It’s also designed to be very user friendly and if someone is a beginner, there’s a ride around option for every jump.

“So you can build your skills as you go. It caters to every level and every-one will have fun.”

The feedback he got about Vedder Mountain trails from the BC MTB Team was revealing and very positive.

“They talked about the ‘fresh-ness’ of it and how new it seemed. We had just finished one of the long descents.”

One of the professional riders remarked the trail was “so good and so fresh,” it must hardly ever get rid-den.

Federau thought that was funny because the opposite was true. It’s a

very busy, established trail that had been well-used for years.

“It was the one that is ridden the most. So that’s a testament to how good the trail builders are and how good the dirt is.”

Well worn tracks get a little beaten down.

“But we don’t have those breaking bumps like some trails get, and we don’t have the sheer volume of riders.

“It’s pretty undiscovered here.”

RIDERS REVEL from page 17

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Hang Time: Paragliding high above the Fraser ValleyEric WelshThe Progress

The best para-gliding moments for Chilliwack’s Martina Lang aren’t the ones where she’s soaring hundreds of feet above the ground, taking in a panoramic view of the eastern Fraser Valley.

Those moments are extremely cool, big reasons why she’s sails above the treetops every chance she gets.

But the best moment is the one before she leaves the ground.

“Running off the mountain, that moment where your feet leave the ground, your wing takes you and you start floating,” Lang smiles. “It’s all about the anticipation. Your voice is saying, ‘Yes! Let’s run off this mountain!’ Your mind is saying, ‘What are you doing???’ And as soon as you’re in the air, you stop, look around and suddenly everything is so peace-ful.”

Lang is a member of the West Coast Soaring Club and one of several paragliding enthusi-asts who launch themselves off of local sites at Mount Woodside, Bridal Falls, Elk Mountain and Mount Cheam.

Mount Woodside, in Kent near Harrison, is the most popular, bustling with activity on any nice day from April-May through September. Paragliders get there via a forestry road (4x4 vehicles highly recommended).

At 650 metres elevation, it is an old logging clear-out maintained by the paragliding com-munity. The launch site faces southwest and gets direct sun. Warm air is what para-gliders seek because that is what carries them up, up, up.

In good conditions, a paraglider can take off from Mount Woodside, get hundreds of metres above the launch site and stay there for hours.

“I always loved heights when I was a little, the type of kid who cheered for turbulence on airplanes,” says Lang, who’s been para-gliding for 17 years. “For me, perfect conditions are a nice spring day where it’s chilly up top and warm at the bottom. Blue sky with those puffy Simpsons clouds that mark the top of thermals. No wind, or a light southwest wind about five to 10 kilometres and hour. And Westjet not flying that day so the ceiling is lifted!”

Lang has logged more than 2,000 flights, both solo and tandem, yet the thrill of para-gliding has never lessened.

“Conditions are always different,” she explains. “A morning flight might be calm and quiet. Then the wind picks up in the afternoon and you’re soaring higher. The next time the sun’s come out and it’s a bit more turbulent. The last flight of the day might be beautiful and calm again as you watch the sun start to set.”

Thermals are key, whose columns of hot air

that para-gliders work so hard to find.

“Birds are good markers to see where thermals are, and we fly with a lot of eagles at Mount Woodside,” Lang says. “Eagles. Hawks. Falcons. We’ve been around so long they’ll come up and fly wingtip to wingtip with us, which is incredible. They help us find the thermals.

Once we’re inside one we fly up to the top and go looking for the next one.”

The view, she says, is incomparable.

“I like the evening flights when the sun gets lower in the sky and it’s reflecting off the river,” Lang notes. “Elk Mountain gives you a great view of Cultus Lake. You can’t have a bad view from up there. Everything is beautiful. Stunning.”

What goes up must come down, but Lang says landing a para-glider isn’t a violent process.

“If you’ve seen sky-divers, our landings are a lot softer than that,” she says. “We have wind indicators and flags at the land-

ing field, and most of the times it’s nothing more than like stepping off a step. If it’s a hard landing it might be like running down the stairs and missing the last couple. You

may just have to run it out.”

From the moment her feet hit the ground, the anticipation starts building again, until Lang is once more soaring through the clouds above Chilliwack.

Lang is one of a handful of paragliding instructors based in the Fraser Valley.

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Chilliwack is surrounded by mountains offering a world of hiking right in our own backyard.

But sometimes people don’t have the time or level of fitness to spend an entire day hiking up mountain trails.

The Progress has compiled a list of short hikes for just those reasons. All are two hours or less, roundtrip. This is not a complete list of all short hikes in the Chilliwack area, and the time it may take to complete each hike will vary from person to person.

Teapot Hill(Cultus Lake)

Located near the Honeymoon Bay group site on Columbia Valley Road. Some very steep sections. View of Cultus Lake and Columbia Valley at the summit. Distance/time: 5 km roundtrip, two hours. Elevation gain: 280 metres. Degree of difficulty: moder-ate.

