Northern British Columbia Travel Guide
As vast as it is varied, northern British Columbia is an area of untapped potential. Historically, value was placed on the seemingly endless natural...
Original Features
Backcountry Haunt The Legend of Alice Jowett and the Windsor Hotel
My childhood friend from Nakusp, Nicole Daney, likes to tell a story about the time the lights suddenly went out at Trout Lake’s old Windsor...
The state name on everyone's tongue, Arkansas, has seen an explosion of growth in the last decade. Learn more about the culture and community on...
Colin Wiseman revisits his hometown trails with a new lens.
In the remote Alaskan wilderness, a team of pro riders drop into first descents of some of the most breathtaking backcountry freeride lines in the...
Reviews
The POC Cularis is the top-rated helmet in Virginia Tech's safety rating system, but how does it perform on trail?
Big power, big responsibility.
Quick-swap handles for heavy-duty trailbuilding. Trail Boss has been building packable trail tools since 2011. In those past 13 years, collapsible...
Welcome to Issue 16.2
Riding alongside a good friend is often about more than shared laughs and exercise. At their best, these hours on trail transcend everyday life and open portals to deeper communication, problem solving, and meaning. In this issue of Freehub, we examine human connection through the lens of mountain biking. Tim Wild reports from Scotland, where government programs are adopting the sport wholesale to promote and fund healthy, meaningful lifestyles. Elladee Brown examines the life of Alice Jowett, an enterprising woman born in England in 1853 who later came to own and operate the Windsor Hotel in Trout Lake, British Columbia. Still in operation, the Windsor sits at the base of some of interior B.C.’s most stunning and remote singletrack. These stories, and many others in this edition, all point to a simple fact: Humans thrive on shared experience, with bikes acting as the perfect tool for facilitating their journeys.
