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On Sunday August 9, 450 riders from 22 countries will roll up to the start line in Panorama Mountain Resort high in the mountains of British Columbia for the 8th edition of the TransRockies, North America’s original epic mountain bike stage race. The seven stages of...

Each year kicks off with an annual pre-party. This is the opportunity to introduce the Fernie participants, changes to the local events and to thank the sponsors. The sponsors offer event stability as it has been the same group for eight years. This year has...

The world-renown TransRockies Challenge mountain bike race will visit Fernie this August 15th for the eighth consecutive year, this being the third year staging the Official Finish and the Kids’ Bike Rally. When 240 riders from over 20 countries roll up to the start...

With the days counting down to the start of the 2009 TransRockies and TR3, the excitement and anticipation is building among riders, staff and volunteers. Those whose training programs have been going to schedule are starting to think about  the last couple of weeks...

In 2009, TransRockies has created TR3, the ultimate prep course for riders who’ve been dreaming of riding the most raw, remote and challenging stage race in Mountain Biking. For many riders finding a partner and committing to a full week of riding away from home and...

Fernie has participated as an official stage host of the TransRockies every year since the events inception in 2002. Following five consecutive years of being the Official Start community Fernie transformed in 2007 to become the Official Finish. No other community has...

We did it...both Breathe Easy Teams completed the TransRockies in Support of Asthma Canada!! It is SO great to be back in Fernie! What a great experience. Many lessons learned. Hydration is important to stay on top of your asthma, so is dust avoidance (a major...

Hello Fernie! Sherpa Shayne here in the Crow’s Nest Pass, having successfully completed the ride from Elkford. It was long, hot, dirty, and I think that Pat Gilmar has a price on his head for designing the course. Both Pepper and I are hanging in there with bandages...

The ‘rock garden’ of Day 5 has absolutely no flowers... in fact it doesn’t have anything to do with a ‘garden’ but is more accurately described as a graveyard of head-sized boulders strewn from one end of the path to the other. The fact that some people ride it amazes...

Oh what fun! ...109 kms of single-track, double-track and flying gravel road. There were hazards galore with cross ditches and seven stream crossings, one which was threatening to sweep me down river. As I stood crotch-deep in the middle, Shayne thankfully came out to...

It was a relief to get onto some flowy single-track and there was lots of it! The time trial format was really cool and it let all the teams have some space to prove their handling skills. Michele- I finally solved some of my nutrition bugaboos and found my legs for...

I sit under the awning of the RV, the rain coming down again, waiting for Pepper, Shayne, Michelle and Sebastian, the riders of the “Breath Easy Teams” in support of Asthma Canada. Pepper is my partner and I love her very much....but right now the word is...