Seven Sisters(Cultus Lake)

Located across from Spring Bay picnic area, this trail connects Entrance Bay

and Clear Creek camp-grounds. Along the trail are seven large Douglas fir trees, some standing, some fallen. Distance/time: 4 km roundtrip, one-and-a-half hours. Elevation gain: 120 metres. Degree of dif-ficulty: easy.

Giant Douglas Fir(Cultus Lake)

Located 150 metres past Delta Grove Campground. The walk leads to a forest goliath and also con-nects with Clear Creek campground. Distance/time: 1 km roundtrip, 45 minutes. Elevation gain: 90 metres. Degree of dif-ficulty: easy.

Bridlewood/Salmon Ridge (Vedder)

Located 600 metres up Chilliwack Lake Road. There is a wide pullout on the left with the trail visible above it. Distance/time: 2 km roundtrip, one hour. Elevation gain: 200 metres. Degree of difficulty: easy.

Mount Thom(via Ryder Lake)

Head 5.8 km up Elk View Road to the parking area and Mount Thom Park sig-

nage. Distance/time: 1.5 km roundtrip, one hour. Elevation gain: 100 metres. Degree of difficulty: easy.

Duck Farm Loop (Yarrow)Head west on Vedder

Mountain Road. Just before you go over the railroad tracks and head into Yarrow, you’ll see a parking lot on

the left (south) side. Note: This is a popular mountain biking trail. Distance: 4 km roundtrip. Elevation gain: 400 metres. Degree of dif-ficulty: moderate.

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and follow signs to Bridal Falls Provincial Park. Park

in the picnic area. Distance/time: 2 km roundtrip, 30 minutes. Degree of difficulty: easy.

For more info, go to Tourism Chilliwack at www.tourismchilliwack.com, 604-858-8121, [email protected]; or check out Club Tread at www.club-tread.com.

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On a clear day, the top of Mount Thom offers stunning views of Chilliwack.

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If you’re heading out for a quick but invigorating outdoor experience, look no further than the Jinkerson stairs.

With two sets of stairs totaling about 230 steps, and an elevation gain of 37 metres, the Teskey Way staircase packs a lot of punch into a small space. All levels of fitness buffs can be found there daily, tak-ing advantage of both the beautiful views and steep mountainside.

There is more than one way to tackle this local landmark. Park at the bottom, near Bailey Rd. and Teskey Way, and begin the incline right from the bottom. Or, start at the top at Laughington Way. Benches are placed at the top and at the halfway point’s landing, offering a chance to take in a Chilliwack sun-rise or just to catch your breath.

Once you’ve mastered Chilliwack’s toughest staircase, try exploring the rest of the hillside. Trails weave through the urban and forested areas, connecting the stairs along Teskey Way, through Jinkerson Park, to finally merge with the Mt. Thom Trail.

For a full map of the area, visit www.chilliwack.com.

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For the novice paddler looking to prove themselves, there’s no better place than Chilliwack’s Tamihi rapids.

For three decades this section of the Chilliwack River that runs along-side Chilliwack Lake Road has been a national training site, its rushing waters challenging Olympians and world cham-pions. For years, Canadian national teamer and five time Olympian David Ford honed his skills on the Tamihi rapids.

In late July, 200 of Canada’s best kayakers will tackle the rapids in the 2015 Canadian National Whitewater Slalom Championships.

But the beauty of the Tamihi rapids is that they are accessible to anyone.

“It’s sort of a measuring stick for Fraser Valley boaters,” says Jon Allen, a national-level kayaker and instructor with the Chilliwack Centre of Excellence. “Once you’re comfortable running Tamihi then other boaters feel comfortable paddling with you.”

The Tamihi rapids experience starts with a flat section at the top. Call it the calm before the storm, sitting there for a moment or two before taking the plunge.

“For the novice this can cause an appre-hensive feeling, doubting whether you are up for the challenge,” Allen says. “When an experienced paddler hits that flat bit at the start they may feel excitement and anticipa-tion. You go through the process of choosing your line (path through the rapids) depending on who you’re with and what thrill you’re searching for.”

Novices can take a line straight down the middle, a challenging but not overwhelming route.

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endless. Your comfort level and familiarity with the rapids will determine how you push yourself. This is something that paddlers like to play with.”

“Without many hazards for experienced paddlers, Tamihi can be a playground in the middle of dynamic moving water,” he contin-ues. “In the late summer, with the water lev-els lower than usual, Tamihi transforms into a place that paddlers can go to learn skills and practice techniques.”

The Tamihi Creek recreational area is nearby, offering 108 campsite and access to the Trans Canada Trail.

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Tucked away in Popkum, east of Chilliwack, the Cheam Wetlands is one of the area’s richest resources for bird watchers. Almost 200 bird species have been identified in the park over the years, from the commonly-seen Canada geese, mallards and ring-neck ducks, to the more elusive barred owls, per-egrine falcons or the red-breasted sapsuckers.

