The next morning dawns with a lot of blue sky showing, and little to no wind. Excellent for riding! Breakfast is excellent, with the Lake Windermere Lion's club cooking up tasty traditional breakfast fare.
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Dawn of day 2
Day 2 dawns with a lots of blue visible in the sky. Our luck continues to grow!
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A Lion's Breakfast
The Lake Windermere Lion's club delivers us an excellent breakfast on a suprisingly sunny morning! (considering the forecast, anyway).
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Ready to leave
Warm sunshine bathes the baseball field as we ready for the 2nd day's ride.
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courtesy Graham
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Andrew and Caroline ready to go
We are just about ready to start riding. 106 km to cover, mostly flat, for the second day.
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Caroline, Graham, and the Purcell Mountains
A beautiful backdrop to the start of our 2nd day's ride.
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More Purcell Mountains views
Taken from just outside of Radium
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Approaching the day's snack stop
Nearing the snack stop (visible on left) near the community of Spillimacheen, BC.
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Day 2 snack stop. The first (and only) snack stop of day 2 is at a cool sounding place : Spillimacheen. It is actually nice, sunny and warm! again, amazing, considering the forecast. the second day, being quite flat, has only one snack stop along with the lunch stop (the other 2 days have 2 snack stops and a lunch stop). Given that, the ride from the snack stop to the lunch stop is a bit longer than you might expect; so, while at the snack stop, pick up an extra apple and bar for that bit of the ride.
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Sunny Spillimacheen snack stop
Hey... it's actually getting hot out now! Time to take off the jackets and break out the sunscreen. Excellent!
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Rustic post office
Spillimacheen's post office is a simple affair. Pictureworthy, though.
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Heading northwest
Back on the road again, cycling northwest towrads Golden. Sunny and cloudy periods are the order of the day.
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Lunch sleep
If is far from the snack stop to the lunch stop today (on the 2nd day there is only 1 snack stop and a lunch stop instead of 2 snack stops and a lunch stop, and so they are more spread out). Graham needs to take a smelly sock nap to recuperate.
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Fresh spring greens against fresh spring snow
The bright greens of spring contrast well with the blue sky and snow-dusted peaks of the Kootenay Range.
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Roadside farm animals
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Roadside farm animals, Part II
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Fantastic Rocky Mountain Cycling
Caroline and Graham nearing the town of Golden... This picture starts to capture the wonderful scenery you cycle through on this ride.
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Interactive trackmap with photo points - Golden Triangle Day 2 - click map to view
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Cycle Route Data - GT 2004 - Day 2
Start Time:
7:49a.m.
End Time:
2:28p.m.
Duration:
6h38m
Distance:
104.84 km
(65.14 mi)
Average Speed:
15.8 km/hr
(9.8 mph)
Start Elevation:
2815ft
(858m)
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Max Elevation:
2916ft
(889m)
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Min Elevation:
2582ft
(787m)
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End Elevation:
2618ft
(798m)
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* : +/- 75 feet
Total Elevation Gain:
736ft
(224m)
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Total Elevation Loss:
959ft
(292m)
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* : +/- 75 feet
Elevation Graph
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GT 2004 Day 2, Elevation over Distance
This is a GPS-derived Elevation profile of day 2, plotted over distance.
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GT 2004 Day 2, Elevation over Time
This is a GPS-derived Elevation profile of day 2, plotted over time.
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