Day 8. Fernie to Pincher Creek Alberta

Miles ridden 81
Miles total 475
Riding time 7 hours 4 minutes
Average speed 11.5 mph
Climbing elevation 3309 feet
Elevation at Pincher Creek 3500 feet

We left Fernie early because forecast was for triple digit heat. We rode into Fernie for coffee and saw that the finishline for the Trans Rockie Mt bike Race was being set up.  Later at the top of. Crowsnest pass we saw a check in station for the race so we mooched some water.

Crowsnest Pass (sometimes referred to as Crow's Nest Pass) (el. 1,358 m.) is a high mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Canadian Rockies on the Alberta/British Columbia border.  Crowsnest Pass comprises a valley running east-west through Crowsnest Ridge. The Crowsnest River flows east from Crowsnest Lake, eventually draining into the Oldman River on the Alberta side. Summit Lake on the British Columbia side drains into the Elk River, which eventually feeds into the Kootenai and Kootenay Rivers, and finally into the Columbia River.

Riding along Elk river was very nice.

As predicated weather turned hot again and the wind off the Alberta plains made for slow riding into Pincher Creek.