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areas, and the peaceful nature of the trail system. The focus here is on tranquility, as the paths meander through the park, and bridges and a viewing platform offer the perfect place to immerse yourself in nature.

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To get there, take Yale Road East through the Popkum roundabout to Popkum Road North, and turn left on Elgey Road.

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Tamihi will host the 2015 Canadian National Whitewater Slalom Championships in July. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS




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What to do with an early spring? Chilliwack seems to have embraced the early arrival of spring this year, and already the trails are buzzing with activity. For anyone who has been up on Elk Mountain lately or follows the Hike Chilliwack Facebook page, you have probably seen that the paragliding pilots have also been getting active. This warm weather has meant that rather than launching their paragliding wings and slowly gliding down to the valley floor as they have all winter, the pilots have actually been able to thermal! I was up on Elk last week as a few pilots took off, with families hiking the ridge trail stopping and watching in awe. They took off of their launch sites with ease and immediately harnessed the thermal updrafts that were lifting out of the Chilliwack River Valley. In no time they were high above the hikers and the trees, soaring in slow revolving circles, much like birds riding a sea breeze, staying aloft without flapping.

Rockclimbers have been out as well. With the prolonged periods of rain-free warm weather, the rock has begun to dry off and people have been explor-

ing the new season up the Chilliwack River Valley, in Hope and outside of Harrison Hot Springs. Rock bluffs and boulder fields that are often obscured from view by the early spring foliage, are now visible and the hardcores

have been out with wire scrub brushes and rappelling equipment, cleaning new areas for the season to come.

Mountain bikers have hardly seen a pause in their riding since last sum-mer, however those who did put their bikes away have wasted no time in getting out their equipment and hitting the trails. The Fraser Valley

Mountain Bike Association and their huge group of dedicated members and volunteers have been busy over the winter, building a new route on Vedder Mountain for the riders to climb uphill, which also doubles as a begin-ner grade trail heading downhill. This trail has been seeing ever increasing traffic as the soils dry out a bit and the riding gets better by the day. The BC Provincial Mountain Bike Team saw

fit to make a pilgrimage out to Vedder Mountain this past weekend, a fleet-ing secret in the West Coast mountain biking community, and they too were amazed at the caliber of riding that Chilliwack offers.

The hiking and mountaineering com-munity has been chasing the snowline up into the alpine this spring and a few people have seen fit to begin summit-ing their would-be summer objectives. Mt. Macfarlane in the Chilliwack River Valley has seen a few ascents this month, with stable snow conditions

and minimal avalanche risk high on the summit. This time of year there is nor-mally a huge snowpack in Macfarlane’s North facing bowl that has a tendency to slough in the springtime in huge wet slab avalanches. This year however there is not much snow to speak of and in the early morning this crisp snow surface makes for easy traveling and quick ascents.

Peaks like Cheam, Lindeman, Lady, Macdonald and Web have seen spring ascents as well. In a typical year some of these mountains might see February

ascents by seasoned mountaineers however they would be clad in har-nesses, hopes, ice axes and crampons to undertake these objectives. This year however the conditions have made these peaks a bit more attainable for the ambitious hiker.

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The Hope River - Corbould Park is a hidden gem in Chilliwack.

It’s an urban oasis, and a popular green space with biodiversity and a pleasant respite — less than a kilo-metre from downtown.

The waterway sees spawning salmon that can be heard splashing around a specially built salmon viewing platform.

It stretches from Young Road to near McCammon elementary, and the park attracts walkers, dog walkers, cyclists and people pushing baby strollers. There are bird watchers, or anglers, and those who come to have a lei-surely picnic or even a wed-ding in the tree-lined park.

Those who mosey along the banks with binoculars often have fond hopes of spotting one of the many wildlife, and dozens of bird species, from great blue heron, red tail hawk and eagle, to the much more rare green heron with their telltale yellow legs.

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hard-working beaver chugging up the slough, and frolicking river otters having a blast in the water.

The Hope slough is an histor-ic stream channel, and still well loved by local residents and residents alike with a winding path that is part of the Rotary Trail system.

Although many people mis-takenly believe the slough is already dead or choked out, in fact it is teeming with life, home to fish species, like chum and coho salmon, to catfish, cutthroat trout, pikeminnow, and chub. The construction of a fish viewing platform in 2005 was part of a community project with DFO and com-

munity support to rehab the oxygen-depleted slough with a spawning riffle, a bed of gravel for spawning in quick moving water.

The project was funded by the Pacific Salmon Commission, administered by the Fraser Valley Regional District. Partners include Fisheries and Oceans Canada, City of Chilliwack, FVRD and the Chilliwack Fish and Game Protective Association.

The ambling walkway in the pleasant little park that used to be the old dike makes for a great stroll. Memorial benches dot the path and are perfect for a little rest.

Walk in the Park: Take a stroll in an urban oasis

Special Features - Chilliwack Outdoors and Recreation

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