Complete this 13km classic loop, showcasing all of Conkle's finest blue trails, anytime between June 28 at 6AM and July 5 at 10PM to earn your PACA Virtual Fiver Week 2 Mountain badge.  Complete the Virtual Fiver Week 2 Mountain loop, claim your badge and head over to Breakaway Brewing in Summerland to enjoy their special offer - 15% off your total bill. 

Pedal from the Okanagan side of the dam along the KVR to the Green Mountain Rd bridge to complete the badge requirements.

Complete this 16 km route, showcasing many of Campbell Mountain's finest green and blue trails, anytime between June 21 at 6am and June 28 at 10pm to earn your PACA Virtual Fiver #1 badge.  

Many of you in the community know Shaun and Linnette Gratton. They are the heart and soul of Penticton mountain biking- they were even married on a Three Blind Mice trail overlooking Okanagan Lake! Date nights maintaining the trails followed by dinner out have been a common theme in their relationship.  Unfortunately, in addition to dealing with severe pneumonia leading to significant scarring to his lungs in 2009 Shaun recently discovered that he has a damaged heart valve. This was likely something present at birth. The damage is now significant enough that he requires heart valve surgery. This operation will occur in Vancouver and will require an extended period of time off work (and his bike) recovering.  While the Gratton's haven't asked for any help, we know what a strain this will be on them financially and emotionally. We would love an opportunity to show our care and to help offset some of cost of the travel expenses to Vancouver and their stay there while Shaun recovers enough to return home.  If you don't know the extent of their behind the scenes good deeds, I have listed some here: Shaun's biggest contribution is his devotion to maintaining the trails. He has put in numerous hours building and repairing trails, building bridges and most significantly- cutting out and removing deadfall. Somehow Shaun is out there with a saw seemingly minutes after the tree hits the ground. He has also volunteered for most cycling events to come through the Mice and is know for his famous Bacon Station.  Linnette is best known for her huge enthusiasm for the sport of mountain biking and her desire to share it with as many people as she can. Safety and skills are a priority for her so Linnette got her coaching certification and has swept dozens of new riders in to the bike community. Keeping it social and fun has always been her mantra and Linnette continually creates social ladies-only events including 2019's weekly Wednesday night ride which was enthusiastically attended each week.  Together they have worked on developing better communication tools with Search and Rescue (SAR) and have helped to educate SAR on the benefits of Trailforks and more efficient routes in to the trails . This is an ongoing project which numerous people have already benefited from and you hope that you won't need it but will be grateful for their efforts if you do.  Our goal is to raise $2000 at this evenings event (which will include a silent auction). If you have any items to donate to the silent auction we would gratefully accept. Please email Laura Harp at laura@bikepenticton.com for pick up/drop off details. The menu was chosen in keeping with Shaun and Linnette's switch to a plant based whole foods diet.   We hope that you will be able to attend this fun evening with Shaun and Linnette to help send them off with the best support and well wishes possible.   

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Come and join PACA to help celebrate the birthday of our wonderful country! What better way to appreciate the splendour of our home than a ride followed by a swim and BBQ at the beach? Arrive by any type of bicycle... bring your beach towel. BBQ lights up at 6pm. Parking is limited at Three Mile so please consider riding down (yep, we know it is a steep ride back up!) or plan a car pool or shuttle out.  Burger and snacks by donation. It is very helpful if you RSVP so that we can ensure that we have enough food for everyone. 

Please indicate if you are planning on riding.  This weeks ride will be an ADVANCED ride lead by Tina. To join the ride you must have experience and confidence in riding black diamond trails with steep loose sections, rock rolls, drops and natural rock features. $15 shuttle fee paid to the drivers. The route will include Sidewinder, Jose, Marmot, Connector to Ponderosa, Slabs, and Skull Coaster.  Please note that you must be a PACA member to join these rides. 

  Hey Everyone, It’s the time of the year again for another PACA ‘Fun-Duro Enduro Event in Penticton, on Sunday June 9th! The idea of the event is to introduce riders to a friendly and fun Enduro event and for those who already know about it - to have fun shredding with friends!   For $20 you will get an entry, a Smugglers Smokehouse sandwich, and a Bad Tattoo beer at the end of the ride. For $30 you will get the same as well as a shuttle to the Top of the Mice. There will be games and prizes, pump track challenge and lots of fun!   For those who want to compare times with their friends, we will be using Strava to track our rides. There are 4 segments that have been created in the Mice for the event.       What is an Enduro?   The format of this event is that we meet at Poplar Grove car park and you will have two options. We can shuttle you and your friends up to the Penticton reservoir via a big van with your bike or you can ride up on amazing single track right to the top. From the reservoir, you start riding a marked trail, and within some of the trails there are segments that time you via GPS and an app called 'Strava.' The segments are clearly marked when they start and stop, as is the rest of the trail. At the start of each segment there is a start gate and a waiting gate to allow for GPS drift.   You can ride solo or with your friends, or meet up with them again at the end of the segment and carry onward to the next segment! I am aware that this may be the first MTB event for some of you, and that’s great! We suggest if you are going for a fast time to allow 30 seconds between each rider at the start.   For the event on Sunday, you can choose to be timed or simply participate in the ride if you wish, either is welcome.   There is approximately 11 km of pure single track from the reservoir down to the starting parking lot where the gang can have drinks and food is provided by Smugglers Smoke House.   This is a fantastic way to experience some of the best intermediate trails the Three Blind Mice has to offer and not have to decipher trail maps!  Trails will be marked with tape and pin flags to help you cruise through the forest with ease.   The idea of the event is that it is intermediate level.  While the trails are rocky, rooty and difficult. There are no drops or dangerous obstacles, it is pure mountain biking.  You can ride as fast as you like or walk something if you feel uncomfortable. The goal is to have fun!   What you should I bring?   You should bring your regular riding gear - Helmet, bike, knee and arm pads if you regularly wear them.  A Camelbak if you use one, and water. It would be a good idea to bring extra water, energy bars, and EXTRA tubes as there are no aid stations on the ride.  Because The MICE is known for flats, bringing extra tubes and CO2 or a pump would be a good idea.   I’m hoping groups will stay primarily together, so should someone need a 4th tube or something, hopefully people can help each other out if need be.  You can expect the riding itself to take about 1 - 2 hours, and the shuttle to be about 30 minutes. So budget about 1.5 - 3 hours,  if climbing, depending on how fast you want to do the course.   The party, food, and drinks will start around 1:30, and we will crown who was fastest and have a number of other prizes for things that really matter…like Most Stoked, Biggest Smile, Coolest Socks and more!   Registration starts at 10:00 , followed by a safety meeting, more info about the event, and then shuttles will start.   One last note – there are two apps you should really consider having on your phone for the race – they are Trailforks (an interactive GPS trail mapping app) and Strava (a workout tracking app that we will use to time and track the segments for the event).  Both are free and both are easy to use. It would be best if you can load these up and be somewhat familiar with them before Sunday!   If you have any questions please email us at: geoff@bikebarn.ca lachy@skyrun.com or call/text us at 778-836-4748 or 250-486-6812 Cheers and see you Sunday! Geoff & Lachy

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