Knee Knackering North Shore Trail Run
Saturday, July 10, 2021
Well, we had about fifty runners out for our training run today. Our route was made possible by the efforts of Victor, Andrew and Karen who spent hours on Saturday clearing branches and removing trees from the Hollyburn Chute. Thank you so much!!! Throughout the week, Glenn and I were scratching...
Many thanks to Andrew, Aaron, Craig and Victor for clearing the many trees fallen on the Hollyburn Chute. Just in time for the Knee Knacker Training Run on this section tomorrow!
This year is a particularly bad one for windfall on many trails, with several sustaining significant damage from storms over the past six months. The Hollyburn Chute section of the Baden Powell Trail (which is roughly south of the Holllyburn Lodge to Craigmohr Road) had, at last count, about 60...
The details for tonight’s run have been posted on our Facebook community page by Clive Boness. Meeting place and start time are unchanged. Please check out the Facebook post for route information.
A small group checked out the Baden Powell Trail today from Cypress to Hollyburn. We found mostly continuous snow ranging from 30cm to 90cm. Snowpack is melting rapidly with rain and warm temperatures. Watch out for postholing and the snowbridge at the first creek crossing will weaken considerably over the...
“What’s the distance for the Sunday training runs? That info would help me plan my training on days when I can’t make it to the official run.” This recent question on our Facebook community page prompted a discussion amongst our Knee Knacker Sunday training run leaders. It’s a question that...
