Day 4: Manning park to Princeton (up down and all round with some friends)

After our big adventure yesterday we were feeling pretty good. Our muscles were tired but relaxed from the hot tube and the day appeared to be an easy downhill one so we got up late and took the morning to plan out our route with the expert help of the women at the front desk of the lodge only to discover that most of the kettle Valley trail is under several feet of snow and or clogged up with mud... Ughh, guess we will need to brave the Anarchist pass outside of Osoyoos afterall.

We also took advantage of a break in the clouds to do a good clean up on our bikes. Ginny has been having problems with her chain skipping and with a bit of help from our new biking companions (nathaniel and dustin) and their chain gauge, we realized that her chain is worn out! Ughhh oh! It also looks like Alan's chain could use some replacing too. We will need to get these replaced in osoyoos

After lots of futzing we finally made it out around 12:15pm ready to bike our easy downhill day.... Not!

We had forgotten that we needed to climb up to Sunday Pass first, an Elevation of 4200 ft nearly as much as Alison pass ( though we were starting at a much higher altitude)

After that we though it would be downhill, wrong again! Every time we went down 100 ft we went back 60ft on the other side. Finally the rolling hills gave way to a steep descent into Princeton. The little grocery store in town was nothing to write home about but we met up with our friends and had a beautiful ride along the river to our eventual camp sight, a flat spot on the side of the road next to the river! Long day but great end! We will be ready for tomorrow!


Total distance: 85.52 km
Average speed: 17.3 km/h
Time on bikes: 4:55:31
Distance from Vancouver: 323 km
Start time: 12:15 pm
End time: 7:40 pm


Cheers
- The Warpotay Team

Location:Princeton, British Columbia