Mountain Flyer - Number 73 - May 2022

110 Pages·2022·44 MB·English

MIGHT AS WELL JUMP
FRIENDSHIP THROUGH BIG AIR
PUNK ROCK REBEL
CREATION OF THE FIRST BIKE ‘ZINE
CURIOUSLY GOOD
A FRAME AND BAG COLLABORATION
PALM SPRINGS AND BIG HORN
AN UNLIKELY EPIC
73
THE SUMMER ISSUE
Photo: Lean back and let ‘er rip. “Floppy Bunny” is a classic descent on Mount Fromme, a black diamond
trail that will challenge even experienced riders. For Betty Birrell, it’s the perfect warm-up lap.
TRAVIS RUMMEL © 2022 Patagonia, Inc.
After 30 years on the harrowing and hallowed
trails of British Columbia’s North Shore Mountains,
Betty Birrell still thinks life is one big playground—
and that you’re never too old to send.
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PATAGONIA PRESENTS A FILM BY TRAVIS RUMMEL & DARCY HENNESSEY TURENNE
NICO FRANK SCOTT SECCO, JOEY SCHUSLER & TRAVIS RUMMEL
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73 FEATURES
48 THE HARBINGER 66 THE HAPPINESS OF PURSUIT
As winter succinctly announces its arrival Friends make friends do silly things, like learning how
mountain bikers in Montana race out to enjoy to jump bikes, or do no-handed tricks and follow it all
the fading warmth before it’s gone. They call up with dance parties. This is a story not only about
autumn the “harbinger” of deep coldness coming. how to dance, but how to catch big air along the way.
56 PINES TO PALMS 74 TAKING THE SLOW ROUTE
A breeding ground and longtime water supply Baja Sur isn’t about going fast, it’s about taking
for peninsular bighorn sheep with long ties to in choice singletrack at a tourist pace with
the Cahuilla ancestral land, this iconic SoCal extraordinary sunset views and cold cervezas in the
celebrity town of Palm Springs hosts one of evening. This summer destination might arguably
the most famous IMBA Epic rides in the U.S. have better mountain biking than surfing.
[This Page] Joel Ramirez rolls in the hills just above Baja’s Rancho
Cacachilas for some early morning training miles. Dylan VanWeelden
[Cover] As forest fires raged throughout the Pacific Northwest smoke hung thick in the air for
weeks at a time. Yet sometimes, you have to take the conditions you’re given. Dane Scott does
just that as he “guinea pigs” the Darkhorse course at Revelstoke Mountain Resort. Bruno Long