GETOUT THERE

A Guide To Summer In The Mountains

The mountains are calling! If you want to answer, we’ve got ideas for things to do this summer, as well as outdoorsy apparel and accessories (on Mode Models 2022 Search winner Jaden Ostrowski), so you can look good out there, too.

FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY JARED SYCH STYLING CARL ABAD HAIR AND MAKEUP PHOEBE HEARD ILLUSTRATION JARRET SITTER

A .P.C. BUCKET HAT, $140, FROM GRAVITYPOPE; PAUL SMITH SUNGLASSES, $425, FROM CHINOOK OPTICAL; CAMP BRAND GOODS HOODIE, $138, CAMP BRAND GOODS T-SHIRT, $54, KATIN SHORTS, $78, AND OKAYOK SOCKS, $18, ALL FROM THE LIVERY SHOP; PLAID SHIRT, $99, FROM L.L.BEAN; VEJA SHOES, $240, FROM LEO BOUTIQUE; BACKPACK, $209, FROM PATAGONIA.

Iused to ride with a pretty tough crowd. For a time in my 20s, my primary social scene was a group of mountain bikers that lived to push the limits of what could be done on two wheels. Weeknights after work we did “urban assault” rides through the city, making the built environment into our own personal bike park. On weekends, we loaded bikes and camping gear into the boxes of trucks and hit the road in search of steeper terrain, gravitating to spots like the Mount 7 trails in Golden, B.C. During the winter months, we even convinced the administrators of what was then known as Canada Olympic Park (now WinSport) to run the chairlift for us after hours so we could ride our bikes downhill on the snow.

It was all very crazy and fun. Until it wasn’t.

I can’t recall any specific incident that turned me away from mountain biking. It was more so an encroaching doubt that the reward was worth the risk. I sold my bike, split up with the guy who was my partner in life