SPELL BOUND

CAPTIVATED BY BRITISH COLUMBIA’S ALLURE

- NICOLE FORMOSA

The Bible of Bike Tests aside, it’s rare for us to devote nearly all the pages of an issue to just one destination—there are inspiring stories, trails, people and places all over the world that makeup mountain biking’s soul. But if it was going to happen, it was going to be British Columbia, whose magical woods have endlessly fueled careers, products and the creative content that flows through our digital channels and onto our print pages. In many ways, B.C. is the epicenter of our sport—it’s home to the most famous bike park in the world and the most famous multiday endurance race in the world. From singletrack arcing through loam-filled forests on the West Coast and party trains on jump lines in Whistler to remote trails traversing high-alpine ridgelines in the Chilcotin or Monashee mountains, the diversity of riding packed into the province lacks nothing.